In a quick break from the insanity in the real world, I thought I'd see what everyone was playing, or looking to play.
Being a huge X-Wing/Tie Fighter fan, I'd really like to play Star Wars: Squadrons, but I refuse to give EA money, and the developer pushing bullshit pronoun nonsense sealed the deal.
Instead, I'm about to start Yakuza Kiwami for the first time.
What are you guys enjoying right now?
Also every review I've seen has said, while the fighter gameplay is excellent, the story is shit and the character interactions are boring one sided exposition dumps. I love fighter sims, but I don't see the point of playing a game...no matter how good the gameplay is...if the reason for playing is shit.
The last game I played was Ghost of Tsushima. My brother has been trying to get me into Among Us, but life gets in the way. But when Cyberpunk 2077 gets here next month all bets are off.
So, I don't like EA either, but gaming is my primary social interaction with several old friends, and Squadrons came up as something to play together.
The starfighter gameplay is pretty good, but there's some major balance issues, and matchmaking can be bonkers. The main problem is, a 4-5 man premade team is guaranteed to get matched against 2-3 guys with literal simulator modules in their basements, rank 50+ or something stupid like that, and they'll get three times as many kills as the rest of the game combined.