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?
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.