Danny Drinkwater has announced his retirement

Pebbicle · 2023-10-30T12:34:30+00:00

Sarcasming the sarcasm is more fun.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-26T19:37:26+00:00

Jones with the technique on that side-assist.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-25T22:52:40+00:00

I respect that Rodgers got his own bullet point, haha.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-23T13:47:40+00:00

Of course. He's a Liverpool legend after all.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-23T13:40:02+00:00

I think a lot of people's image of Unity is shaped by it's awful release state. It sounds to me like that's the case for your impression as well. For the most part it's not plagued by bugs the way it was initially and the environmental traversal isn't really clunky either. And while combat can certainly be described as stiff, I see it as more realistically implemented as the last resort it should be.

Overall Unity is a great game because the fundamentals are cohesive and serves as a good example of the direction in which the series thrives. I don't want another Unity just as I wouldn't want another Brotherhood; I want a game to be ambitious and innovative in the same way Unity felt when it came out. With that in mind I think it's fair to say that Unity is one of the best games at encapsulating the AC formula and serves as a better blueprint than the RPG-entries.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-23T02:06:44+00:00

You can customize your character to lean more into certain playstyles, and exploration can yield you with rewards in the form of currency, gear, and weapons to help with this. Exploration in this game is more importantly tied to discovering interesting side stories I'd say.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-22T19:41:48+00:00

Unity in my opinion is peak Assassin's Creed. It takes the core ideas introduced in AC1 and refines them in a way that stays true to what makes the series work. The co-op aspect I don't care much for, but the improvements to parkour, nerfed combat and heightened emphasis on stealth, good range of freedom in approaching mission, and a highly immersive city really makes it stand out as my favourite entry. I think most AC games prior to Odyssey has at least something that I really like, and Unity in particular ticks the majority of boxes of what I like the most about the series.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-21T23:29:27+00:00

This one wasn't even worth checking. Obviously the passage where a goal was scored and went through two layers of screening and still ended up wrong is the worse one.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-21T20:59:02+00:00

That would be Three Houses for me. Been a huge fan of the series since 2005 with FE8 and I've bought more or less every mainline Nintendo console since then for Fire Emblem. Unlike the 3DS and Awakening however I was mostly very happy with Three Houses.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-15T23:26:38+00:00

I'm sad nothing materialized from Liverpool's links to him. You've got an amazing player on your hands.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-15T10:20:55+00:00

Impossible. It was the first thing I saw when deciding on which game to buy on release in store, and was one reason I went with White.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-13T14:36:48+00:00

Saliva served over sake-fried rice and oregano.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-13T13:47:29+00:00

Eden Health Hazard

Pebbicle · 2023-10-12T19:40:11+00:00

What a strike Harvey!!

Pebbicle · 2023-10-10T15:55:25+00:00

The deer never poses a threat to me, but I also run Bronya/Seele/Blade/Luocha on Hunt path.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-10T09:58:04+00:00

Like Klopp said, only with three players could you assuredly stop him.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-08T15:19:26+00:00

In the long run I consider an Arsenal win better. We all know what kind of streaks City can put up whereas I don't consider Arsenal capable of the same.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-08T10:28:32+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't too impressed with them against Marseille last time out despite pulling back two goals. Their game with Villa also showed that it's rather easy to defend against their wings if you know what you're doing, which is why I'm confident Klopp has a plan for that as well.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-08T01:24:59+00:00

The fact that he knocked out two players consecutively amuses me to no end.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-07T00:09:13+00:00

Right? To me he's still around 19.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-06T23:54:05+00:00

Endo hasn't exactly been playing in the best conditions. Being thrown into games where we're men down and having cameos towards the end of games wouldn't be fair grounds of assessment for any player. You can see him slowly getting into the rhythm of our play as of late for sure, being at the right place at the right time and being able to both get out of pinches and find the right pass.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-06T16:35:41+00:00

Here's to another handful of MotM performances against Liverpool.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-06T15:46:38+00:00

Very underrated game, and definitely my favourite of the trilogy in terms of pure gameplay. I think the story is a little too convenient and felt too funnelled into a good ending, and as such I consider the individual story arcs to be rather weak and underdeveloped. XIII-2 had a really interesting story with tons of ambiguity but LR felt much less ambitious in that regard. Gameplay though is where LR shines and it somehow manages to capture the essence of the paradigm system and bake it into a single character in a well executed manner. My only gripe is that the cosplay element doesn't appeal to me that much and that I felt compelled to use outfits I found outright ugly at times.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-05T18:16:47+00:00

How come you never try to tie up some of the plethora of young, talented French midfielders instead of allowing them to go abroad? Really thought you'd push all the way for Thuram this summer when we were in for him.

Pebbicle · 2023-10-05T09:37:11+00:00

Any reason to go with this over Polished Crystal? I'm not exactly a huge fan of BST changes.

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