Colton Freeman

I play on PS4. When the AI doesn't glitch out, when the lag is somewhat under control, and when the game isn't running at 10 FPS, it's actually quite an enjoyable experience. The issue is that all the bugs and performance issues make it unplayable at times, which kills the fun. Like, I got to El Chip's diner, and it instantly went from running at 30 FPS to 10-15. Then Roxy came into the room, I hid, and she paced back and forth in front of my spot for ten minutes until I just jumped out and let her kill me. After I respawned (which took a solid minute), the game just kept lagging out until I got caught by the security guard and then instantly ran into Roxy. I put down the game after that. IDK why it runs so poorly. I get it's a demanding game running on 2013 hardware, but raw hardware performance is only part of the equation. The other part is optimization. I mean, developers were able to get Dying Light to run well on the SWITCH! Activision got COD Vanguard to run at a smooth 60fps on the PS4 and XB1! God of War, RDR2, Detroit: Become Human, Halo: Infinite, are all other great examples of games that are demanding but still run perfectly on more limited hardware. All the people who are blaming SB's performance issues on the console: it's not the hardware, it's just a matter of the game being rushed out. I'd like to see the game become better optimized through patch notes. However, it's been a month since SB's release, and SteelWool has barely done anything to fix the performance issues and bugs. On the plus side, the environment looks beautiful, and exploring the various areas is pretty fun.

This movie was a mess. That's really all it is, is a mess. Watching it, it didn't even feel much like a Star Wars movie, because Rian Johnson tries to throw in real-world political stuff that's blatantly obvious (The Cantobite scenes). Here are some issues I had with this movie. 1: This was the first time in an actual movie we ever hear about ships having fuel (it's mentioned a couple of times in Clone Wars and Rebels, but other than that, it's gotten hardly any attention in the canon universe), and that pretty much is one of the main plot drivers of this movie. This also throws off the pacing of the movie quite a bit, and it felt quite slow at times. 2: Leia should've died. Carrie Fisher died in 2016, about a year and a half before this movie released. Having her get sucked out into space would've been the perfect way to end Leia's story. But instead, Rian Johnson decided to keep her alive, and leave a real problem for the directors of TROS. 3: I can't leave it off of here. The final battle of this movie between the remnants of the Resistance and the First Order was cool and all, but fundamentally flawed. For starters, what was the Resistance hoping to do to a fleet of AT-ATs on steroids with a couple speeders that didn't even have guns? 4: Luke. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Luke's character was greatly betrayed in this movie. I had high hopes when I saw the opening battle of this movie for the first time, but when I saw Luke literally throw his lightsaber behind him, I instantly realized that I was in for a bumpy ride. Luke doing that with his lightsaber was basically just a giant FU to the fanbase, and one of the many things people hate about this movie. Also, Luke is made out to be a mean old grouch in this movie, which doesn't really seem to be him. Overall, I didn't really like this movie. I enjoyed bits and pieces of it. I liked that Rian Johnson tried to introduce some things from legends into this movie, to make them canon. I actually loved that. The visuals were beautiful, and the action scenes were fun, if a bit flawed. Overall, this movie has good aspects, but those little aspects are just no substitute for a good story and consistent pacing.