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I dont know who I am writing this for, but I feel "compelled" to say something.
Almost all small things I've wished for in this game has literally dropped/come true "the next day" in almost eerie ways.
When I started playing this game "Yeez, this game and map is insane, the whole setting would be perfect for an alien encounter/UFO case, the game has so much realistic elements fitting with the Predator (1987) movie it'd be a perfect mash up!"
A few months later there was a Predator dlc/update, I was pleasantly surprised, but strangely not so suprised, it was as if the game told me about it on beforehand on some subtle level! It was as if I had already seen/played it, it was also a very good implementation of the Predator and fun but essential part of the full experience.
Another time I was watching the (1st) Terminator movie and got back to how much I like the style and fashion of the T-800/Arnold in that movie, and I tried out if I could make a Terminator looking character/outfit in Wildlands. Turned out I could come pretty close in some ways.
A few days after, literally, the store showcased the "Cyborg" package, there was the Gargoyle ANSI shades I was looking for! I dont remember what it all contained but the package had a strong Terminator theme to it, again I was excited but not suprised, even though it felt like the game had read my mind in realtime or through my xbox/controller...
Mind you that probably tons of other small things of "syncronicity" had taken place that just created this strange attraction for me to this game.
I would have an easier time remembering all of these things if I'd have the game infront of me and not randomly(?) typing all of this from work in somewhat of hurry(but I feel compelled).
Other things I remember was when I first started playing the game with my friend and we started talking about Nazis in South America after WWII, and from what I remember I particularly came to think of Claus Barbie, this I am not 100% sure of though, but needless to say, I did some googling and found out that there actually were a nazi-bunker, and strangely I ofc wanted a Luger, and of course this was also added to the game after a while.
The splinter cell/Sam Fischer mission was, or felt, so obvious that I dont believe it surprised anyone, so I wont even get into it, but I had basically promised my friends on forehand that there was gonna be Splinter Cell stuff in this game in the future, the mission was also one of my favorite moments in the game, so thanks for a great execution(pun intended).
Sam (Fischer) talked about a "guy wearing a bandana", and despite having ever played a Metal Gear game, I instantly knew it was that "Snake guy" he was talking about, I later got recommended by a very strange (but productive) person to play the latests Metal Gear Solid game, the phantom pain, I digressed for months until I finally agreed to play it, and it also happened to be totally free at the time on xbox live(score), the game was equally intriguing and got me hooked, I played it intensely for a while but eventually returned to Wildlands(not long ago) because it is simply better in some ways, like Ghost wars for example and the vast explorability and the custumization(oh my the customization!).
Still fond of metal gear and a new fan to the genre, I wanted that bandana in wildlands now, like somekind of memento from my Metal gear experience, I even started sneaking and doing much more CQC in Wildlands. The bandana was nowhere to be found, but I still doubted I'd ever use it instead of my black two hole balaclava that I've worn since the first day I started playing Wildlands(Once I saw the balaclava in a preview of wildlands it kind of became the tipping point that convinced me to buy the game, I am strange like that)
(Now I got interrupted for about 1,5 hours so I have a kind of hard time to just get back to where I left this thread-novel, I am not sure where I was or where I was going with this.)
Anyway, a my balaclava is my dearest accessory, and I thought I probably wouldnt need the bandana anyway since I couldnt throw my mask/balaclava away(I dont want to reveal my identity or regain neither fame or retaliation to my persona), so I dont need a metal gear solid-type bandana in wildlands anyway, it's ridiculous, where would I even put it, over my balaclava?... yea right like that's gonna happen..
BOOM, the stealth bandana lands in the store just a few weeks later, and yea, it even has those "eyebrows wrinkles" like in metal gear, it's not like it's just ANY type of bandana. And ofc I could wear it over my balaclava!
Yea, I invested in some credits, and yes, I did get that bandana, and everything else I wanted or even didnt know I could get.
I am just gonna leave it at that, I was planning on what I want in the game, like more balaclavas with only holes for the eyes, or what I think would make for a great experience and polish and expand the wildlands experience even further, like strange multi player rivalry/encounters/bounty hunting(rogue) in the PVE/campaign world, but right now I wont, I'll settle with this story today, thank anyone who took the time to read it, I will also apologize to anyone that misunderstands this post or possibly just simply doesnt believe it, but Wildlands is special in many ways, and being like a personal genie in a bottle when it comes to small accessories and features, it just feels so special to me I felt as if I had to tell someone about it(I have told some friends about all this too, and in advance before things come to fruition, but they dont seem to care or react to it.
I dont really believe Wildlands devs are reading my minds, or that I am psychic, I just think I am on level with this game somehow and some devs are certainly thinking what I am thinking, and I just happen to be a similair type of person or something.
There are some BIG things to wildlands I think are given that I and other want to see happen, that hasnt happened, but I believe it will either come to reality too one day, or it is simply so that I dont really fully know what or how that'd take place, and I believe there are som big ideas that the devs too are wrestling with that might or might not make it into final reality.
Until then, thank you for a great game, I am not making any wishes here, simply thanking you for this game, I will continue to play and see it grow and evolve, there are so much untapped potential that could literally make this game even more legendary, the content is basically already there, I guess it's all about the possibility of finding new ways to use it.
Thank you everyone
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Nobody really takes time to mention the things they like about the game, only the stuff that’s wrong with it.
Personally, for every complaint I have, there are several things I love, and this is EASILY my most played game this gen, the only PvP game that I’ve really gotten into since the PS2 SOCOM games, and the only game that I have no plans of quitting.
So yeah, thanks for the great times, devs! Still hoping for the issues to be fixed, but it’s been great and it really is only getting better with time.
