Micro-transactions affected the game minimally at best and was only an issue because idiots like Jim Sterling blew it out of proportion, the cover-based shooting was only in very short and few sections of the game, and the co-op was not forced it was very well implemented addition to a game to increase its enjoyment and lifespan, so still not seeing a problem with Dead Space 3.Azaraxzealot said:
My Ps3 has a busted network port and I literally can not connect to the internet. I forgot the cash shop was even there, that's how insignificant it is. TF2 has an unnecessary, overpriced cash shop and everyone holds that up as some unbeatable high mark for gaming.Azaraxzealot said:
The human enemies show up a grand total of what, seven times? several of these rare encounters are like to end with necros eating them before you even fire a shot, and when that doesn't happen, they fair about as well as you would expect against weapons tailor made for fighting the far more intimidating undead threat. As for the cover/ doge roll, they are both so unnecessary that I beat the game on the second hardest difficulty without even knowing how to preform either of them.
Being locked out of a very small number of side missions is the only downside of SP, I hardly call that "forced". You don't have an AI partner, you don't miss out on anything meaningful, just side missions. And considering that the side missions were awful and easily the worst part of the game, I would hardly even call it a downside.
Did you actually play DS3, or does all your information come from watching ZP?
It didn't dissolve into an argument, so you probably wouldn't, don't worry about itResonanceSD said:Have we? huh. I don't remember.chozo_hybrid said:I'll admit, we've been at odds in a discussion before, but I'm more then capable of agreeing with anyone when they make sense to meResonanceSD said:
I bought sim city off the advice of one reviewer and against the advice of another. Then when i found out it was arse, I got a refund. you can do that in Australia.chozo_hybrid said:It didn't dissolve into an argument, so you probably wouldn't, don't worry about itResonanceSD said:Have we? huh. I don't remember.chozo_hybrid said:I'll admit, we've been at odds in a discussion before, but I'm more then capable of agreeing with anyone when they make sense to meResonanceSD said:
I just wish people would approach EA the way we seem to, instead of getting all up in arms over them, then buying the games anyway because they lack restraint.
I know right but be prepare for so much hate from people who ether;Tom_green_day said:
I didn't play it, I watched other people play it. Unlike most people who hate EA, I actually walk the walk and don't give them any money.major_chaos said:
We can do that in New Zealand as well, I believe the consumer guarantees act covers it, like it covers "services" as they like to put it for online only games.ResonanceSD said:
You listed three, and me and another poster poked holes in them that you have no rebuttal to.Azaraxzealot said:
Rentals, used games.
It has something to do with your current hate being based on nothing.
It has a 75 metacritc average. If I refused to buy games based solely on internet morons moaning about nothing I would own about four games. I seem to remember ever Portal 2 getting reveiwbombed by users for having microtransactions, does that make it a bad game? I prefer to make my own judgement about a game, not buy into whatever hype a game has, whether that hype is positive or negative.
Far as I'm concerned, you're both right. You can give informed criticism on something by buying it, playing it, and pointing out it's flaws. At the same time, You can infer to general experience to say something is bad, or is going to be bad, until presented evidence to the contrary. I could jump to extremes for an example here, but I won't. Instead, I'll use EA as an example. Mass Effect 3's writing sucked, I can say from experience and by pointing out it's flaws. Battlefield 3 is a mess, I can say from experience/flaws. From those two experiences (making up dozens, if not over 100 hours of my life), I can put stock in the majority's view that other games, like Dead Space 3, are probably homogenized crap. And drawing from all this, I can infer that whatever EA produces next will probably be subpar.tehpiemaker said:
I feel like I have to say that; developers employed by EA make good games, not EA. I'm cautiously optimistic though about all of this. Knowing EA they'll release some long awaited sequels, such as Republic Commando 2, Battlefront: 3 etc, which will go over well with most of the community. Then they'll keep making sequel after sequel, with continually shortening development times and suddenly everyone will just be sick to death of Star Wars Games. Ah, the circle of life goes on.Tom_green_day said:
