@darthv72
Infinite was more of a true, worthy sequel than 2. 2 wasn't made by the developer of the original, while infinite was, and infinite actually did something different while 2 rehashed the same location. I see what you are saying about the numbered sequel stuff, and usually the ones that get a number rather than a subtitle are the better games, but not in this case.
It also doesn't present the risk of them paying to maintain a live service for a game that couldn't retain a strong player base (Anthem) and thus inevitably did not take in MT sales like they expected. If they are getting the stick (Anthem dying and not supplying MTs) and the carrot (success of cheaper to make SP game Jedi Fallen Order), could that be enough to teach them? I doubt it, but who knows.
I think it is a strategic move by EA to make a game that doesn't feel like an "EA Game." So that the next time they get criticized for MTs, lack of focus on singleplayer, etc, they have something to point to for the argument that "well we do a lot of different types of experiences."
For the "vote with your wallet" crowd, it's definitely arguable how to handle this. Do you ignore this game because it's EA and you know this is just a...
@CorndogBurglar
1. Not really. Both are third person combat games, sure, but Spiderman feels faster and more fluid. You try to distinguish shadow of Mordor, but that's the game where the combat feels just like Arkham.
2. This is your only legitimate argument. It's a logical leap to assume Gadgets are because of Batman, but I'll give it to you since all your other arguments are so weak.
3. This is, in contrast to number 2, yo...
@Spurg
I can't really "prove" an opinion wrong, especially when it isn't legitimately held. You claim Spiderman plays like the Arkham games (it doesn't, beyond inherent similarities in third person games) and imply that you have given both series fair consideration (no one believes that). You would know if you'd played both that Batman feels much heavier, while Spiderman feels far more fluid, which is actually appropriate as each game feels true to...
Sorry you don't have a PS4. Try out Sunset Overdrive. The "I happen to hate the game I don't have access to" thing feels a little 2010 (I'm sure you felt the same about all the PS3 fans who coincidentally thought COD was way better than Halo and Gears during that time).
I've made this argument before related to Spotify for music...if a kid now goes from their teen years to college graduation with their parents paying for a subscription giving them access to essentially all music that has ever been recorded, how can they be expected to assign any value to an album?
Of course, artists have other ways to make $$ (touring, merch, etc) but unfortunately that other avenue in games is MTX.
I think we need to start drawing a distinction between more traditional styled games that can be played cooperatively online (i.e. Borderlands) and semi MMO games that require you to be connected to a server even to play by yourself or with one friend (Division, Destiny). There is obviously a difference between having online features and being GAaS, and it isn't helpful to conflate the two.
I don't understand why this concept is controversial in video games. For movies, it is widely understood and accepted that a film can gross hundreds of millions of dollars and still be categorized as a flop or failure. Even if that film turns some profit, if it is far less than expected, it can be insufficient to justify the time and money involved. Maybe they didn't lose money technically, but if you invest a ton of time and resources into Movie X and launch it on one of the prime we...
Wanting to spend real money on cosmetic items in video games is inexplicable to me. Your comment makes me sad (but glad I'm not on Facebook anymore).
I don't think anyone over the age of 20 has ever been tempted. It just doesn't make any sense. Why would you spend any money on a blue shirt or something, when that has no impact on the game itself? (I don't want MTs to impact gameplay, that's worse obviously, but in that case I'd at least understand why some people would buy them).
Lol they don't need a majority of people to buy MTs to keep selling them. In fact, a lot of the people even counted in this number are probably kind of irrelevant (people who bought one skin in their favorite multiplayer game). What they need is a that small percentage that spends a ton of money, over and over.
And you didn't pull him aside for a father-son chat about how dumb cosmetics are, and why he should save those cards for steam sales?
2 things:
1) How much of this is exclusively driven by Fortnite, which has become more of a mainstream thing that the n4g crowd wouldn't touch? I'd love to see numbers with Fortnite removed.
2) I'd love to see this broken down by age. For whatever reason, cosmetic MTs seem to really appeal to younger kids/teens right now. Not trying to do a "dumb kids these days" argument, as we didn't even have the option to spend money on MTs when I was ...
I like that you keep posting this irrelevant comment (not being sarcastic).
Nope. They actually announced the game 2 months later than you claim, and you can play an early access alpha that will never leave early access and is totally worth $240 million. Owned you! Go back to fortnite on console, you know nothing about PC.
The whole "BOTW is overrated" thing is getting old, but I still chuckled at this.
@rainslacker
Yep. And because of things like Metacritic, which unfortunately matter, it's a real problem if one site-especially a "big" site-decides to deviate from the common understanding of how the 10-point scale works.
I'm actually not opposed to critics starting to explore the scale a little bit more (i.e. treating 5 as average instead of 7, and broken games as 1s instead of 4.5), but the problem is that that goes against how so many people view the 10 point scale, so there would have to be almost industry wide agreement to redefine it.
Additionally, as you seem to suggest, it's inevitable that within the next six months giant bomb will give a 6+ to a bug-filled game with massive...
I love all the comments acting like insomniac just announced this game when it's been known that this has been one of the things they've been working on.