@humbleopinion:
"No, it's just beating the competition because of brand recognition and features. But the alternatives offered by Desura, Humble Store, GOG and more are counter offering are great nonetheless, and if Steam wasn't around anymore they would simply take it's place."
The PC market as we know it is dying. If it weren't for Steam, who knows where PC gaming would be right now. You rarely see a PC exclusive AAA title these da...
@humbleopinion:
"The only market where we have practically everything released on day one is the PC market, and digital sales surpassed physical sales."
When you consider the fact that Steam is practically the only thing keeping PC gaming alive these days, that doesn't really help your argument.
What is a "proper" digital alternative? I think the PS3 and 360 are doing just fine in the digital market. I buy a mixed amo...
@humbleopinion: In any case, you still don't own your 600 games on Steam. That's a fact.
You keep saying "most people," but according to the very article we're commenting about and Microsoft's reversal on their DRM policy for the Xbox One, that's just not the case right now. At least not for the video game industry. The mobile market is an entirely different breed of consumer.
There's so many gray areas when it comes to review systems. I suppose there's nothing wrong with rating a game based on your own personal experience with it, but what happens when a game like Demon's/Dark Souls falls into the hands of an incompetent gamer? Fortunately, the masses embraced those games, but there's plenty of people who are turned off by them. (Thank God I'm not one of them.)
@humbleopinion: You're wrong. Valve most certainly has suspended people's accounts for unknown reasons (they won't tell you), shutting them out of their games. Regardless, it doesn't change the fact that you don't own your games on Steam. You may be okay with that, but I'm not. I'd choose 100 physical games that I actually owned over 600 digital games that I didn't any day. Allow me to point out a few things from Steam's EULA since you brought it up:
I can't argue the price advantages of digital, but there's plenty of disadvantages too. I own about 75 games on Steam. The thing is, you don't actually "own" your Steam games. If my account was banned, I risk losing access to my games without any explanation given. There's no denying that digital releases are easier for most people to deal with, but it just doesn't beat a physical copy. Call it the collector in me. There's absolutely no reason why physical an...
I don't see why physical and digital can't co-exist. It already does. Don't fix what isn't broken.
He's not criticizing the game at all! Why is that so hard to understand? He's making a counterpoint to a colleague's review of the game. She gave it an 8, while he believes it deserves a 9 or 9.5. What he's basically trying to say is that it's not a game of choices like TWD or Mass Effect 3, and that the game is actually better for it contrary to what his colleague thinks.
You're comparing apples to oranges here. TWD still had choices that affected the...
None of which impact the outcome of the story. That's the point he's trying to make. He's not saying it's a bad thing either. Quite the opposite.
Did you even read the article? I'm guessing no. There's decisions in the game, yes, but not real choices that effect the outcome. That's the point he's trying to make, and he's not saying it's a bad thing at all. He's basically just disagreeing with a colleague's review score and some of her reasons for it, while also citing that he thinks the game is at least a 9 or 9.5.
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I really felt for these characters. Between the hunters, military and cannibals, how could one destroy something so beautiful for the greater "good"? With everything they both went through, it was an easy choice.
It wasn't until the end when we find out about Ellie's friend who died. To me, that seemed to be the reason she didn't mind sacrificing herself; she didn't want it...
Lol at the people insulting these guys over their opinion. "Waaah, they insulted my hobby!" That's what you sound like. Who cares what they think about video games? It's not exactly their forte, is it?
And they're not washouts, they're geniuses. Geniuses tend to go senile after a while. Cut them some slack.
I understand some sites need to conserve bandwidth, but 605x404 resolution? Pfft. Here they are (plus more) in 4800x3200.
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It's "Soul of the mind, key to life's ether." ;)
I don't see any fanboys arguing the perfect scores it received from IGN and EDGE. If you haven't played the full game for yourself, how can you possibly argue one way or the other? Stop crying about review scores and play the damn game for yourself. Don't listen to people who get paid to give their opinion.
I haven't been this addicted to a game since Demon's/Dark Souls. I completely missed out on the original release, so Dark Arisen is a welcomed edition for folks like me. Really looking forward to the sequel.
"Red Dead Redemption was an incredible game... The story, something I tend to ignore in the Grand Theft Auto series, hooked me."
"I think Rockstar needs to say goodnight to the Grand Theft Auto series."
Pretty oblivious statement considering how well GTA sells. And I know a lot of people who are interested in the storylines.
I've been waiting almost 10 years to revisit San Andreas, so this article can suck it.
Even though the game already has enough characters from Batman, I'd still love to see Poison Ivy. Two-Face would be cool in theory, but the game doesn't need another gun-based character.
If by "they" you mean NetherRealm (formally Midway Games), MKvsDCU was one of their best-selling games. Other than that, there's not many pure DC fighting games to go on, the last one being Justice League Task Force for the SNES.
The 1990s = dinosaurs.