To generalize and claim that any one who plays these mobile games must be addicts, absolutely speaks to what this article is saying. It’s not a casual thing anymore.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN SAYS... ok, I see the point and I accept it, some of these games have a deep strategy element. Some of these games allow people to get invested for week in very cunning strategies and schemes. And some of these games have great art and design, clearly good programmers poured art and technology into…

“And how is that any different from any other game there is? Most games absolutely work on that level, especially as games move more and more into the live service sphere.”

But for too long, the media discussion of mobile gaming has ignored the human component: the actual players. ... Their games aren’t inherently inferior, and they’re consciously choosing to play games that fit into their busy lives. It’s time that PC and console players learn to respect that.

“Local Fisher Catches Apes on Open Sea”

I mean Crypto (and NFTs by proxy) are designed exactly for this. Scams, money laundering, criminal activity, fraud. Not a bug, definitely in the design.

NFTs and the crypto "boom" has made it super easy for scams, which happens in capitalist hellscapes when you remove the regulatory practices. And with the volatility you could even "return" stolen/scammed coins and still make a profit. 

How does this amateur thief not own a ski mask in Minnesota?

“More than I blame myself for putting them on that arbitrary, rushed release schedule, too. I’m not responsible for anything that happens as a result of my bad decisions. Only when things go right. Then that’s all because of me.”

Exactly, they can paint these beta’s as “stress tests” all they want but if they’re not willing to go back to the drawing board when their feedback is overwhelmingly negative during them then there was only one way this was going to end.

Players saw the potential issues with the game months before the release, and they still decided to release the game in that state. It doesn’t take a college degree or million dollar salary to see that one coming.

Basically, I blame the people who pushed this out the door to hit a release schedule a lot more than I blame the people who worked through a pandemic to actually make it.

Microsoft also made the choice to delay Halo for a year on the eve of a console launch. Maybe instead of placing blame on a competitor they should learn a lesson from them.

Nothing like execs gormlessly listing why they’re incompetent parasites.

Love how they say aggregate websites are bullshit but that is the entire point of this article is summarizing other reviews.

Of course, aggregation sites are total bullshit, a copout that boils discussion down to metrics and allows fans to isolate themselves from meaningful critique. But that doesn’t negate that critics are skewering this thing.

I’m for one extremely shocked by this turn of events...

All the more strange because they are using dedicated servers this time around, so you would think that you would be placed in servers closest to your region by default.

Wait, they were not prioritizing low pings or close geographic regions before? Most of these game modes are 4v4. What the fuck 343?

I love that scene in UHF. That movie is so underrated