Never came close to finishing it. It’s a technical marvel and I loved the first game, but it felt laborious to play. I had a lot more fun with the newest Zelda game, which I was playing simultaneously, and which felt like a much more mature and advanced open world game, ironically. I was also playing a lot of Dark…

Context does matter, but you are picking and choosing what context matters to you. As it stands, white people wearing dark makeup to appear black is the continuation of a practice tied to the mocking of black people, and often enslaved Africans, in the US. That’s the context for this. More context for this, which a…

That *is* harsh though because you’re all but asking players with disabilities to go elsewhere. In this example, an easy mode or even a series of toggles that allow players to customize game experiences is about allowing them to participate in that experience. It’s inclusive, and not in the dime-store way that word is…

Yeah, maybe if you live in a big city with excellent internet infrastructure. I have what is usually good and reliable internet in a mid-sized city, and it still ran like crap with lag all over the place. Not holding my breath for this.

I did try Project Stream, and it was, frankly, a mess. And that was on a decent, hard-wired internet connection. I can’t even imagine how bad it would be over the air on a cell network.

Which is funny because widespread Google fiber connections would be helpful in this new endeavor.

So online required 24/7, no lending games, no used games, basically the original Xbox One Microsoft wanted to launch which then got shit on by everyone. Now the question is, will consumers shit on this, or eat it up even though they were against it years ago?

Anytime.. Anywhere... so long as you have a connection, that’s good enough, and you didn’t run out of data, and the service is also up and running, and it never closes down, or the content is never removed...

You mean you want gamers who pay $60 of their hard-earned cash for a broken AAA title to be nice and friendly with the fucks who ripped them off?

Should have ended it with “ - one last thing: Metroid Prime Trilogy HD is now available on the Switch eShop!”

I’ll always say it’s good business practice to scrap something that isn’t up to your standards. Nothing worse than building up hype for a subpar product.

For all the people out there I’m seeing in the comments: this is not about gameplay. Congress does not give a shit about whether or not games are having content cut or gated for the purpose of DLC or lootboxes.

Maybe they should? I mean, you dangle that question out there like it’s a killshot but maybe it’s a conversation worth having especially in regards to the difference between digital and hard products.

“That little dopamine rush...”

Publishers only have themselves to blame here. They kept pushing it, seeing how far they could take it. Now, hopefully, the FTC sets up boundaries to protect consumers from shady business practices (which loot boxes definitely are).

I actually love Overwatch lootboxes. That little dopamine rush when I wonder what could be popping out next. There’s the coin system to gun for specific stuff, and sometimes I’ll get a skin for a hero I don’t play much and want to try it out.

But the mere fact that you can buy lootboxes with real money is...awful. That…

The Problem is it took 2 $20 DCL and then a $40 DLC to get it to this state and people are just over it. 

Yeah, it’s stunning how quickly democrats will devour their own.

You have the correct take here and the commentariat at Splinter has lost their goddamn minds.