And with all of faults you list, even though some of them are hardly faults and merely how the industry has evolved, there are plenty of other amazing reasons why it's a great time to be a gamer. Never before has indi-gaming been so popular and so widely appreciated and done. Never before have gamers had so many…

I never use search so I wouldn't know, however did you know you can press Start button + C to bring up a context menu on the right that has the search options, control panel and other features on it. Windows 8 offers significant performance, security and stability advantages over 7, just because you're not aware of it…

Did I say ever? No. I said to a minimal amount to where you barely ever see it to the point where complaining about having to use it as being your primary reason for hating the OS is a bit ridiculous.

The only reason you see it as restrictions is because you're not looking at the whole picture and you're not understanding how you can use the interface. People who don't understand that you can completely avoid the Start Screen if you choose to need to learn how instead of complaining about it. Windows, as always,…

You in no way have to use the 'tablet interface' unless you want to or unless you're setting it up so you don't have to. You can have all of your application shortcuts on the desktop and never even have to view the Start Screen. Hell, I've had Windows 8 installed for 6 months and can barely remember the amount of…

And in a year or two when people like yourself actually realize that it's designed to give you the same OS on tablets, laptops and desktops, people will realize how great this OS is compared to having multiple OS's across platforms with multiple copies of the same software because of it. I mean no offense by it, but…

The only thing that's restrictive is the new Start Screen. Learn keyboard shortcuts and how to place shortcuts on your desktop and it's practically back to how you use Windows 7. You should learn keyboard shortcuts anyways 'cause it's infinitely faster than any other method. Learn to Alt+Tab and such and you'll barely…

I have to completely agree. In a year or two when it's more in demand (basically due to people understanding what it's designed for), their Surface is going to be one of the best items on the market. Too many people are writing off Windows 8 solely due to the removal of the Start Menu, but it was not only necessary…

I'm really surprised more people aren't commenting on the awkwardness of the controller setup. I'm not talking about the touchscreen, but the button layouts. Putting the buttons on the inside compared to the right control stick is just going to be awkward to get used to, and at best is hardly optimal considering other…

So you assume that my thinking is that someone from the other extreme of the game should be reviewing this? No. Someone who not only enjoys leveling but does end game content as well should be reviewing this. Not some idiot who only likes questing or someone who is a hardcore raider. Neither's opinions are worthwhile…

Firstly, it's ironic how Destiny tries to blame the lack of community growth on Blizzard, when it has more to do with the immature behavior he projects onto the community, the behavior he profits on. SC2 isn't supposed to be as accessible as LoL is, and that has considerably more to do with why it's community is so…

No offense, but you are out of touch. In the past two years video game sreaming has skyrocketed and there's so much potential for eSports to take advantage of it. And as others have said, it's exactly like watching any other sport. Once people get over the BS of thinking it's not like that, then eSports will really…

I have to agree with this a lot. Destiny has always been a player I personally despised because he's the type of person who holds back the SC2 community more than Blizzard ever could. His immaturity, and worse his popularity due to his immaturity, are nothing but bad for the game. What's odd is I've read of how well…

Destiny is right in a way, in that the reason LoL is so much more popular because of it's accessibility to the average gamer. SC2 isn't as easy to just pick up and start playing and that's a big part of why MOBA games have an advantage. However, I also don't think it's necessary for Blizzard to do anything, at least…

It's not 99% of the game though, there's considerably more to do at level cap compared to any other MMO, so focusing solely on that is pretty ignorant.

Why on earth would a person who is only interested in questing do the review for this game?

Yes I'm well aware of their connection to D1 and 2, however their connection to D3 is absolutely zero, yet they love making all the comparisons to it and how their game is much more conservative and 'old school' appeasing the gamers who prefer D1 and 2 over D3. It's really not that hard to see.

I think their whole problem is they're simply behind the times when it comes to the other consoles. Think about it, they're just now releasing an HD system when HD has been prominent and used by the majority of gamers for the past 3-4 years.

I never claimed they did, but they love to ride all over how a lot of people dislike certain aspects of the game and love even more to talk about how they stuck to conservative ideas to appease those sort of people. Their whole idea on selling this game is, this isn't D3, but it may be what you wanted D3 to be with…

Exactly, anyone claiming HL1's load times were much more bearable simply didn't play it when it was current. The load times were arguably well placed, but also obvious as to when they would occur as they'd typically happen right at a door or a hallway that led to a turn with nothing loaded in front of you but the…