Yeah, MS probably could've been a little (a lot) more clearer about which of its services truly required online connectivity, and why. At the end of the day though, knee-jerk reactions are what rule the internet (well, the real world), so it's no surprise that people weren't willing to instantly accept new/different…

How so? Was it intended only to give access to a few levels or something?

What you're referring to isn't what he's referring to. MS was trying to rollout a system in which you could lend other people your games. That didn't preclude physical games, it just meant that stuff on your XB1 could be shared with other people.

Really? That was never what I heard. I'm not saying your wrong, but that certainly was not my understanding of the service they were rolling out.

Probably because it's coming out after 2 Dark Souls games (meaning it literally does succeed them).

This might be sad news, and it might be good news. If rumors were true, and he and the lead writer of ME3 were the only ones working on the ending, it might be a good thing to shake things up a little. Bioware is a pretty talented group, so I think they'll be okay.

Huh?

While I think from the perspective of selling the XB1 as having exclusives this is a dumb idea, if it gets a sequel made, I'm all for it. Ryse wasn't everyone's idea of a good game, but I thought it was a lot of fun (the combat was simple but very satisfying), and had great potential for a more polished sequel.

Yeah, it's the only thing I dislike about his art. His style is super iconic, and he did a lot of things for the manga and anime industries, but you could definitely see the downsides to his approach when you compared Chrono Trigger with Dragonball/Z/GT. Although Magus is still an awesome character design, I think.…

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Why would I spend $18k on something that's 7-11 branded?!?

Yeah, I gotcha. There are definitely a lot of people who were essentially nothing more than cannon fodder, and that's definitely worse than just racking up killstreaks without helping with objectives. Either way, I'm glad that it seems like Destiny (so far) hasn't had that issue as much as some other FPS.

I don't think he meant ALL Halo kids, and I'm inclined to agree with him in that case. Certainly playing well can get you kills, and there's no problem with a person or two racking up killstreaks, but in a lot of cases it won't help THAT much.

Well, as much as I love Halo, it's good to hear that Destiny encourages SOME sort of team play; playing CTF with a bunch of guys who were uninterested in actually capturing the flag used to get pretty frustrating!

Stupid question, as I didn't get to start the beta until it was about an hour from ending (and thus only played part of the "training" section):

Agreed. If the new control scheme makes these easier to play, I'm all in. RE 1, 2, and Code Veronica are some of my all-time favorite games (I like 0 and 3 as well, but the controls were starting to feel dated to me by the time I played 0).

Interesting, I'll give them a look, thanks!

Interesting, I'll give them a look, thanks!

Yeah, the problem is, I know there are better sets out there, but if they can't stay in my ears, then they're useless to me. The IE2s are my best compromise so far. And my dog just ate 'em. ;)

Yeah, the problem is, I know there are better sets out there, but if they can't stay in my ears, then they're…

Instead of submitting my suggestion, I have a question:

Instead of submitting my suggestion, I have a question:

Yeah, that's definitely fair, but I figured I should qualify your statement since it sounds like you're talking about all versions. I'm not surprised the PC following is pretty dead though. Shame.

Yeah, I'm not a big online-only person, but as those types of games go, Titanfall is fun as hell. I can't see playing the game forever as-is (it needs more content, I'd say), but it's definitely a game that's worth the pick up if you can get it on sale. I picked it up at launch for $60 and didn't regret it.