“Expensive and arguably overpriced totally, but predatory is marketting to children.”

Funny thing is, one of their staff recently interviewed me because of my experience in the industry and having to try and go to court due to harassment. Not sure what’s on record or not, and the story with ActiBlizz has since moved on, but it’s not like you can’t click my own comment history and see I’ve been fighting…

The answer to your question is that it’s possible to like and dislike different aspects of the same thing. You could very easily find the gameplay of Halo Infinite to be your favorite game AND find the battle pass to be the worst in any game you’ve ever played. Why are you trying to dumb down discussion as if people…

All the other Halos launched at full market price at $50 or $60, containing both a campaign and a multiplayer mode. This one will launch at full market price ($60) ONLY containing a campaign, while the multiplayer is “free”. This is essentially sleight of hand, and trying to use it to deflect criticism would be deeply…

Except the bit where I quoted the conclusion telling all critics to go somewhere else.

Is your actual argument that Free to Play games can’t ever be criticized because they’re free? Because... that’s incredibly foolish and no one (including yourself) ACTUALLY believes that.

Yes, it’s a F2P game. And what is the economic model of F2P games...?

No see, you’re not allowed to ask for improvements. You have to go somewhere else because you personally are responsible for the cognitive dissonance of those who love the series, but deep down are aware that they’re getting far, far less quality content... And it’s not the economic model thats at fault, it’s you for…

People posting replies to what they imagine someone said, and then going on a campaign attacking their own neurosis happens far, far more often than that... as you just proved.

Someone else has already explained the idea of intrinsic value to you; that you don’t apparently want to understand it says more about your personal lack of standards than anything else. I do look forward to hearing where I actually said the game should be entirely free though; deep down, I suspect you know that’s not…

Correct. Halo 2 launched in 2004 with 18 colors which could be set as primary and secondary. This gave you 171 possible combinations of colors that you can select at will.

Halo Infinite launched with 10 colors or “coatings” to start (no combinations). You can unlock more by grinding but most are locked behind a grindy…

Community Manager is (usually) a thankless, miserable role because it’s also (usually) a worthless, counter-productive one.

I remember dropping $60 on Reach and Halo 4 and not having to pay extra money for the armor unlocks in the multiplayer component. people still have to pay $60 for this game and half of it they have to pay extra to get because all of the multiplayer unlocks are stuck behind a pay wall. why isn’t the campaign $30?

That’s a pretty douchey response to a well written and thoughtful critique of your post and Kotoku’s seemingly bipolar stance on things like microtransactions.

I hate to tell you this, dude, but your lengthy and biased opinion pieces aren’t exactly Pulitzer Prize material. I would suggest that you consider taking some…

The trouble with that attitude, Craig, is that it’s outright stupid, because F2P games still require you to invest time and so on, so if they manage to drive players away by offering “the absolute minimum”, they’re shitting on their own long-term success.

Long time Halo fan here. I was 9 years old in 2001 when Halo came out. I’m almost 30 and have enjoyed every Halo game.

What 343/MS did here was look at Fortnite and try to replicate it. The problem with that undertaking is that it removes what people come to expect from Halo. Not only that, but in it’s current form…

I always get a bit miffed when people frame things as angry gamers instead of acknowledging this is a problem with all of humanity that is amplified by the internet. There have been NFL quarterbacks who received threats simply because they threw an interception in a big game. It’s such a popular trope to act like…

This would be the perfect year to bring Joel McHale back and just let him loose on Activision and gaming in general.

Remember when he stopped everything to whine that Konami wouldn't let Kojima attend his party?

“Industry shill stops short of criticizing his source of wealth.”