Can I play poker with my friends? That’s something we’re actually looking forward to being able to do in between the chaos.

Disclaimer: I have not played Odyssey yet, so I don’t know the specifics of your complaints. But... nothing in this article surprises me except that it surprised you. I learned some time ago to that modern RPGs play best when you do side quests alongside the main quest, not save them all for the end. This isn’t…

I agree with you regarding the “too many quest systems” part. When the Cultist chart tab opened up for the first time, I remember thinking “Do we need another tab filled with people to hunt down?”.

I agree with every other part of this except I still don’t understand the complaints about grinding. I was over-leveled for almost the entirety of the game. I was a completionist for the first few regions, but after that I was really only doing the meatier sidequests in each new area as I went. I don’t think I ever…

Maybe Ubisoft is making these games specifically for me at this point. Something about the way they’re arranged really clicks with me. The way I played both Odyssey and Origins was to follow the main story until it led me into a new region... at which point I’d find the sync point, check out every question mark, do…

I cannot say enough good things about Scythe.

I cannot say enough good things about Scythe.

Thank you for the interesting piece, and double-thank you for your fairly detailed explanation of what Tourette’s is (and isn’t). As someone who was diagnosed thirty-five years ago (I’m 40 now), I’ve spent way more time than I’d have liked to dispelling myths about my condition. I fall firmly at the end of the…

This article really resonated with me and my own mental health issues.

I was diagnosed with OCD as a teenager; the diagnosis itself was frankly kind of unnecessary, because I was washing my hands until they bled and I’d exhibited classic ritualistic OCD compulsions since I was five years old. (I recognize how lucky I…

I like the part where people act like they are better than you.

I know people in this comments section are going to lean hard into “but free speech!” and standard refutations of corporate speech and consequences aside, depictions of Native people like this made me shitty to Native kids when I was a kid. Like, I legit thought going “How” and miming feathers was not just acceptable…

I am glad that they did not make the first black woman hero in Overwatch a notorious outlaw with a temper who gets her ass kicked by a handsome white-savior cowboy dude. That would have played... badly.

I very much would like to see more diversity in Overwatch. A black woman is very overdue in the cast, but I want a…

It’s not subjective, though. There are plenty of things that may have been more enjoyable, and certain things absolutely got worse as time went on, but there is no question that, as a whole, the game got better. 

Your re-skin argument is bullshit. Just because a game plays familar does not mean it is a re-skin. You dumbasses will eat anything up that is posted on Reddit.

I think Diablo on mobile is a fantastic idea, and I can’t wait to play it, but I agree with most everything else you said. The funny thing is, even if every single hater refused to play the game (and I doubt that will be the case), there would still be millions of players who are stoked that Blizz put out a Diablo…

it was pretty wild seeing the fortnite section getting the most headlining in the Spirit Halloween store I went to this past weekend, the Dark Voyager costume I bought is surprisingly okay quality

A potentially more healthy player base over time and in more modes and a greater resistance to cheating or hacking are definitely points in console’s favor, despite the controller being a poorer input method.

I think you are underestimating how many side quests are in this game. As I said there are so many you’ll complete them on accident. You’ll never find yourself needing to to do a side quest and only having one option to choose.

When factored into the design of a game, micro-transactions are a bad idea. That’s to say that a $60 game was created, parts were elongated for the sake of wasting time to make actively make them less fun as-shipped, then the original game as designed was placed behind an additional $20 charge. If I cared to resent…

But, see, I’m hearing numerous people say the exact opposite. A lot of people including myself, the people that posted this article, and others in these comments haven’t a wall of any kind. Yes, I’m doing some side quests along the way, but I think your expectations for this kind of game are greatly misplaced if you…

This is already what happens when it’s taken too far. People hate the XP boosts in Odyssey because they’ve seen them done in other (usually f2p) games that are built in a way that pushes you into buying XP boosts or spend 20 hour grinding every time you get stuck. (Which is every time you attempt something new past…