Yeah like he makes some good points but publishing this take the day before the finale is crazy. Like walking out of the theater before the final act and saying “Not very satisfying”

Absolutely. Just wanted to post the exact scene because I love Captain America First Avenger. This moment is incredibly relevant to Falcon and Winter Soldier.

I do agree with parts of this essay, but I do think it’s a little weird to post this essay a day before the finale. Gotta let them finish telling the story before you can declare they fumbled the story they were trying to tell. 

The federal government banning the game is censorship. Vendors deciding they don’t want to sell a product because they think it will make them look bad is just capitalism. 

The Half-Life 2 mod “Zombie Master” was a much better version of that game and it came out like 15+ years earlier. 

TLJ still has some of the best Star War’s visuals even in Lego form. 

Definitely one of those take it or leave it kind of films.

I feel like the Snyder cut has really overshadowed the last couple of DC movies, all of which were pretty strong in their own ways. Specifically Aquaman, Shazam, and Birds of Prey.

I think there is room for both. I just keep going back to Gears 5 Escape which works. You start with all the same mechanics but then as you learn how to play you can give yourself bonuses that let you excel in the type of role you play on higher difficulties.

I partially agree because I personally prefer that approach to co-op design. Give everyone the same mechanics, learn to work together without any specific roles.

Personally, I don’t think this game can be saved by post game patches.

I’m the same way with TCW. I’ve tried watching it in every order people suggest. I think the show does everything it wants to do right. But it’s just not gonna happen for me. Just not enough meat on those bones for me to dig into.

They are two very different animals and the reasons they are good are very different from each other.

I really can’t wait for the Switch version. (Hopefully it doesn’t suck)

Counterpoint: As someone with not a lot of free time for gaming, I love playing a few hours of a game every 2-3 months. Keeps me interested. I can easily beat episodic games but I’ve beaten maybe one 50+ hour game in the last five years.

I played about 5 hours of multiplayer in patch 3 and it worked way better than it did in launch week.

You should play it or watch some long form gameplay before writing it off as not faithful enough. I’m curious as to why you think it is not using any of the D&D game systems because that has not been my impression with 20 hours in early access.

It is really wild how the opinion of ME3 multiplayer has turned around since before launch. I remember trying to defend it when it was originally announced because ME’s gameplay was ripe for a co-op mode. 

To be fair, the games you listed are all PlayStation exclusives games. They were all super successful of course but those games were designed to sell consoles. Not everyone who has a playstation will buy Spiderman but everyone who wants to play spider-man will buy a playstation. They do not individually need to make a…

Personally, I think we got enough new good content last year, shrubs, swimming, dreams, couple of NPCs, that make me pretty excited to see what kind of stuff they come out with in year 2.