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. 

the idea was hatched thanks to her joke, but it didn’t really take flight until after she talked it through

Man that Akuma is as ripped as his clothes.

It’s a nice surprise to see Kelsey featured here. She knows her stuff; she’s the owner of Pink Gorilla in Seattle. I wish she’d post more to her channel and do some more Wonderswan videos.

You really are just a disingenuous fucknut, aren’t you?

Wow. You’re a real prick. Congratulations.

I mean, it was just three hours. If they had peed before arriving on set, most of them were probably fine holding it. Doesn’t make it right to lock them in a subway car and deny them union mandated breaks, but I definitely go 3+ hours without peeing every day.

Why does io9 NEVER include a picture of the actors in these articles?

Can we get some actors pics tho?

I think you are just focusing on that too much. I mean if you never wanted to play or enjoy Origins or Odyssey then ok whatever, but if you had a passing interest and did want to try it you really should give it a try just so you can see how unfounded those fears are. I beat Origins without any microtransactions and…

That statement is a triple negative. Surely you could have found a more elegant way to phrase the sentiment? Maybe “Not having microtransactions is always a good thing?”

Same here. I’m content with the free stuff I get from Uplay club challenges and the Twitch Prime gear.

This is probably too much of a hot take for most of you, but here it is:

Yup, this is my experience too. Im about 16 hours in, and have never felt the difficulty was too hard or the need to grind to get upgrades. I have an ass(creed)load of most of the crafting materials and skill points because I’m a weeny and don’t want to spend them in the wrong place, and even then, the only fight I’ve…

I still stand by this being a rare case where the microtransactions seem generally harmless, at least in this individual case. For the most part, they are purely shortcuts to something that is non-essential for the full experience of the game on offer, and Ubi has shown with Origins that they will continue additional…

Thus far, I’ve not found leveling overly tedious (neither has my wife; we’re playing separate copies of the game on our PCs), but we both come from the JRPGs of the 80s/90s, so our expectations for progression (and the eventual curve that impacts that progression) are likely tempered by that experience.

That said,…

No you’re not, you’re just being fucking retarded.

Where did you get that from his statement? Regardless, he is far from the only person with this opinion.

Cool. Glad you know who I am.

And your point is? The thing I really didn’t like was confirmed to be a glitch. The Malaria thing was just annoying, but would have been fine with it if not for the whole base/camp glitch.