I rode that initial wave - when Apex Legends first released and most of the community seemed pretty cool for the most part - and it was great. Didn’t have any real issues worth mentioning. Everybody was just figuring things out and having fun.

Worth noting: I had the same issues when installing the game initially on my HDD (very similar setup to yours, SSD for the “OS” drive, 7200 SATA HDD for mass storage).

There is clearly something wrong with Bioware at this point, and there has been for a while now. I think Schreier started shining a light on it back when he covered Andromeda’s development, and I’d wager the problems throughout the company have only gotten worse since.

I wish they’d bring it back as well, but in it’s true form.

There are too many amazing JRPGs in the 16-bit era to crown one the best

It’s a fundamentally fun yet broken game right now.

Dude......they’re skins. Completely unnecessary cosmetics.

I like my job just fine, today. As mentioned in another comment, I negotiated well for myself and things are okay for now. But all signs point to a rockier future.

I’m someone who typically loathes PvP. It’s not that I’m bad at it - I can be anywhere from “perfectly average” with a literal 1:1 KDR, or I can actually really excel at it if I’m into it (Battlefront 2 Starfighter Battles has been an exception). Out of the literal hundreds of games I’ve played though, PvP is usually…

I’ve done the same, and I’m not hurting - today. Tomorrow could be a different story though, and we both would have no other leverage than to say “I’m leaving”.

I don’t work in game development, but elsewhere in the software world.

Yep, agreed across the board there.

Everything in Crackdown 3 feels insubstantial. With the possible exception of the rocket launchers, the guns don’t have satisfying feedback: you point them at people and they fall over...

I’d argue you’re playing the game wrong.

It airs Sunday nights at 10 p.m. on the Disney Channel.

Man, I only wish we had this level of reflection and apprehension.

The preferred term is “wangus”.

Guardians looked better in Destiny 1 than they did in Destiny 2.

My initial reaction:

I know it’s not sci-fi, but I feel like there isn’t enough credit given to Leslie Knopes, Ann Perkins, and the relationship the two have in Parks and Rec.