But.. the actual trilogy won a ton of oscars and was amazing..?  I like don’t see what the whole issue is here.  

Well, we’re at the end of the year folks. And this is up there with the worst takes of the year.

Not really. A standard single player game is $60-70 even if there isn’t a MP mode. It’s still worth $70 even if you decide not to play the mp mode and the BP is optional. The *ONLY* thing you lose by not paying is skins. Which makes it kinda like the halo we used to play back in the day.

But it’s not. I used to play fortnite with some friends. I played for free and maybe spent a total of $20 on skins. A friend of mine? I never asked because I know the actual number would be upsetting and it’s gotta be in the $1000 range. Dude wouldn’t hesitate to drop $20 on a skin and use it for one day.

They really shouldn’t.  It’s a viable part of the game.  Is it annoying?  Yeah, so is losing. It’s not like the ball teleports into your teammates hands. The ball is in the open. 

Yeah exactly. This is like sports. In American football if a player is running the ball, they’ll sometimes run out of bounds if about to get tackled. Or making a play with the goal to just move forward 10-20 yards for a first down.  Grabbing the ball and purposely tossing it OOB is just a means to keep the other…

The entire point of this article is that there has been a lot of invalid criticism. They have received a lot of incredibly negative feedback. And I think there’s a difference between taking something seriously and feeling entitled. You can take something very seriously without feeling like you’re owed something.

I think that’s the problem. Not all Halo fans are very protective of their nostalgia. I’m a big Halo fan. I played the original for hundreds of hours, I waited for the midnight launch of Halo 2. I preordered the overly expensive $100 Halo 3 Legendary edition with the Master Chief helmet. I used to haul my TV around to…

I understand why people are upset, honestly. Like if the people all upset had the choice between paying $60 for the game and the ability to unlock everything through just playing, as has been the case with all the previous Halo games, they’d be on board.

Yeah exactly. I hate sounding like the “back in my day!” guy, but like..we played halo back when there weren’t any real unlockable skins. Like, I get it feels backward given how the games have progressed leading up this. But it’s still a fun game.  And right now it’s free.  People are angry about “having” to pay for…

I can’t believe he violated the law.  Is he going to have to pay the court a fine?  Or just serve his sentence?

I’m not going to get too far into the weeds regarding cancel culture, but a big glaring issue we have is people will absolutely dogpile onto a person with little to zero information. Sometimes, people go on a rant in the comment section of an article based on just the headline without even bothering to read it.

I think it depends on the person. Like I played a lot (a LOT) of Mario Party with friends and we all had the blisters (minor; once our hands hurt, we.. ya know stopped playing). And I had at least 4 controllers that all had worn out analog sticks that just slumped to the side, rather than stood straight up and…

Thank you for this because it saved me the time typing something way longer and less concise. This hits it on the head. I think it’s also trendy to hate on people, especially when they’re popular. In Pratt’s case, it’s easier to direct hate toward him because he goes to a church with unpopular opinions. But the…

I think this leads to a potentially bigger discussion. Ultimately, the goal for any product is to generate revenue. If they can keep their customers shelling out $60 for a game AND spend more money in-game for extra “stuff,” then they’ll keep doing it. If it pisses off their customer base that just want to play a…

The 100% option would be perfect. Steam has an achievement system so that would be pretty easy to implement. But then, on the other hand, that could be abused because developers could put in some kind of trigger where you could “complete” the game very early and the rest is free roam.

Not really. He’s accurately addressing everything essentially “wrong” about people complaining that this is a slightly tweaked Switch and not some big leap in technology and capabilities. To summarize

What’s crazy is current switch owners thinking this is remotely targeted at them. This is just a new option to get new Switch customers.  I swear, sometimes gamers think they’re the only people in the world.  Just like.. keep your current Switch.  I started reading this and my first thought was “do I even *need* a…

I agree with all of this, except for 4K gaming and televisions not being that prevalent. A few years ago, Netflix had maybe 1 or 2 4K shows. Now, the number is in the hundreds. Almost every new movie released digitally is available in 4K. And I think a couple years ago was one of the first years that Best Buys…

People keep clamoring for faster processors and 4K resolution, but it’s not a powerhouse console. If it was 4k, would it really look *that* different? “Will the novelty of OLED wear off in a week or two?” Sure. So will 4K resolution while playing Animal Crossing or Splatoon or a 2D Metroid game.