Seeing past his big "Angry Joe" act on the review, he really does properly address the game's (and Zenimax's) flaws in an in-depth, thorough manner. Joe loves what he does and he does it well. I can't dislike him for that.

This review hit the nail on the head IMO. This is exactly how I felt about it when I played it. I didn't pay for the collectors edition through. I went back to FF XIV.

Yeaaaaahhhhhhhhh... it seems... er... *goes back to Final Fantasy XVI*

This is the review that guaranteed that I won't be buying ESO.

This is how Final Fantasy 11 feels these days. Eerie is the perfect word to describe it. The community settles in whatever the latest city is around the newest content. This leaves the vast majority of the world, all the areas and cities, as desolate wastelands for the most part.

Nice write up Mike! I've been wondering about 4k PC gaming and what that would entail. Looks like I'll be waiting a year or two before upgrading. Not that I mind, I mean, this is pretty awesome to game with.

doesn't this already exist in the form of both GameFAQs and Wikipedia?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3k0Ox

Can we rename 'Minimum' to 'Console Experience' and 'Recommended' to 'Master Race Experience'

Why don't we just try to lower the safety and emissions standards instead?

To be fair, some people have the skill and some don't. Smart A.I. isn't for everyone as some just want to play and kill and sit on their couch enjoying a fun game after work.

Others, like me, want the challenge! For us this is perfect..except gamers with that mindset are slowly reaching the minority.

Here's my take on the Mac vs PC debate. You spent $2K on a high end gaming machine. Great! How much did you make playing video games? $0? By contrast, I spent $4K on my Mac, and used it to make over $125K in 2013 as a video professional. And I will continue to make this kind of money off my $4k Mac for at least the…

2013: The year that reminded us that companies really don't give a shit about consumers and supporting their games, they just want our money.

yeah, you NEED at least one friend if you are getting started. once you get the feel you can play by yourself. but without a friend to help make "moments" happen. like completely changing the tide of a match by sneaking behind enemy lines, because god knows no one at all on the team are going to actually help with…

As far as spunkgargleweewees go, Battlefield has the merit of being one hell of a fun teamplay trip with some of the most awesome mechanics and moments to be had in its whole genre.
That is, if you play with friends, which I very strongly advise to anyone interested in the game.

I'm actually fine with the term 'Levolution'. Is it that bad to some people?

The only people who have problems with windows are people who are messing with things they know nothing about.

OSX is like training wheels on a tricycle—-Even a child can't mess it up...

But on the other hand, the myriad of settings and functions you have access to in Windows means that if you know what you are doing…

The utter disdain modern Hollywood has for foreign languages in theaters needs to change someday. Now most Americans buy into their marketing agenda and feel the only way a movie is worth watching is if it's in good old American English.

While it's easiest to say "Oh, Project CARS looks better, especially inside the car", that's missing the point. That game is running on a modern PC. Gran Turismo 6 is running on hardware released in 2006.