I also share this sentiment. But, I had the same thought about Westworld, but it turned out to be way off in that instance.

The discussion about ripping off is one worth having, but there exists, in the gaming world, no copyright protection for game modes, which I think is correct and important.

The PUBG brand, however, is a different thing, and should be protected. But the type of gameplay? Big fat nope.

Think back to Street fighter 2 vs…

Saying that animations make something gorgeous, in an article about screenshots, whete there is no actual animation, is... weird.

Of course something can be astonishingly gorgeous without animations. Just look at all art in the history of the world before animation was invented, and all art after that that doesn’t…

GTAV was 3 separate, but weaved together stories, with an absolutely insane number of things to do, complete, play and experiment with.

Saying that they don’t make some of the best single-player campains that exist anymore, knowing full well that their next game is supposed to have a single player campaign to rival…

There definately is. Or if you count all the updates, there are more like 4 other games you haven’t seen. Half of them require someone rich to invite you, or you to have in-game dollars to set up, though.

They still make some of the best single-player campains that exist, though. So there’s that.

How, exactly, is it pay to win?

Forza Horizon doesn’t let you flip off people when you win, though.

Replying with a direct point:

No one, as far as I know, is calling for a ban on microtransactions. So the question, being misleading, necessarily leads to an answer that doesn’t adress the original complaint.

There are several different causes being discussed as if they’re the same, and you shouldn’t conflate them.

1:…

“we can’t blame the pubs or devs for this guy spending so much on them.”

Yes we can. When games are designed in such a way that to get a high score, you have to put in money, and it’s a gamble on what those money can get, the devs/pubs have deliberately inserted, as a part of the game, a gambling system that exploits…

“So because someone is addicted to alcohol I can’t have a beer every now and then?”

Noone has suggested this. No one.
 
“I get especially annoyed when a bunch of broke gamers use addicts as a prop to get things they can’t afford.”

This article outlined the life of a man WHO TOOK A SECOND JOB TO PAY FOR HIS ADDICTION.

It’s…

Damn, 16 screens? I’m used to, like 6, tops. And no IMAX.

Thanks, that’s really interesting!

“As an American, my first experience with reserved seating as a default was in NZ, and at the time I really HATED it. I resented having to decide to spend the money in advance in order to get a decent seat”

If that’s how it’s handled there, I can understand the frustration. Here’s how it works over here: When you buy…

I’m a sheltered Norwegian who loves the movies but have never in my life experienced a theatre without reserved seating. I honestly thought it was a thing that really didn’t exist anymore, perhaps except for clubs that showed movies occasionally, or outdoor cinema events. How common is it in the United States?

Glad I could help! :)

Hi!
I need a little bit more context for your question, but I think I may be able to answer it without that context by listing up some facts about shields in the game!

So in Rb6 Siege, there are three attacking operators that use large shields, and of those, one operator (Fuze) can choose to not use a shield at all.…

Hi! Great questions. I hope I can help:

“Is this a newb-forgiving game? “
No, it really isn’t. Rounds can be lost over two teammates doing something silly, or contrary to their teammates expectations. However, there are two ways of counteracting this:

1: Play through all of the tutorials until you get a three-star…

Yes and no.

They should have had a long and hard think about this during the making of the game. A game’s economy and business model is intrinsically bound to it’s design. Not having at least thought about and sketched out other things they could do a long time ago, is absolutely amateurish.

They should have watched…

“What a laughably naive and ignorant argument. You “Just don’t buy the game!” idiots think it’s such a simple thing, so you clearly have no experience whatsoever with the pathology of addiction and the tactics used to bring about psychological addiction, so your opinions are useless.”

No, I don’t think it’s such a…