As a writer/creative and teacher thereof, I’m always a little skeptical of trope criticism and lionizing novelty. New is not synonymous with interesting, certainly not with *good*. And tropes are often effective. That’s how they become tropes.

EA rushed Mass Effect 3 like crazy and it’s a miracle that it’s good.

Idunno... I feel they dropped the ball again. Like, the pendulum went from lazy stock photo edit to lackluster fan art, and failing to hit the mark on both attempts but in a different way.

Like, if the Quarians have hair, that’s fine, just make it look like there was an attempt made for the Tali photo. I wouldn’t have…

3 is definitely not the best. It has the most solid combat of the trilogy, but because it has to pick up and solve all the crazy plot and subplots spawned by the first two games(which really didn’t conclude anything themselves) it’s not a satisfying game to play. 80% of the game is you running around tying off loose…

Gotta finish the fight. Legion would understand

“What kind of monster doesn’t cure the genophage?”

I was more than just a little annoyed at how both Chris and Mia act like Ethan is a giant asshole for wanting them to talk to him. For wanting them to explain what’s going on.

Same, and the colossus as well.

That tends to happen when the outcome could fundamentally change how the law is applied to everyone. Epic is playing with fire and knows it. They want to burn Apple without setting the entire technology sector on fire.

the rate of fraudulent transactions on Division 2 surpassed 70% and was approaching 90%.

Tell that to Sony, not Epic.  At least within a year’s time or less, the shit from EGS is on Steam.  I don’t want a console, so guess I’ll just never be playing Bloodborne

I buy from Steam based on the client being great. I love how effortlessly it works with my controllers, as well as the discussion boards. Like it or not, this is not an uncommon opinion.

Yes. Do imagine that. Because exclusivity is a bad thing. If they want to attract customers, they should do it with their product, not by hoarding other people’s products.

There’s a reason movie theaters can’t get exclusive rights to movies anymore. It’s not a one-to-one comparison, as everyone can download these…

Had only Epic spent some of that $1 billion dollars on making their UI halfway decent and feature similar functions as to Steam, maybe that would have helped coerce folks into using their platform.

AFAIK, it’s the encryption of the game files, and as a result, the inability to mod anything that stops a lot of people from buying there. It’s not just the UI, it’s the entire infastructure.

Except, y’know, Fortnite, or other Unreal Engine games. That’s how Valve did it, after all.

Imagine if they had spent a billion to pay their engineers and designers and the rest of the workforce to make a better storefront than the bare bones turd it is now.

Procedural crap, most likely. By having Sweeny identify the consoles, it shows that he possesses knowledge about them and can testify on that regard. It’s a bit stupid, but if a lawyer has the choice between doing stupid shit for the sake of safety, or assuming common sense will prevail, they’re going to pick option…

That Rainbox Six tease makes every MCU mid-credits seen look positively inspired.

I agree with your rating, but not for the reasons you specified.