More concerning than Bethesda’s decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

  • Sternhammer@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I think Brink was game that killed my naive trust in the hype machine. So much anticipation, so much desperation to enjoy it, so much disappointment. From there on I only believed the hyperbole from proven developers but eventually Destiny killed even that. Now I’m a bitter shell of a gamer who lives by the creed, “never pre-order!”

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      I actually enjoyed the hell out of Destiny, then Destiny 2 fucked everything up, got patched, got better, and then Bungie turned around and went “LOL - story missions? What’s that?” and cut 1/2 the content out of the game. Content I paid for.

      No more money for Bungie after that, I’m surprised it’s somehow still going.

      • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I was damn near 1k hours in D1. I think I’m still under 100 in 2, because somehow they managed to make every single map in the entire game a heaping pile of dogshit.

        Then they also took them away constantly.