This is why lawyers have jobs. Lawmakers just kick the can down the road to the next set of lawmakers & lawyers for them to interpret/repeal the laws they made, as they are too concerned about offending interests to actually take a stand on a policy.
Since I don't have the time (or the extra money) to try every new game that comes out, I've tried to use reviews to give me an indication. Let me explain:
1. Games that get good professional reviews are usually the large-budget "blockbusters" that often disappoint the actual gamers. When I see a game with high professional reviews, but low user reviews, I tend to steer clear.
2. Games that get terrible professional reviews but good user reviews, tend to be the "hidden gems"... hidden because for some reason the critics didn't like them (were they not paid enough?) but gems because everyone who actually plays games for fun tends to like them. These tend to be cheaper than the blockbusters.
3. Once in awhile everyone seems to love a game (Portal 2 for instance.) Even though I don't love Portal 2 that much, I can't say it was a bad game. so these are usually a safe bet too.
4. And then when everyone hates a game... it's probably a safe bet that you will, too.
Seems to me that Gears of War 3 falls into the first category... which probably means that I'll skip it. Seems to be the same complaints against it that REALLY annoy me in modern games (mechanics, linear, scripted, etc...)
So they figured out that generalized multi-body problem, then, I guess?
There are so many variables and errors in our best calculations that a mission like that is probably just as likely to doom us as it is to save us. We'd probably end up pushing it right into Los Angeles.
(Wait, that could be a good thing...)
Most of my own sentiments have already been worded here in one form or another...
But if anyone's still reading, it's about quality, not quantity. If I quit the game 2 hours in because it SUCKS, then the other 98 hours are kind of useless, aren't they? And as far as cost effectiveness goes, even the shortest games (20 hrs) are still cheaper than other forms of entertainment. So make it GOOD, and I'll actually buy it over playing the cracked version.
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I do not think that means what you think it means...
This is why lawyers have jobs. Lawmakers just kick the can down the road to the next set of lawmakers & lawyers for them to interpret/repeal the laws they made, as they are too concerned about offending interests to actually take a stand on a policy.
Since I don't have the time (or the extra money) to try every new game that comes out, I've tried to use reviews to give me an indication. Let me explain: 1. Games that get good professional reviews are usually the large-budget "blockbusters" that often disappoint the actual gamers. When I see a game with high professional reviews, but low user reviews, I tend to steer clear. 2. Games that get terrible professional reviews but good user reviews, tend to be the "hidden gems"... hidden because for some reason the critics didn't like them (were they not paid enough?) but gems because everyone who actually plays games for fun tends to like them. These tend to be cheaper than the blockbusters. 3. Once in awhile everyone seems to love a game (Portal 2 for instance.) Even though I don't love Portal 2 that much, I can't say it was a bad game. so these are usually a safe bet too. 4. And then when everyone hates a game... it's probably a safe bet that you will, too. Seems to me that Gears of War 3 falls into the first category... which probably means that I'll skip it. Seems to be the same complaints against it that REALLY annoy me in modern games (mechanics, linear, scripted, etc...)
Does this encourage more porn content delivery in some way? If not, it will probably take awhile to get to market.
You mean 90% of the time, those random people disagree with you? And this time, they agree with you?
Except to do that, you'd probably have to purchase an OS (if you're using Windows), since Windows machines usually don't come with a true OEM OS disk.
So they figured out that generalized multi-body problem, then, I guess? There are so many variables and errors in our best calculations that a mission like that is probably just as likely to doom us as it is to save us. We'd probably end up pushing it right into Los Angeles. (Wait, that could be a good thing...)
Oh, and 2 hours of cutscenes does not count as 2 hours of gaming. If I wanted to watch TV, I would watch TV.
Most of my own sentiments have already been worded here in one form or another... But if anyone's still reading, it's about quality, not quantity. If I quit the game 2 hours in because it SUCKS, then the other 98 hours are kind of useless, aren't they? And as far as cost effectiveness goes, even the shortest games (20 hrs) are still cheaper than other forms of entertainment. So make it GOOD, and I'll actually buy it over playing the cracked version.
$500,000 for a hundred-year study? No wonder we aren't attracting people to science & engineering these days.