hahahah how SE got balls and i love it (happy thread please)

[Gramul]

ok everyone the jumping talk stops now. I asked for a happy thread. you know who you are please leave.

I want postives about what the team is planning... please no more jump crap.

thanks

So...is your signature sarcastic or...?

Evidently, those standards DO affect the game, since it has a metacritic score in the 40's.

I wasn't really talking about XIV, more the concept in general.

My bad about Gears of War though, I was thinking of something else. But I challenge you to name a popular multiplayer FPS shooter that doesn't have voice chat, or scoreboards, or whatever. Single player FPSes can get away without voice chat, yes, but not multiplayer ones. Again, these features are now standard and required to have a good game.

I suppose you wouldn't count Minecraft.

My main point is that people don't play old games without all these features just for the nostalgia factor. They play them because they're fun games and regardless of these modern features, and demanding that new games retain all these features regardless if they really add anything substantial to the game or not seems shortsighted to me.

Some features are helpful, some features are unnecessary and end up being cumbersome to the overall experience. Just because something is new and modern does not automatically make it good or necessary.