Explosion.com's Dave Walsh takes a look at the phenomenon behind how games are rated and how they are perceived and that it is OK to not like every great game.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
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of course its ok not to like every great game. I, for example, do not like GTA at all. any of them. However, that doesn't mean i think its a horrible game because i know there are people out there that love the crap out of it.
im not going to go around b*tching and whining and telling everyone that this game sux and they shouldnt play it simply because i dont like it. What a lame excuse that would be haha!
The influence of seeing a published "9/10" is pretty large. People really don't realise how much the media shapes them and their opinions. Not to sound like a paranoic, but it really is true.
It's ok to like a game with a rating below 8 too. There are some games I really like that scored in the 70s on metacritic, like Unit 13 and ps all stars.
Good...because I hated Skyrim and Fallout NV and Fallout 3 and Oblivion. I honestly don't understand why people like those games. I mean, I want to like them. Hell, I bought them all in an effort to like....but they are awful. Slow, lifeless treks across various woodlands or wastelands to do whatever menial task any asshole you meet wants. All of them had terrible combat. All of them were and buggy mess that were only playable after the PC modding community did what Bethesda and Obsidian should have during development.
Now, most people I tell that to call me crazy but in reality, YOU are the crazy ones...lol.