People, especially Rovio, tend to equate sales with greatness. I am sure there will be press conferences and gushing executive sound bytes. But let's not forget that McDonald's sells more beef than Ruth's Chris.
Started playing Journey last night. Intentionally shut it down after a couple levels because I didn't want to devour the whole game in one sitting. I easily could have, but I want time to think about what I saw. Let the metaphors and such play over in my head a bit before I continue. I want to savor this one.
One thing that always made Halo great is that, besides map familiarity and skill set, veteran players had no advantages over n00bs in terms of weapon load outs. To a degree, that evened the playing field. This changes that whole balance, and is going to make a load of Halo fanboys, me being one, uncomfortable.
Since I can't read Japanese, can anyone tell me what weapon he is using (and where it was picked up) when he is fighting the Tower Knight and he slams the ground and sort of does earthquake damage?
They will only really be helping moms, because, to be honest, I have never seen a salesperson actually know more about the games than an actual gamer buying the games.
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