Great choice. HL:A to me was "game" changing. It showed me the heights that gaming can reach. And yes, on a VR platform. Sorry for those that can't play it yet, but someday you will. It's amazing.
Once as an experiment, I downloaded and played on my phone a standup comedy special from Netflix. I listened to it as I drove. I had the phone faced down and the audio via bluetooth coming out of my car speakers.
While some comedians do have facial and body reactions as part of the act, this one worked. It was basically a comedy album for me. With the audio descriptions, that would be like an audio book... interesting. Wonder if this will catch on?
I just signed up for Hulu but NOT the Live TV package, too much money. I was saving money cutting the cord. Something like this would have cost me more in the end. They need to find a cheaper option.
@eLite0101: Completely fair feedback. I'm guessing that the writing (and other good points you made above) would be tough to fix before release. Otherwise, as many others have noted, I do like hearing early impressions. Heck, I buy games and have impressions in my first hour of playing... My only issue was the scoring. Though, kudos to Gamespot for placing it as a different color, and noting "Early Access" to call it out.
I love reading early impressions of a game, but I don't think you should assign them a score. Most the points you call out under "The Bad" I would expect from an early access dive into the game, e.g. glitches, bugs, rough cinematic scenes, etc...
> The streaming service is asking for more money for the same product.
That's what many services do, so no surprise here. I'm willing to bet that overall costs have gone up a bit and with all the new competition they will use this new influx of money to keep at it and stay ahead.
I'll see a $1 increase in my monthly cost. Not a concern. I spent $6 on a burger yesterday. Right there, if I'd skipped that it would have covered 6 months of that increase. Again, not a biggie. For all those complaining, honestly you can cancel the service. Decide if you are fine with it. You can come back later or not, it's up to you.
Yes, I'm irked when they cancel my favorite shows. Though I'm willing to be more forgiving if they at least allow the creators to wrap up the stories. But there is always something new afterwards. I love the selection of science fiction. Not perfect, but much more than I used to get off of "free" broadcast TV.
I still feel I'm living in some sort of golden age here. And if you haven't guessed, yep I'm older. <Old man mode> "Why when I was young you had to be sitting in front of the TV at 8pm to watch your show. No recording, no ad-free options, everything overly family friendly, etc..." ;-)
@ikcizokm: I agree. My cost is going up $1 a month. Not a concern... I watch Netflix most nights. An odd movie and working through various series'. Honestly, they could stop producing for a year and I could use that time to catch up a bit. I'm still very happy with the value they provide. And yes, there are some stinkers of a movie, but then the next night I'll stumble upon a gem or something that is just outright fun. Working for me so far.
It's an irritant, but as some have noted, just create the most basic FB account and that's it. You don't need to link friends and family. Problem solved.
This does show to me though, that a good competitor could come in and help lay waste to this requirement. Just create an equivalent headset, and one could probably get away with charging a little more, but not require hooking to any form of social media. Just have headset accounts like we had initially with the Quest 1. I think a lot of folks would flock to it.
I do use FB and while I don't like this requirement, I would move to another headset with the same capabilities that didn't force this upon me.
I'm not familiar with this game, but I'm happy that folks from Congress would jump in and play. Honestly, great way to connect to the youth vote. While I'm older, I'm a gamer, so it's great to see we now have representatives that game versus those in Congress at 100 years old and still think gaming causes violence.
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