Nope.

They have yet to address the real issues people have. Cutscenes, while falsely advertised, are only 5% of the problem. Blizzard culture of 'when it's done' is over.

Age of Empires did it right.

Show was pretty meh for me.

Well that sucks but isn't surprising, doubling down on live services is the last thing most gamers want to hear. I don't want Titanfall 3 if we're just gonna be dollar'd to death anyways.

You killed a bunch of great innovative studios in your quest for live services, thanks for nothing.

Not buying another Madden game until MUT microtransactions are eliminated. That would hopefully let the devs create a fun experience. The current game should be called Madden PTSG (Pay to Skip Grind).

Change the title of this post. I haven't watched the movie (didn't read the article) but the headline feels very much like a spoiler.

This kind of title is posted by the worst kind of people. Whoever greenlit this and thought it was a good idea to post as-is needs to be fired.

The games were pretty bad and any other company would have made much better use of the license.

Also, compared to competing games in the same genre those games did NOT do well monetarily. To not recognize that there is a ton of money left on the table is them being tone deaf.

That said, it is difficult for a company to openly recognize the failings of their own property.

I thought the slice of story told at the hub was pretty great. The one guy that said he didn't connect or care about the characters is a poor criticism because we are literally dropped into the middle of the game, of course you won't connect, it's like starting the middle of a book. That said I did connect with the guy who gets affected by the artifact you find.

The missions were on par with every loot game I've ever played and I can see the cycle being successful if they do seasonal content like other successful loot games.

The stronghold was the best of the maps we could play in terms of showcasing coop and difficulty.

I got used to flying with the mouse and ended up being able to pull off very precise movements. I get the complaints but it ended up not being an issue for me after a bit of gameplay.

Colossus was a really fantastic javelin to play. I love the weapons and overall design of it. Ranger was meh by comparison.

PRO:

-Verticality/Flying

-Gameplay

-Customization

-Loot

-Story(limited to just the short bits we got)

-Colossus

CON:

-Initial day of server issues

-Map infinite loading bug (these two compound the frustration)

-Hub walk speed

-Sound issue(could be a local issue, not sure, almost like the game couldn't handle overlapping sounds)

-Ranger Javelin is boring in this slice of the game

-Loading screens(these didn't happen at all in the Stronghold, but frequently occurred in the missions).

@lionheartssj1: Go watch the movie, its far better than the critics are saying it is.

@bigdegs: It's now also established lore why Newt is involved. Watch the movie, you'll understand by the end. It fits well.