On Authenticity (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 12:05 (3222 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I totally get what you're saying, and I don't think you're wrong. It's an unfortunate reality with AAA games on the whole right now, not just Destiny, that the making-money aspect of creating these games sometimes intrudes on the end users' fun.

I don't think anyone objects to the fact that these companies ARE making money. Obviously, we as the gamers need that to happen. It's just that sometimes the carrot-and-stick mechanisms are a little too obvious, and people find it insulting to be manipulated. I think it's not even the fact that we are being influenced that's irritating, it's how blatant it (sometimes) is. Hopefully as time goes on companies will get better at not being so obvious about it. For now, though, I guess we're at the Red Bull stage of games' evolution. :\