Buying based on the future (Gaming)

by Bones , The Last City, Earth, Sol System, Friday, March 06, 2026, 11:11 (8 hours, 20 minutes ago) @ Cody Miller

The tech reviewer Marques Brownlee once said that you should buy tech based on what the product is TODAY, not what the company says it will be later.

Definitely agreed.

Bungie has asked review outlets to not review the game as it is today. Not the game that you will play for a month, but the game that will exist at the end of March. The request was sent out to not publish reviews until the Marathon cryo archive map drops.

Was this an embargo or a request, because those are two totally different situations.

This seems like a vault of glass situation all over again, no? Why would you not want people to know what the game is like TODAY? The only reason I can think of is because they believe it is weak. Sure, I’ll bet Cryo Archive is a cool map, but everything leading up to it should be cool too.

Asking people not to review the game that is in people’s hands right now is not a good sign.

Dude, I think you're being a little harsh. I believe this is your first experience with extraction shooters, yes? It's par for the course -- Labs in Tarkov, Stella Montis in Arc Raiders, etc. You allow the community to warm up with the gameplay systems and mechanics, build hype, and then unleash the 'more difficult' map now that players feel a little more comfortable.

What you played in the server slam was essentially the full experience; love it or hate it.