On content and why we're drowning in it. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, March 23, 2015, 00:18 (3781 days ago) @ narcogen
edited by Cody Miller, Monday, March 23, 2015, 00:26

That is not a criticism. That is the ultimate confirmation that Bungie has made the right decisions, not the wrong ones, and that the investment hooks work so well that people keep playing beyond the point where they should but are unable or unwilling to stop.

You act as though putting a game down and finishing it is somehow bad, and that the more you play the better the game. I thought you were smart man.

I cannot believe you just said that. I really can't. Do you have any idea of QUALITY vs QUANTITY?

I cannot stand anything but PvP and occasional raids and nightfalls anymore. That time you say people are spending the game beyond when they should stop is time where they are doing repetitive, boring ass shit. I get that you play at a more leisurely pace than some of us. I get why you might not see it yet.

Day 1 I complained the endgame was shit aside from the raids. And I can only run them so many times before I want something new. I have guns I'd love to try but can't because I'd have to spend upwards of 6 hours over 3 days leveling them up to get the perks that make them worthwhile. It's not worth my time, but plenty of people would do it even though leveling guns is fucking boring.

if you ever say "the investment hooks work so well that people keep playing beyond the point where they should but are unable or unwilling to stop." then your investment hooks are complete and utter shit.

It's really simple. Ask yourself: would I do this if I got no reward? If the answer is no, then you don't really want to be doing it, and when players do it because the system forces or manipulates them to, Bungie is wasting their time when they could be doing something they'd actually enjoy.

It is the harshest criticism one can give to a game actually, since these elements are not accidentally bad, but bad on purpose and meant to exploit you.

Your criticism of the Halo games is also off base, since while you have to wait three years for more content, that content will be of better quality because it is not DLC, than if the equivalent amount of content were released as DLC in chunks over the period of three years. It's not like Bungie is the only company making video games. Play something else while you wait.