WalterKovacs

Dumpster Fire of the Year!

I am just hearing about Bethesda supposedly silently nerfing the production rate of workshops in the game during the latest patch. Has anyone else confirmed this? I haven't played the game so I am not sure how big of a deal it is to slow the rate of production by the percentages they did, if this occurred.

I am not one to typically post in forums, but I am fed up with internet connectivity being required for single player games. Batman: Arkham Origins is another example of how unprepared the video game industry is to handle online content. Right now I had to unplug the internet from my 360 in order to play the game. I was getting stuck on the “WBID” screen. I am not even sure why I am getting stuck on that screen, I never registered an account with them or was asked if I wanted to. Can you imagine had the XBOXONE actually implemented it original DRM plans. It would have been a disaster. I am being locked out of my game because crappy WB servers. So to anyone that isn't being allowed to play Batman: Arkham Origins after buying it, you need to deactivate internet access and it will load right up. I occasionally will hit a road bump or two with Steam, but nothing like this. I just don't understand how one company can figure it out, but the rest can't.

I would really enjoy an explanation on why companies are allowed to operate like this. I give MMO's somewhat a pass, but they are walking a very fine line. But companies like EA and WB I just find it inexcusable they operate like this. Part of me says it is our (the consumer) fault for things being this way. If we would just not buy products and vote with our dollars stuff like this wouldn't happen. But in the case of Arkham Origins, I had no way to know I was signing up to be prevented from playing my own game. I really feel blind sided and I have no recourse. I opened the game and I can't return it to the store. I am not sure what can be done, but with these big companies no one is holding them accountable. The scary thing is no one can. I suspect the consumer enjoyment of gaming will decline in order for the company to possibly squeeze an extra couple bucks out of us.

I personally haven't pirated any games, but I can imagine that they don't have to deal with this crap. It is a sad state of affairs that stealing a product has the possibility of making it superior to the exact same product that someone else purchased.

Ryan had such an incredible personality that came through on the podcast and his quicklooks. I can only begin to fathom how much of a loss this is for those that knew him the best. My condolances to you all. I have followed you guys from Gamsepot.com and back again. Ryan will be greatly missed.

But how does killing the Booker you finish the game with cause his past self to die? He has lived 20 years beyond the choice so killing him wouldn't affect that choice from ever happening, it already happened. I could accept it a little more if he went back and killed himself or witnessed the Elizabeths killing him, but it doesn't make sense he experience the death from the first person as his older self.

I really don't understand how drowning Booker Dewitt would prevent Comstock from ever existing. I have thought about it and it just isn't logical. Here is my understanding of the timeline:

Booker Dewitt, who I will refer to as Booker 1.0, is in the battle of Wounded Knee. Booker 1.0 does some horrible things and has a hard time coping with them.

Booker 1.0 then goes to the place to get baptized. But since the baptism leads to a choice he can no longer remain Booker 1.0. This produces a Booker 1.1, the one who doesn't get baptized and a Booker 1.2, who is baptized and becomes Comstock.

So Booker 1.1 gets married and has a child. Booker 1.1's wife dies during the birth of Annabelle Dewitt. Booker 1.1's life sinks due to drinking and gambling. Booker 1.2 (Comstock) meets with Lutece and starts making his floating city. Booker 1.2 is unable to have children and plans to get Annabelle from Booker 1.1. Booker 1.1 eventually gives up Anabelle to Lutece to "wipe away the debt" and Annabelle ends up with Booker 1.2.

Twenty years later, according to Elizabeth/Annabelle, Lutece come for Booker 1.1 in the apartment that he has been living in. Lutece essentially give Booker 1.1 a chance to fix everything.

Booker defeats Comstock but Elizabeth tells him there are infinite version of Comstock, Booker 1.2X, out there. So they decide to "smother" Comstock. Ultimately many versions of Anabelle/Elizabeth drown Booker 1.1.

That is my understanding of the timeline. How does drowning Booker 1.1 prevent Booker 1.0 from going to the baptism?

A friend of mine told me that Booker 1.1 became Booker 1.0 when he entered that universe. I really don't think that is the case. If that were true, then Booker would have embodied Comstock when he entered his world. The entire game, till you kill Comstock, there are two Bookers present in every timeline that we experience. So why weren't there two Bookers at the baptism?

I enjoyed the story, but I feel this is a gaping plot hole that is keeping me from enjoying the ending. If I am missing something please fill me in. My understanding is the all the Lutece would have had to do to correct there mistake is killed Booker 1.0 before he went to the baptism and all branches from his story would have been cut off and non existant.