@majormitch: Mmm, if you're already that far in and the game isn't grabbing you, I'm not sure that it will tbh. I'm trying to remember about how far into the narrative 7 hours would be. It's mostly a story about gaining, complicating, and recontextualizing information so I guess if that's a thing you're into, maybe push on until the story throws you the next curveball?
@sparky_buzzsaw: Wow high praise! Thanks for reading.
@chaser324: Yeah I noticed the weird F2P feeling stuff too, but ultimately it's so inconsequential that it never bothered me. Like how your characters lose motivation after every mission and it regenerates in real-time, even if you leave the game. Smells like a gacha game energy mechanic but then they also let you buy back motivation from the cafe and it's all so cheap that it's basically irrelevant. The pacing is terrible though lol, so I get it if it didn't work for you.
@mellotronrules: Thanks for the kind words now excuse me as I crawl under a rock because I now see the beautifully succinct typo lol
@darthorange: It's tough and there's no right answer unfortunately. I have a lot of feelings about video games, as is pretty obvious, so rather than just remove myself from the conversation around these big releases I'd rather experience what they're doing, be able to speak to them from a position of knowledge, and then use what little voice I have to also speak to the toxicity and abuses that studio leaderships are responsible for.
It's a bit of a cop out but it's a lot easier for me when I don't have to reckon with the worst assholes directly. I don't know if I'll ever watch Baby Driver a second time, despite the fact that I loved it on first viewing. I agree with you that using "no ethical consumption" as a blanket excuse is wack, but I do think it's an important thing to keep in mind so that you don't beat yourself up too much when you engage with a piece of media. You have to pick and choose your battles and sometimes it's ok to just enjoy a thing.
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