Fallout 3. A million times Fallout 3. Forced myself to play about 20 hrs and had very little fun, though I can see why people like it. It's so bleak and the quests/combat weren't interesting to me. One of the only western RPG's I haven't gotten in to.
Thinking about the movie criticism/review industry, though, they run into exactly the same problem. When a blockbuster action film comes out for example, positive reviews with good scores sometimes belie the critical venom the reviewer has toward the tropes of such films, even if they are well-made within the genre. Reading such a review is a strange experience.
I think ultimately, the consumer of the review finds a few critics or websites that are doing what they want them to do, whether that is closer to a critical review or a "Consumer Reports" functional review. I know when I come to Giant Bomb, I'll get a solid opinion on whether or not a game is worth my time and money. On the other hand, when I go to Kill Screen, I'll get a good critical review. I'm not implying that KS doesn't mention functionality, or that GB never delves into criticism, but there's a difference in primary focus.
I play most things on easy, save for sports games which I ramp up as I get better at them. I don't have a lot of time to play games anymore and dying all the time gets frustrating. Those are my excuses.
Sadly, it seems unlikely. The only way I could see it happening is if TOR bombed hard and that seems unlikely. Even then, EA would probably interpret it as "people don't like the Old Republic universe" and would shy away from a KOTOR 3. If TOR does well, they're going to put all their resources into expanding that because that's going to be way more lucrative than KOTOR 3 ever would be.
I've resigned myself to reading about what happens in each of the TOR storylines (information I haven't been able to find yet, weirdly). I have zero interest in playing an MMO or paying a monthly fee to play an MMO in a janky, single-player way.
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