Tyrrael

No, as a rule, I wouldn't date anybody I work with. I even take it further and wouldn't date any direct family or friends of the people I work with. And even further than that, I don't socialize with people from work outside of work either. These days, especially, there's simply too much risk of "high school drama" associated with these kinds of relationships. I'm not going to risk getting fired or even somebody else getting fired for something that could easily be avoided. Even if we broke up and left on good terms, i.e. mutual break up without any malice, the rumor mill can, and no doubt would, cause a problem. And if we didn't, well, would you really want to work with your ex everyday?

On top of that, with everybody getting offended by everything, I could inadvertently slip up and tell a joke that somebody finds offensive, and I could potentially get fired from work even if I told the joke outside of work. This isn't just for jokes either. It could be a political or religious opinion that could very easily cause problems at work. This is also why I never discuss politics or religion at work.

I know that this limits my options for friends and relationships in general, and I know that people are going to say that it's paranoia, but I can't risk getting fired, or have my life ruined, over some ridiculous nonsense that could easily be avoided.

This is a double edged sword.

If you don't buy it because of this, then it means those people slaved away for nothing.

If you do buy it despite this, then it means you're granting credence to these despicable practices.

This seems like a lose lose situation from a morality standpoint.

I'll just preface this by saying that I have very much been primarily a console gamer through all the years I've been playing games. Let me put it this way. I've played more on console in the past year than I've played on PC my whole life.

Visually, games have been great for a long time. The 360/PS3, at least for the time, had some phenomenal looking games that were on par with much of what the PC had to offer, and the same still rings true today. Aside from some of the bells and whistles, like TressFX (I think I got that right), games look largely the same, or at least close enough to where you don't feel like you're getting massively screwed when you pick up a game for a console. Like I said, there are some differences when you crank everything up to ultra, but it's not so much of a difference that I feel cheated.

The problem lies with the ridiculously inconsistent performance on consoles that seems to be getting worse. There's simply no standard at all, with developers making up ridiculous excuses about how they are trying to make the game more "cinematic" (I hate that word), as if that's a reason to have a game at 30fps that constantly drops frames. As soon as there is a standard that is mandated by the console manufacturers, preferably 1080p60, then, hopefully, we will start to see more consistent performance.

I know this is going to annoy some people, but keep in mind that I love my consoles very much, so this is coming from a place of love. If the PS4/XboxOne were rereleased with massively upgraded CPUs, I'm confidant that 1080p60 could be hit much more consistently. The biggest problem with the consoles has always been the CPU, which is considerably underpowered when compared to the GPU. And, yes, I know that the PS4Pro/XboxOneX upgraded the CPU, but it just isn't enough.

One last thing. I'm more than willing to have games take a mild to moderate aesthetic hit on console if it means getting a rock solid 60fps at 1080p. This would also keep the consoles within the $400-$500 sweet spot. I would much rather have consistent performance than the equivalent of having everything at ultra on PC with constantly tanking frame rates.

You could try Rage. There are some underlying mechanics like crafting, but you don't really have to use them. The shooting is solid, and it uses a more muted color pallet and things don't explode around you constantly, so it won't seem too overwhelming. It's not as flashy as something like Call of Duty, where every altercation is a massive spectacle, but it's still solid and fun to play for what it is. And with the second one coming out, it may be worth giving it a shot.

I would definitely like to see a Rage 2. I also seem to be in the minority of people that really liked Rage. I played through it several times on consoles and PC. If it is released, I hope they re-release the original on PS4/Xbox1 as well. That would be great. Then, they could have a combo pack for people that never played the original either on PC or console.

If you were bored playing GoW 3, then it seems more like GoW was never your thing. That game had amazing combat, and completely changing it just to cash in on the Dark Souls craze, just solidifies the idea that this is the God of War game for people who didn't like God of War. They could have changed up the combat without completely changing the gameplay. Although, maybe Dark Souls will eventually change and have GoW style combat...nah...that'll never happen. If you want to talk stale, Dark Souls has been rehashing the same thing over and over again since it started, and people still don't seem to be tired of it yet. The game should have been made for the tons of fans that wanted a new GoW with it's iconic weapons and combat, not for the outliers who disliked it after GoW 2 nor as a shameless cash grab pandering to all the Souls fans out there.

Yeah, I'm excited for Souls of War. I mean God of Souls. I mean Souls of Souls. I mean...Sooooouuuuuulllllllllsssssssss. Sorry, what were we talking about again? Oh yeah, no I'm not excited for it at all. They bastardized this franchise into something unrecognizable that nobody asked for. This is like the God of War game for everyone who hated God of War. I have nothing against the "souls" games, but every single game doesn't need to be turned into a clone just because they are popular. I would have loved a new God of War game with some proper God of War combat, but the more I see of this game, the more I think that they are just using the name "God of War", as well as the mechanics of the souls games to just cash in.

My parents hate games, as does the majority of my family, and they think that, on some level, I'm a bad person for liking them. That having been said, there's absolutely no chance whatsoever they would get me a game I would like. They probably wouldn't get me a game to begin with, but if they did, they would probably just choose at random some game from the litany of shovelware garbage for a console I don't even own.

For free? They'd have to pay me to take a copy.