So, This Week In Games I'm Obsessed With....As a follow up
to my article on the closed beta for The Division, I feel compelled to tell you
that the rumors of an open beta have finally been confirmed. XBox One jumped
the gun and announced it last week and now Ubisoft confirmed it this week. The
open beta is supposedly going to include additional content as well as address
some of the issues people complained about in the first beta. For one thing,
there's going to be more non-player enemies in the Dark Zone for the people
that complained there weren't enough challenges unless you went down certain
streets or in certain buildings. In fairness, I don't think the developers
wanted to overwhelm noobs like myself with Death waiting for you around every
corner, but I completely understand that you have to demonstrate that there's
going to be enough content to keep the hardcore gamers entertained. After all,
the first thing The Overachievers Who Apparently Don't Have Jobs complained
about was tearing through all the available content in a matter of hours.
Honestly, I think complaining about not getting the whole game in a BETA is the
equivalent of watching a movie trailer and being upset you didn't get the whole
film, but I realize that this is Ubisoft's core audience and that they have a
hard time keeping them happy without being problematic, so with that in mind,
the side eyes are reasonable. All in all, I'm looking forward to going back
into the Dark Zone to shoot trolls in the face and steal their shit next week.
The various updates are as follows:
This Week In Destiny.....The much debated MMOFPS had its first Valentine's Day event, Crimson Days (I affectionately refer to it as Shooter Prom Night). If you're one of these people I'm meeting lately who doesn't play as much as you used to, you're probably wondering if it's worth getting into before it ends Tuesday. In that instance, the primary question to ask in this case is "Did it satiate players who have been salivating for new content?"
Answer: Eh.
Well, if you're exclusively a PvE player (which, apparently, is a thing), you're essentially fucked until Bungie gives us this big expansion which is slated for "eventually" in 2016. For you PvP folks, you get the 2v2 deathmatch known as Crimson Doubles. Well, first off, it's actually sort of fucking hard and I don't even mean that from a noob's perspective because I feel like I've gotten pretty goddamned good at this game. I mean that, given the nature of Destiny's PvP and the overall pacing that comes with this level of shooter, it's conceptually difficult. It's a lot like the 3 on 3 Trials of Osiris except you don't have an extra person there to revive fallen Guardians while you shoot opponents. If your teammate is dead, it's essentially 2 on 1 and you're possibly fucked. Fortunately, my Shooter Prom date is effectively a "tank" and has no problems with taking one shotgun against two +300 light Guardians, thirsty for good drops. As far as drops go, you're pretty likely to get either some Year One/Early Year Two items or some Valentine themed ghost shells that carry some pretty "meh" light numbers. The hot commodity is some ghost shell that 320 light, but if Twitter is any indication, you have to log an assload of hours to get it. As someone who has clocked a LOT of time in the Crucible, I'm here to tell you that's a lot of time to spend in some "sweaty" hardcore matches for possibly one Holy Grail item and some items that are just nice to have. And this is what Destiny becomes when Bungie goes a bizarre amount of time without new content or communicating when you will have new content available: the accumulation of stuff. It's Farmville meets Halo. But I'm okay with that because I like Farmville and I like Halo.
Does it solve the content problem? Not really. Is it an assload of fun? Yeah. Does it add to the world building, mythology aspect of the game universe? Absolutely....and I think that counts for something. So, there's that.
My comic review this week for Batman is available on Black Nerd Problems for your viewing enjoyment. Feel free to like, share and comment as you see fit as usual.
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