@Stebsis @TommyT456 Batman/ Assassins Creed battle system is on its way out, i hope. The counter button was great at first, making cinematic encounters frequent and highly accessible, but hopefully will come to be regarded the same as quick-time sequences.
They're trying to take a page from the not-so-serious development style. Shooting for the casual gamer market hoping to be the beat em up version of borderlands 2 and saints row 3/4. Thanks devs, for a game that we can point and laugh at. Maybe they should play some games and try to think of something to contribute instead of listening to their half assed market research team.
Its natural to mistrust when you can spot corruption everywhere you turn your head. Its natural to mistrust when your elected leaders and mainstream media feed you emotionally manipulative sound bytes. Thank god we have that article to help us understand the science of "oh you're just all being paranoid."
Don't try to make your point by referring to this piece of propaganda which attempts to point to human nature as the cause of mistrust toward multi-million/billion dollar corporations. A powerful profit motive can lead groups to attempt to control all aspects of an industry. Didn't the economy collapse in 2008 largely because bad securities were given high ratings intentionally? There is a very reasonable response to the assumption that Gamespot is entirely compromised; but implying that conspiracy theorists have simply succumb to emotion and paranoia is not it. Thinking about money's influence on information is the most important thing young people can be doing.
By the way, buying good review scores is a real thing. It has happened before. Perhaps not with a site as large and well known as Gamespot. For the record, I don't think you guys take bribes.
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