@ZBlacktt @commodore_gamer I am 100% correct, if someone beats you to the loot box you have a limited time to reach that loot box or you don't get anything. Random players rush ahead and do not have the courtesy to wait for others to get near the loot box before opening it.
I was disappointed myself since most of the mission seem to be the same - fighting waves of enemies until the door gets hacked open. But I really don't like the fact that random people are running around looting in the same area as you and you don't end up with anything and have to play the mission over, rushing through it hoping it doesn't happen again, especially the gold boxes. But that probably doesn't matter so much bc I won't really be putting that much time into this game. Thanks for excellent review Kevin!
@bukankhadam I agree with the patience argument but some of hat goes out the window when dealing with multiplayer content which has a shorter shelf life IMO. Single payer only dlc, i can wait forever but if the multiplayer means that much to you it makes it hard to justify the cheaper cost later if no one is populating the multiplayer lobbies except hardcore fans.
For a long time I thought I was doing the gaming industry at large a favor by buying a game at all, new or used. As I developed some loyalty for certain publishers, I would intentionally buy them new just to support them, well actually support the devs and artists. Now they want to squeeze me for a few extra bucks? Seems everyone is jaded now, afraid of being ripped off, "cut out". Very cynical to assume everyone is out there to tget over on you.
The main pull for me to go to consoles 5 years ago, was the value compared to a PC running games. I bought a PS3 b/c I needed a Blu Ray player, so I won;t need a PS4(Orbis) Now that PC pricing has come down and hardware is way beyond the Xbox360 for the same price, I will be hard pressed to play along with any marketing scheme to eliminate used games. Especially with the outstanding deals on Steam for direct download, I mioght as well get a sweet deal if I am locked into some DRM management. That leaves only thing keeping me in the consoles is playing for achievements (which Steam now does, and plus I just am not as motivated anymore to get achievements), the community/ party chat which probably will not outweigh the cost. My point is there are plenty of people like me who stand poised to dump consoles all together especially with the lack of decent support for apps other than those that fill MS coffers (like Zune). SO I am ready to call both Sony and MS bluff. They want to compete with Apple TV but Xbox's Netflix app is just atrocious, so I would still rather buy a cheap computer for streaming b/c I don't have to rely on half hearted efforts of supporting that app.
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