Posted June 15, 2015
We live in times where we have huge backlogs and way more games than we can play. It's simply not possible for me to play everything I own or to check everything that comes out. As such, I developed a few ground rules when it comes to gaming, kinda like red lines I will not cross. They are:
-If the game is on console, it's out.
-If the game needs a controller, it's out.
-If the game has required online components, it's out.
-If the game doesn't have a single player campaign of some sort, it's out.
-If it mentions "competitive" on the description, it's pretty much out.
-If the game uses Uplay, it's out.
-If the game uses Origin... I haven't tried the service yet, so I'd be willing to give it one chance, but I need a game good enough for me to bother installing it and nothing has interested me just yet.
-If the game is on steam... I didn't use to mind too much. But with the recent retroactively applied region locking making me lose all trust and GOG getting a lot of ex-steam games, I'm basically ignoring the service these days. A steam game isn't out right away, but it strongly puts me off.
- I haven't yet, but I intend to jump to linux on my next computer (probably next year) and a new "no linux, no buy" rule.
Do others here have similar filters when browsing games?
-If the game is on console, it's out.
-If the game needs a controller, it's out.
-If the game has required online components, it's out.
-If the game doesn't have a single player campaign of some sort, it's out.
-If it mentions "competitive" on the description, it's pretty much out.
-If the game uses Uplay, it's out.
-If the game uses Origin... I haven't tried the service yet, so I'd be willing to give it one chance, but I need a game good enough for me to bother installing it and nothing has interested me just yet.
-If the game is on steam... I didn't use to mind too much. But with the recent retroactively applied region locking making me lose all trust and GOG getting a lot of ex-steam games, I'm basically ignoring the service these days. A steam game isn't out right away, but it strongly puts me off.
- I haven't yet, but I intend to jump to linux on my next computer (probably next year) and a new "no linux, no buy" rule.
Do others here have similar filters when browsing games?