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I seriously doubt it will based on what I've seen. It looks too similar to FFXI, and FFXI was literally the worst MMO I've ever played, and I've been around the block. Read more

@fuchikoma: He's not stupid, I think his issue is more that he's bothered by the fact that there's a thriving business built around paying so that you can pretend you have a subservient maid. I kind of agree. Read more

@TrIp13G: I think that's still better than promoting the use of derivative crap in video games, but okay! Read more

@Cookie: No, microwaves don't make eyes grow, in fact they don't do much to plastic at all. If this was actually microwaved, the electronic components might catch on fire, but that's it. Read more

Actually microwaving an xbox would be pretty uninteresting since microwaves don't really do much to plastic. Read more

As with the rest, these would be a lot cooler if the creators at least TRIED to do something about the lighting and background. Read more

If anything this is good news since my least favorite game in the series is the only one to get a 40. Read more

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree, it is 100% the Australian Government's fault. Read more

This could be interesting. I loved the sands of time. I disliked the second game though and never got around to the third for that reason. Read more

@Jonn: Exactly. But that doesn't happen very often which is why people aren't complaining. The "objectification" of men in video games now is very different from the way women are portrayed. Read more

The problem is that while yes, both genders are stereotyped in appearance, the treatment is in no way equal because they're stereotyped from a man's perspective. Female characters are designed to look sexy while male characters are drawn the way they are to look "bad ass." in the eyes of their male creators. Read more

@ToastyUterus: People don't like it because CEOs like him literally make hundreds of times more money than the actual workers. Do you honestly think the work Kotick does at Activision is 100 times more important than any of the people who make the actual games? Hell no. Read more