This is pretty much what DC routinely does to Alan Moore, ever since he left when it became apparent they'd never stop producing Watchmen and let him have the rights again. I think it's been... 3 times now?
Actiblizzard lays out their 2013 offerings. They really have distilled their output down to their milking moneymakers. I dunno, they do well, but this kind of strategy has already killed off formerly successful IPs like Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk.
I'm stoked for the new WoW content and I'm going to be playing alot of Hearthstone
From what I can tell, there's only normal. Possibly an easy, I haven't heard any report on that. Hard mode is called Ranger Mode in Metro (or at least it was in the first game) and also drastically changes how the game plays, kinda like playing Fallout 3 on hardcore mode.
It's the Ranger Mode, which is how the game is MEANT to be played.
That doesn't explain aim assist.
Nice. It is a stupid pre-order bonus but whatev.
Granted, I'm one of those vile console gamers you PC dorks loathe, but isn't the reason why games are optimized like this is so more people can run it on their system, hence more sales? It sounds like a market driven thing rather than having anything to do with those dirty, dirty consoles.
Nonsense, most gaming PCs at this point can run rings around circles around the PS3 or 360 and once in a while you get a game that shows it, like Crysis 3. Most of the time though we're stuck with low res textures and shitty ports. When the next gen consoles come out, that will change for a while.
You can have a game that's optimized for consoles and still runs well on a PC, with the basic options (like an FOV slider) that should be standard in PC games. Poor graphics options are almost always the sign of a lazy port.
That and stuff that's created for PC is also designed with console ports in mind.
Yeah, it's just a shame that they got gobbled up by a terrible publisher after THQ's fall.
I'm not surprised. It's most of the original team and the author of Metro 2033 wrote this scenario just for the game, as Metro 2034 was more of an anthology book of various people's lives in the Metro. There really isn't any reason it shouldn't be fantastic.
It was already mostly finished when THQ collapsed, so I'm happy that it managed to find a new home. I'm just disappointed that home is abusive.
