Asinine. Ignorant. Arbitrary.
...is all I can think of about exclusives. Now, having your game initially multi-platform, getting hundreds (probably more) hooked, and then isolating that market because Microsoft wants you to blow them and only them? Fucking ludicrous. I enjoyed the new TR and was looking forward to exploring a new game that fixed the reboots few problems (some glaring). That said, I don't think I'll be buying this even if it turns out to be a timed exclusive just for the utter "FUCK YOU
" this is to people like myself who got hooked on the new franchise and had the rug pulled out from under me. Part of the pleasure of knowing you're getting into a franchise is that (one hopes) the games should get better and better, fixing the problems of the former. I was really looking forward to the expanses and fixes they'd make to the second, and it does sound like they're already on their way (I read one interview that said they're looking to expand the actual tombs, one of my biggest problems with the original). Now I've all at once had all the shits I've given flushed right down the toilet. I didn't wanna flush those shits. I was saving them you fucker.
Exclusivity is utterly moronic. The only ones who care about it are the massively greedy companies and pre-pubescent teenagers that somehow feel like because they have a game that only owners of said system can play that they're special. The fuck does exclusivity do for gamers? Nothing; not for the ones over 12 anyway. You lose loyal fans and people that can't afford to buy a console (but would gladly buy the game) for a few exclusives. Shit, even if I DID have the money, I'm not buying a console for a handful of games, let alone ONE game. This utterly irks the FUCK out of me. Exclusivity should've died a long time ago, along with this annoying, abso-fucking-lutely puss-fueled 'console war' that the pimply brats that cling to one company or system as if the gamers are getting a cut of the money are fueling themselves. It is so fucking aggravating. It's one of the main aspects of console gaming that has put me, a gamer since I could use my hands (and still am, for as much as I can), completely and utterly away from my favorite hobby.
Whatever... Yay for the Xbone owners. I've been a PC gamer for a while now, and more than likely I won't be consoling again because of shit like this and the fact that if I want to play a certain game, I'm either going to have to make sacrifices and chose one over the other, or start turning tricks just so I can play games. Back in the day, I could afford it because yay youth and not a care in the world. Not anymore, it's just not possible; shame on me for even thinking we'd be past this after...oh, I dunno, over a decade. Fuck you, big wigs. I'll stick to my freedom-fueled PC. If I have to lose a few games because of it, so be it. What's funny is that it was really the prospect of a new series that excited me, I wouldn't call the TR reboot anything more than 'a very fun distraction', but I could see future titles really revamping and revitalizing the series to new heights. This, along with a slew of other games that are no doubt waiting to be tied to one console, puts a very bad taste in my mouth. Fucking money mongers...killed my favorite industry. Actually it killed everything. When the industry was new and blooming still, it was one thing...now? It's...well, revert to the first line of the post. Ugh.