Re: Battlefield 2142
I remember when that game came out all the BF2 fans were up in arms about it (aka torches and pitchforks). The amount of discussion was really impressive in the forums.
I didn't like the idea at all, but BF2142 was just too interesting to pass on. Then the interesting thing happened : I cannot for the life of me remember any of the billboards. When you're in that game, you don't have time to check them out, you're looking for targets or trying to avoid being one.
So, all in all, if they do adgaming like in BF2142, I say bring it on, I can easily ignore them.
However, the day they make an ad mandatory viewing for whatever reason is the day I stop playing that game. In-game awards ala TF2* ? Please. I'm past 50, I know what grinding is. If you have skewed your game so that awards are the only way to progress, I'm out anyway.
* that said, the awards in TF2 are cosmetic only, so I quickly ignored all that because the game is fun.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
