There's one line in particular that really stands out:
There is already a growing school of Home apologetics, fostered by the same Order of Perpetual Masochists who lauded the rumble-free Sixaxis at launch and suggested, hilariously, that Lair and Heavenly Sword were videogames. They're under the impression that because something is free, this places it on some golden dais beyond censure. It's no virtue to give away something that no-one in their right mind would buy. They have no idea what this world is for, and that ambiguity infuses every simulated millimeter of it. (emphasis added)There were similar debates going on over all over the place; I saw it first-hand in the comments to Giant Bomb's article about Home's impending release earlier this week, at least when I first went over there to check on what people were saying. Tons of fanboys were running to Home's defense without having actually used it, and when people who had used it (like me) said that it's pointless, they inevitably retorted "But it's free! How can you complain about freebies that you never have to use?"
It's very simple, actually. Home sucks. And I'm never going to use it. And the reason why I'm complaining about it is that I'd very much like to use my PS3 for something other than watching BluRays, and I was hoping that Home would be something cool and useful and offer an invaluable and unique experience that would enhance my enjoyment of both the Playstation and the games I play on it. Sony has been struggling in 3rd place for this entire generation and I'm sure many people were looking to Home as the thing that would help differentiate the PS3 from the 360. I guess, in a way, it has - it's proven that Sony has absolutely no idea what they're doing.
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I could scarcely be less excited about this release. Based on all I've read, I'm so underwhelmed as to not even be curious about Home any more. I'll download it if I have to, but yeesh. It's gotten to the point where Sony would almost be better off admitting that Home is useless and walking away, and that's saying a lot. But would that act at least restore some faith to counterbalance the giant amount of doubt created by Sony having conceived of this ultrahyped snoozefest in the first place? It's a close call.
The implication by PA that Heavenly Sword isn't a videogame - what?! - and that no one in their right mind would buy, (admittedly I waited to find it on sale), detracted from the rest of the post. :shame:
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