Absolutely. I was already sold on the game just from my time with the Beta, but that Gamespot retrospective just really took it all to another level for me. I left it with the utmost of respect for their vision and achievement. As corny as it sounds I felt as if they were making a game for me.
Having an MP FPS that I know I may not get to play for weeks at a time but I can go back to and still hopefully hold my own and at least feel like I am able to compete really is massive. Again as I said, it is like they made the game for me, which makes sense as for all intents and purposes, they are me minus the fact they are developers for a living. But we all grew up playing the same games, and I feel like someone or something needed to address the issue of what about those of us who want to enjoy the genre we grew up on but just do not have a lot of time in their day to day lives to dedicate.
So I feel like not only have they released an incredibly fun game to play, but they have directly addressed an issue with the genre itself.
Only time will tell if they have truly addressed it, but my time with the beta, along with everything I am reading and watching, indicates they very well may have.
I am just curious if because it appears they took this approach will people who expect more get bored with the game faster than normal. Also not for nothing the game does push teamwork and if the popularity of other MP FPS's is anything to go by, I do wonder if that will also make people stray from playing it. In a selfish way I think that will be the best thing that can happen though, as then those people that "get it" will be the ones playing.
