so, you only care if developers lie

even if it's the smallest thing

and i do consider fps to be one of THE smallest things

so, you only care if developers lie

even if it's the smallest thing

and i do consider fps to be one of THE smallest things

It's a problem of trust. Not trust like between people, but a trust to receive a product that closely resembles or is better than how it was advertised. If a developer puts forth the effort to lie about something so small as the framerate, then I wouldn't trust them to tell the truth about important things.

Bullshots are one thing, they're usually advertised through wordplay and vague promises. I'm not naive of how advertising works, and I wouldn't expect the video game industry to be above it. But there is a clear difference between "advertising tricks" and such uncouth lies. I staunchly believe in a difference in being simply deceptive and outright lying, and consider it a principle not to support the latter.

It's a problem of trust. Not trust like between people, but a trust to receive a product that closely resembles or is better than how it was advertised. If a developer puts forth the effort to lie about something so small as the framerate, then I wouldn't trust them to tell the truth about important things.

Bullshots are one thing, they're usually advertised through wordplay and vague promises. I'm not naive of how advertising works, and I wouldn't expect the video game industry to be above it. But there is a clear difference between "advertising tricks" and such uncouth lies. I staunchly believe in a difference in being simply deceptive and outright lying, and consider it a principle not to support the latter.

Well, okay, that more sense. The "gateway lie", for back of a letter term.

That just happened. I just had a text spoonerism. I'm not even gonna correct that.

I still don't necessarily agree just because, the fact is, people do consider FPS to be an "important" feature already, which was my initial contention. And you basically concede that developers are willing and able to lie about basically anything--it's like, how much research do you have to do on the development of these games? I do zero. Phil Fish could shoot up a Denny's and I wouldn't know until a week later. And I know you don't do research on every game's development, either, because if you did, you... let's just say, you wouldn't have as big of a library of games as you have right now.

I can see where you're coming from, though...

>tfw remembers the FPS debate between Battlefield 3 and COD MW3

Let the sin flow through you.