Halo 4 is out in the wild, much to Microsoft’s disappointment. We posted a story earlier this weekend telling players to watch out for spoilers. Are you going to actively try to avoid them? Or is the prospect of knowing what is going to happen to Master Chief early too exciting to pass up?
I personally like to experience stories on my own terms. Working at Game Informer, there are constant opportunities to get the early scoop on storylines without having to play the game. When I was younger, I didn’t mind getting stories spoiled for me. My brother would go see movies before me, and I would sit down like it was story time to hear the play by play from him. It wasn’t until I got a little bit older that I realized the value of avoiding spoilers.
I think it was Metal Gear Solid 3 that convinced me. I read every preview and review piece of coverage in every magazine about Metal Gear Solid 3, and by the time it released there wasn’t much I didn’t know. I knew about all the bosses, and even somehow learned about the sequence where you had to use the fake death pill to wake yourself up from The Sorrow’s hallucinations. It made the whole experiencing less exciting than it should have been.
If you feel the same way about spoiler avoidance, was there a particular experience that made you require the ‘Spoiler Alert’ before every conversation about fiction with friends?