Yus! To your whole statement, though while I agree with you about Ubisoft, I still love them. But yea, after ME3, I have a hard time wanting to by any AAA game for full price, 8 times out of ten it's a piece of shit, or has some stupid shit DRM on it that keeps you from playing a legit copy in the first place. ((GTA4 needing a X-Box Live account to play it on PC)) I love how the big companies complain about pirates and then turn around and punish the legit player base for it. >.<StahnAileron said:
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So yeah. I'm finding more satisfaction in indie devs these days.
Yeah, Blizzard only does this online only BS because DRM "prevents" piracy which in the end doesn't. I think D3 is already cracked and you can just torrent the game or something and not have to play it online at all.
There's a online weekly video series called the Jimquisition which talks exactly what Stahn talks about. This week was about Diablo 3 with DRM and how we should be able to play when we want to, and not to Blizzard's time, and how it's their own fault/problem for pretty much everything and not the users. They just push the problem onto us with DRM.
The guy really doesn't like gaming publishers and what they've been doing as of late, like last week he was talking about them keeping the same crap price for online distrubition which should cost less cause half the price for a physical copy should be because you're paying for the box, cd, and game book as well. He doesn't talk about that last part, that's just IMO.
There's a online weekly video series called the Jimquisition which talks exactly what Stahn talks about. This week was about Diablo 3 with DRM and how we should be able to play when we want to, and not to Blizzard's time, and how it's their own fault/problem for pretty much everything and not the users. They just push the problem onto us with DRM.
The guy really doesn't like gaming publishers and what they've been doing as of late, like last week he was talking about them keeping the same crap price for online distrubition which should cost less cause half the price for a physical copy should be because you're paying for the box, cd, and game book as well. He doesn't talk about that last part, that's just IMO.
Piracy is a customer service thing, misuse the customer like they do and we should have every right to torrent games. and I mean real gamers not this posers that buy anything CoD or BF without even thinking.Bardiche752 said:
There's a online weekly video series called the Jimquisition which talks exactly what Stahn talks about. This week was about Diablo 3 with DRM and how we should be able to play when we want to, and not to Blizzard's time, and how it's their own fault/problem for pretty much everything and not the users. They just push the problem onto us with DRM.
I was just thinking about this. I paid 60USD for Skyrim on steam they should mail me the fucking box set or have charge me 40USD for just the game.Bardiche752 said:
The guy really doesn't like gaming publishers and what they've been doing as of late, like last week he was talking about them keeping the same crap price for online distrubition which should cost less cause half the price for a physical copy should be because you're paying for the box, cd, and game book as well. He doesn't talk about that last part, that's just IMO.
I was just basing what my Mom told me many years ago when I asked why we have to pay so much for everything instead of it's real value. She mentioned that we pay for the other little stuff that companies have to pay for to get them to stores and display, which shouldn't be counted for on Online Distribution. I bought a phyiscal copy of D3 which I'm glad I did since I wouldn't have been able to do much that Tuesday when Blizzard's servers couldn't handle the strain of so many people, even though they should know not to bloody underestimate something like that. I'd have to pay the same price if I went into my Battlenet account and paid for it online, still do I think for others who'd want to buy the downloadable version.
The only justifiable thing about paying extra is shipping, though shipping costs are costly, depending on where you are and what you use, at least you're paying for that shipping company to bring it to you, since they take the time and it costs them money to do so. This is very inaccurate but you're paying for 3 or so companies, since the shipping company takes out w/e you paid for, while the store takes out what it can as well since thats how they make money, and the rest goes to the people who made the game itself. I just thought how they'd "justify" keeping a normal price online which others may have noticed. The store you buy it from can make some more money using the "extra" ammount of money we're paying for online when there shouldn't be.
As I said, it's pretty inaccurate, cause while I know other companies pay the stores to distripute their product, what you pay for doesn't necessarily all go to that company, the store takes w/e is able to legally. Though now we're talking Economics here and I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong.
EDIT: So I'm half right I guess, the online part is kinda wrong but who's to say it doesn't happen behind the scenes.
The only justifiable thing about paying extra is shipping, though shipping costs are costly, depending on where you are and what you use, at least you're paying for that shipping company to bring it to you, since they take the time and it costs them money to do so. This is very inaccurate but you're paying for 3 or so companies, since the shipping company takes out w/e you paid for, while the store takes out what it can as well since thats how they make money, and the rest goes to the people who made the game itself. I just thought how they'd "justify" keeping a normal price online which others may have noticed. The store you buy it from can make some more money using the "extra" ammount of money we're paying for online when there shouldn't be.
As I said, it's pretty inaccurate, cause while I know other companies pay the stores to distripute their product, what you pay for doesn't necessarily all go to that company, the store takes w/e is able to legally. Though now we're talking Economics here and I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong.
EDIT: So I'm half right I guess, the online part is kinda wrong but who's to say it doesn't happen behind the scenes.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-21-diablo-3-accounts-hacked-gold-and-items-stolen
Proof that a cracked torrented version of D3 is safer then the legit copy. =/ and they wonder why people torrent shit...
Proof that a cracked torrented version of D3 is safer then the legit copy. =/ and they wonder why people torrent shit...
Gamefaqs had some posts about something like that. I guess it was true. I don't know if it's only affected in EU but it's probably on all 3 servers. It's what happens when you make a Single Player game with an added Multiplayer option like the games of old, online only to justify DRM, which in this case does not work at all.
Wish this makes other game companies and especially Blizzard to re-think what they're doing and get their heads out of there asses.
Wish this makes other game companies and especially Blizzard to re-think what they're doing and get their heads out of there asses.
What's really funny (while pissing me off) is how some dumbasses tell you to "just buy the Authenticator!" I rant about this in oh so many ways, but I'll save your eyes the pain and just do this:
On a side note, I haven't touch a Blizzard game since Diablo 2. (And thinking back on it, I like the later Diablo-style game Titan Quest better.) Actually, I think Diablo and Diablo 2 were the only Blizzard games I've played... Oh wait, there was Warcraft 3, but I didn't like it after a week and sold it off. *shrug*
- $60 = Game, DRM, shitty security.
- +$10 = +actual security.
On a side note, I haven't touch a Blizzard game since Diablo 2. (And thinking back on it, I like the later Diablo-style game Titan Quest better.) Actually, I think Diablo and Diablo 2 were the only Blizzard games I've played... Oh wait, there was Warcraft 3, but I didn't like it after a week and sold it off. *shrug*
Don't know how it is in other countries but every time I compare prices on games on phyiscal disc along with the digital version 9 out of 10 times the phyiscal disc is far more cheaper than the digital version.
Funny when they say digital distirbution should be cheaper than the actual phyiscal disc.
Funny when they say digital distirbution should be cheaper than the actual phyiscal disc.
I got the physical disk of D3 for 45euros. I could get the key from blizzard itself, online, but that would have costed me 60 euro's. I just use a website to look for the cheapest store.
Cheaper for THEM, maybe. Whoever said it was cheaper for the consumer? ^_^;FoliFF said:
Funny when they say digital distirbution should be cheaper than the actual phyiscal disc.
Thats half the fun, plus if your like me and like box sets you get what you want.Artwork said:
I got the physical disk of D3 for 45euros. I could get the key from blizzard itself, online, but that would have costed me 60 euro's. I just use a website to look for the cheapest store.
Anyone here want Minecraft for xbox 360? I have an extra code to give away.
... The 360 has a port of minecraft????
Do want :3!
It's actually pretty decent.StahnAileron said:
... The 360 has a port of minecraft????
Code sent, Artwork.
You made my day Rargy. Thanks. :3
It's a obvious money grab. It's sub par to the PC one. You can't pick your skin, half the game is missing and you can't mod.StahnAileron said:
... The 360 has a port of minecraft????
can anyone recommend a REALLY good RPG for the DS? great gameplay, graphics, musical score. it doesn't have to be new, just something really good. thanks :)
Sands of Destruction.otaku_emmy said:
can anyone recommend a REALLY good RPG for the DS? great gameplay, graphics, musical score. it doesn't have to be new, just something really good. thanks :)
One of the best anime based games, and a pretty good one at that.
(I know that sounds redundant, but lets be honest, most anime based games are terrible money grabs)
i liked what i saw, but i'm lookin' for a more hack n' slash adventure type of game. i'd like character customization too, if possible. but the graphics for sands looked great, so something like that, but without the turn based strategy. and preferably cheapish.
I'd help, but I haven't touched a Nintendo system in years. I have a GC and GBA, but I haven played them since like 2007. I'm a Sony user at the moment. (I'd get JPN 360 for all the scrolling shooters if I had the money...)
IT'S SO HARD FINDING A GAME! i hope i find something right. i'm looking for something with a zelda feel, but not zelda, ya know?
I know what you mean. Though the only game I can think of that's kinda like Zelda but not Zelda is the Mana-series from Square Enix. I don't even recall the last time they released a Mana game. I played Dawn of Mana for the GBA and honestly, I didn't like it that much. The Metroid games for GBA (Zero and Fusion) I liked better, and that's not really an RPG series. (It's an action/adventure series with some RPG-like elements these days.)
If you have a DS, it should support GBA games as well, no? You can look up GBA games as well, can't you?
If you have a DS, it should support GBA games as well, no? You can look up GBA games as well, can't you?
Emmy, 3ds, Hero's of Ruin.
Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars was a good game. It ran like an anime series and is pretty much something that happens between the two Zone of the Ender games which they don't mention very much. Gameplay felt a bit like old SWR and didn't get a good review but it's one of those games that I think is good even though others might think it's bad.
meh, i'll probably end up getting pokemon white and that's it. it'd be cheaper that way.
Finally someone mentions a game ive actually played! I just never bothered to go beyond typical nintendo game series, its just that i was satisfied with what i got... that and my parents never got me an X-box.
just go for PS3 :/ no monthly fee for playing online :/ecchifan96 said:
Finally someone mentions a game ive actually played! I just never bothered to go beyond typical nintendo game series, its just that i was satisfied with what i got... that and my parents never got me an X-box.
I dont have a part-time job yet and i was robbed some time ago so im short on money. Hell i can barely afford a decent pair of headphones these days let alone a PS3 -3- but thanks for the suggestion.
StahnAileron
12 months ago- Stardock pissed me off when they sold off Impulse to GameStop (realizing one of my fears when it comes to Digital Distirbution platforms.) Their game development hasn't gotten much better either. (They supposedly blame part of that with having to manage Impulse, which is why they sold it off.) Also, one of their games I love, Sins of a Solar Empire, now requires Steam to play in its latest installment. WTF?
- Bioware pissed me off to no end with the PoS they called Dragon Age II. That was a shoddy game compared to it's predecessor, no matter how you look at it. I can't believe I actually paid full price for it. DA:O was way the hell better.
- Square Enix has been in a slump since after FFX or so. Now they're more a publisher than a developer. I haven't touched a FF title since FF-XII and that one had mixed reviews. It was an okay game, but it wasn't anywhere near as epic feeling as previous Square RPGs I've played.
- Ubisoft is pissing me off because of all the stupid DRM shit they keep trying.
- EA is EA. I blame them for the fall of Bioware as of late.
- Activision Blizzard: Screw you, CoD. Screw you, always online connection to play a SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN.
- NamcoBandai is trolling its audience. Talk about milking DLC... Nippon Ichi is in this boat as well.
So yeah. I'm finding more satisfaction in indie devs these days.