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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 14, 2013, 02:21:45 PM »

Yeah, King, we've only discussed that for the last page and half. /bonk READ!

I somehow missed the first post. I am a terrible person, apologies.

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 12, 2013, 05:47:07 PM »

I think EA lives in their own world at this point.

I think they're capable of intense stupidity, but I don't think they're literally stupid in general.  Their business wouldn't last long otherwise.

But maybe this really is just intense hubris.

Yeah, maybe...

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 12, 2013, 05:21:59 PM »

Yeah. If this is true, I can't believe EA lied to so many people to pull off this deception. Its one thing to be an obstinate blockhead. Its another to lie to everyone like this and repeatedly do so. I'm going to be watching this very closely.

It just baffles me that they thought they would get away with it.  I mean, there are some very skilled hackers out there, that would love the challenge of "cracking" the game.  It wouldn't take them too long to realize that "cracking" it away from server-dependency (for a limited single-player experience, not the region stuff) was suspiciously easy.

It makes me wonder if EA/Maxis somehow figured this deception was a good idea despite (or because of?) the near-certainty of its discovery?

This could make my head hurt, better get back to something simple like programming

I think EA lives in their own world at this point. They think PC gamers are exactly like mobile gamers, that this version of SimCity is great and so many other mind-bogglingly stupid decisions that I don't think there is sanity to anything they are doing. Also: this: EA's simulation engine may not be nearly as advanced as we were lead to believe now. This just keeps getting worse and worse.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/Traffic-quot-AI-quot-This-is-why-services-and-traffic-are-broken/td-p/737060/page/2?ClickID=cnkqanq7izske7isflpanfavll4vlwfnpnka

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 12, 2013, 05:06:00 PM »

Yeah. If this is true, I can't believe EA lied to so many people to pull off this deception. Its one thing to be an obstinate blockhead. Its another to lie to everyone like this and repeatedly do so. I'm going to be watching this very closely.

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 12, 2013, 04:30:17 PM »

The plot thickens. SimCity 2013 may be playable offline and EA may be downright lying. Ohhhhh boy...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 12, 2013, 12:46:17 PM »

It's kind of a shame, since it sounds like Maxis actually made a pretty good game, but the suits at EA forced them to shoehorn in a multiplayer mode that nobody wanted as a lame excuse to require being connected to their servers.  I used to like EA, but they seem to get worse and worse every year as they find they can get away with more.  Maybe this will be a wake up call for them.

This is actually false.  A person on Twitter made the same statement, blaming EA for the decision and someone at Maxis replied and stated that the decision to go full, always online multiplayer was Maxis decision and Maxis alone. EA had nothing to do with it.

Imagine my surprise.

After hearing that Maxis was behind Spore, I can believe that now. Tragic that they think this is the right way to go...

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Off Topic / Re: A Paladin Without A Crusade Thread...

« on: March 11, 2013, 08:31:13 PM »

Speaking of vids, I've published a few since last I posted about them:

Latest Portal 2 episode has Gareth and I falling into a bunch of pits. Dunno why that happened this episode, but it did. Its also the first episode where I do not have mic issues.
http://youtu.be/sHWZIAcEEKA

I also do more exploring in the Heroes dungeon for Cthulhu Saves The World here:
http://youtu.be/z_d5Dve2CgY

Enjoy

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Off Topic / Re: A Paladin Without A Crusade Thread...

« on: March 11, 2013, 08:26:25 PM »

I can't really comment on the differences between Cthulhu and Breath yet as I'm still at the beginning. But there are some nice updates in Cthulhu so far.

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 11, 2013, 01:06:06 PM »

You want to know what the really sad part about that Tetris app is? It has an average 4.5 star rating. Real Racing 3 also has an average 4.5 star rating. No wonder EA keeps doing more and more abusive schemes with their microtransactions. Funny enough, it seems they don't have the same Tetris game on Android as far as I can tell. (It seems to be the older version that didn't have a microtransaction and subscription service) Only iOS.

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 11, 2013, 01:02:28 PM »

... and I saw Tetris on iOS put in a subscription service with microtransactions.

Tetris?!!?!??!! *boggle* How do you have microtransactions with Tetris?

I don't know how, but EA showed us how to do it. Since it is their game. This is why EA is starting to transfer the same attitude to PC games. Because they believe PC gamers are about the same and they'll just eat up all the microtransactions there are. And the sad part is...they may be right.

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Off Topic / Re: SimCity 2013 (or SimCity 5)

« on: March 11, 2013, 12:46:15 PM »

I'm actually not horribly against microtransactions in a single player game as long as it doesn't define how the game and levels are designed. If there are only four rockets, or if the fifth rocket can only be found in a Painkiller-like way then it's gone too far. However, if it's a case of, "I screwed up, and I need to either be better or spend real money" then I don't really care. As long as I can follow the "I screwed up" logic and restart the amount that I have to in order to continue enjoying the game to just do better and get beyond the part where I need the rockets.
The thing is, in that case, it's avoidable. In the case of Diablo 3 and SimCity 5's DRM, it is completely unavoidable without emulating the server illegally. In the case of Diablo 3's microtransactions, it is largely impossible to get personal item upgrades or any reasonable amount of gold without spending real money to buy it from others... although that isn't really the fault of the RMAH itself, rather the fact that they had to reduce the likelihood of any kind of decent item so the auction houses wouldn't ruin the game. Have to say, they kinda did anyway.

Problem is, when companies put Microtransactions into a game, it seems to always affect the game. It affects the balance of the game in order to encourage it. Because we had a mobile game come out recently that (I can't remember the name of) went out of its way to not encourage microtransactions. The developers of that game made little to no money off the game. So there is absolutely no reason for game developers to put in microtransactions that won't affect the game in some way. Because if it doesn't, they won't make money off of it. Its why I'm so strongly opposed to them because it is so easy to go down the dark path and really abuse the hell out of it. EA just showed that with Real Racing 3 on mobile. It is the most abusive scheme I've ever seen and I saw Tetris on iOS put in a subscription service with microtransactions.

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Off Topic / Re: A Paladin Without A Crusade Thread...

« on: March 09, 2013, 06:08:11 PM »

At long last, I finally post my first videogame review of 2013. Its an interesting sidescrolling game with a mix of strategy and platforming genres: A Valley Without Wind 2...

Weird, looks like the devs are insane...

I know right? Totally insane.

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Off Topic / Re: A Paladin Without A Crusade Thread...

« on: March 09, 2013, 04:52:23 PM »

At long last, I finally post my first videogame review of 2013. Its an interesting sidescrolling game with a mix of strategy and platforming genres: A Valley Without Wind 2...

http://kingisaaclinksr.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/kings-videogame-review-a-valley-without-wind-2/

I've also been busy overhauling and updating my website for the past couple of weeks. It now has a new design and look with a new home page. Check it out: http://kingisaaclinksr.wordpress.com/

Enjoy!

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Off Topic / Re: Natural Selecton 2 is AWESOME

« on: March 09, 2013, 02:16:07 AM »

But like, if you're going to steal, STEAL FROM THE MAN!

They are equal-opportunity scammers. Doesn't matter if your "the man" or not. All they want is money.

*Facepalm*.  Silly me to expect people committing a crime to at least steal from the people who deserve it

Personally, no one deserves to be stolen from. Not even the Man. And yes, I know the man steals from others. That doesn't make it right.

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Off Topic / Re: Natural Selecton 2 is AWESOME

« on: March 09, 2013, 01:23:18 AM »

But like, if you're going to steal, STEAL FROM THE MAN!

They are equal-opportunity scammers. Doesn't matter if your "the man" or not. All they want is money.