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| News Comments > The Sims 4 Announced |
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Re: The Sims 4 Announced |
May 7, 2013, 09:42 |
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Creston wrote on May 6, 2013, 23:47:
Quboid wrote on May 6, 2013, 19:51:
If EA was testing the water with SimCity - and I agree they probably were - then it's obviously going to be offline (and the follow up story makes clear it is offline). You can hardly call it testing the water if they're just going to ignore the outcome and do the same thing again despite it blowing up spectacularly.
That's assuming they were testing to see if it worked. What if they were testing to see if people would still buy it?
Creston
Good point. Are people buying it? I know SimSeveralSmallTowns has topped numerous gaming charts but they're not necessarily representative (typically they don't include digital downloads and are therefore useless) and anyway, its success is relative to EA's expectations.
Surely word of mouth hurt sales. Even if it did exceed expectations, I would guess that sales were still hurt but that they greatly under-estimated sales - but that's only a guess.
There must be people who bought SimCity despite the bad word of mouth who regret it and won't make that mistake again - they'll be more careful next time they buy games, a Sim series game especially. Then there are those idiots (*cough*me*cough*) who pre-ordered impulsively who sure as hell aren't going to do that again.
I can't imagine EA could learn anything from the SimCity debacle except that forcing major game changes on people who don't want it is a bad thing. However, I can't imagine anyone needing to go through a release like SimCity's to see this, so what do I know? |
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| News Comments > The Sims 4 Announced |
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Re: The Sims 4 Announced |
May 6, 2013, 19:51 |
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Fantaz wrote on May 6, 2013, 19:38:
Guaranteed this will be online only... EA was simply testing the waters first with Sim City before they do the same to The Sims. Sad, really... it might even be F2P or worse, have a subscription fee. $$$$$$$$ The Sims prints money.
If EA was testing the water with SimCity - and I agree they probably were - then it's obviously going to be offline (and the follow up story makes clear it is offline). You can hardly call it testing the water if they're just going to ignore the outcome and do the same thing again despite it blowing up spectacularly. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
May 6, 2013, 17:01 |
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| Since we're talking about how awful micro-transactions are, I got a gift card with a new graphics card. I've got codes for £33.33 worth of credits in each of Hawken, PlanetSide 2, and World of Tanks. Anyone interested in buying a code? £20 each. |
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| News Comments > More on The Sims 4 |
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Re: More on The Sims 4 |
May 6, 2013, 16:58 |
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ItBurn wrote on May 6, 2013, 15:30:
Verno wrote on May 6, 2013, 15:22:
Not that this impacts me personally but I'll believe it when I see it, SimCity was a singleplayer offline experience too until 8 months before the release date they just reversed course.
It's pretty funny that they mention that so clearly. Sim City ripples.
That says it all for SimCity, their own press releases subtly distance themselves from it. Good, it means EA have actually noticed that SimCity wasn't received with entirely unanimous praise.
How long this lesson stays with them remains to be seen. As Verno says, it might not even last until this game's release date.
The Sims can be fun. I always found building the house to be much more enjoyable than playing a soap opera. It might be worth getting for that alone. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
May 6, 2013, 15:26 |
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I'm not keen on microtransactions which replace game playing benefits, such as increased XP or buying access to weapons that would take months to get otherwise. It's a lot better than premium-only weapons and that sort of thing but it's still poor. It doesn't affect players who've been playing for months or years but I think it compromises the game for newbies to not be equal.
IMHO the first few weeks of these games are the best, most interesting, when new items are unlocking frequently, the maps aren't overly familiar (it's not something seen in games for obvious reasons, but you shouldn't know every nook and cranny of a battle field) and not every little trick and formula is known. Some kid with their father's credit card shouldn't be allowed to throw this out of whack for everyone.
Stick to micro-payments for cosmetic stuff, if that doesn't pay the bills then have a purchase price or monthly subscription - no one likes paying but I'll be much quicker to get my wallet out if it's a level playing field. |
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| News Comments > On Sale |
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Re: On Sale |
May 2, 2013, 08:57 |
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Cutter wrote on May 2, 2013, 01:04:
Who the hell uses 3DMark anymore, at least for your average gamer?
I ran the demo last night just out of curiosity, I've got a new system so I wanted to check it out. I wouldn't be bothered tuning my system endlessly like I used to back when I was a lad many decades ago. Even back then, when electricity had barely been harnessed, I only cared about 3DMark's game benchmarks and in real situations (i.e. I didn't close every other application).
I'm a bit worried that it found my RAM to be running at 800Mhz (should be 1.3Ghz) and my GPU a bit below its specified level. Possibly they're running a bit slow to save power when 3DMark checks, and they run flat out when 3DMark (and others) are actually pushing them. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
May 1, 2013, 17:18 |
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nin wrote on May 1, 2013, 17:02:
CrimsonPaw wrote on May 1, 2013, 16:56:
RollinThundr wrote on May 1, 2013, 13:57:
Jesus, you become more and more whinier by the day. .... not sure what Jesus is whining about or how it pertains to the topic.
He's clearly having a crisis of faith, not knowing if his trolling is worthwhile to the conversation.
The Big J has spent too much time turning water into whine. |
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| News Comments > Morning Safety Dance |
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Re: Morning Safety Dance |
Apr 29, 2013, 15:50 |
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It looks extremely similar. When I loaded the story, I thought "cool, they've made another version with better graphics!" - it was only upon reading the article that I realised it's a different game from different developers and for different platforms.
The gameplay video on the front of their website looks almost identical apart from the graphics not being faux-8-bit. Game Dev Story didn't have any social crap in it, at least not the Android version.
This comment was edited on Apr 29, 2013, 15:59. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Mobilization |
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Re: Saturday Mobilization |
Apr 28, 2013, 10:41 |
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Rea1One wrote on Apr 28, 2013, 09:57:
Meh im still running Android 4.1.1 works fine my HTC phone
That's new enough. I got a new phone yesterday (Galaxy Note 2, very nice) which had that installed, although an update to 4.1.2 was available. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Mobilization |
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Re: Saturday Mobilization |
Apr 28, 2013, 08:24 |
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I kinda see his point, having the manufacturer/carrier port 4.x onto a 2.x phone is a lot of work for no reward (except happy customers and who cares about them). It seems odd that Google don't release security fixes for older versions which could then be made available for a fraction of the work.
He talks nonsense about Android 3.0. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Mobilization |
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Re: Saturday Mobilization |
Apr 27, 2013, 15:54 |
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Lord Tea wrote on Apr 27, 2013, 15:22:
The Most Expensive Free iPhone Game Ever.
ROFL! 
That game's sole reason for existence is so that kids with their parents' iOS device run up huge charges. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Metaverse |
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Re: Reddit |
Apr 27, 2013, 15:47 |
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Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Apr 27, 2013, 15:32:
I'm looking for the vigilantism though. Stating that it "may be x person" isn't vigilantism, hell intelligence agencies, and police make the same screw up.
True, vigilantism isn't the right phrase. Pseudo-detective work. Still pretty dangerous. I doubt many intelligence agencies make this sort of error, AFAIK there was little more than "Somewhat Arab-ish with a back pack". Also they don't conduct the investigation in public, putting innocent people at risk of attack from actual vigilantes.
Of course, this isn't Reddit, this is some individuals who happened to communicate on Reddit. I'm sure many other discussions, online and offline, were just as simplistic.
There's a group of vigilantes working in here in Londonderry called RAAD. They attack drug dealers and shot the kneecaps of a local legal-high seller; someone who openly sold legal recreational drugs. They operate out of a pub in the Bogside - a place where legal recreational drugs are openly sold. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Metaverse |
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Reddit |
Apr 27, 2013, 15:07 |
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From the comments on that article:
given that he was last seen a month before the bombings occurred (and was so decomposed he could only be identified via dental records with no obvious cause of death), it's probable he was dead to begin with
So it's probably not Reddit's fault - but they certainly don't look very clever in this. Vigilantism looks great in films, it doesn't work so well in real. |
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| News Comments > Thief Production Issues? |
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Re: Thief Production Issues? |
Apr 27, 2013, 10:51 |
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Lack of publisher oversight could be anything. I certainly wouldn't assume that it means it's not action oriented enough or good enough on consoles. It could be the opposite and they're concerned that it's going away from the sort of gameplay that people have proven they want. It could be any number of creative things, or it might not be a creative issue at all.
Or the publishers could be trying to do what would (in my opinion and the opinion of virtually everybody here) ruin the game. I certainly wouldn't rule this out. |
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| News Comments > SimCity Patch Monday |
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Re: More Big Picture Details |
Apr 20, 2013, 18:55 |
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Fibrocyte wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 15:17:
I know the launch was shit, but is the game any good? From reading the comments here it seems like notsomuch. I should check metacritic, too, perhaps.
It's OK, some parts of it are good but there's plenty of annoying stuff too. At least wait for a sale and with the always-online requirement, I'd advise avoiding it altogether. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
Apr 18, 2013, 10:50 |
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The Half Elf wrote on Apr 18, 2013, 00:13:
All I have to say is that as good as 2 (or in this case like 5) different things are seperate, they should NEVER, EVER be combined!
I dunno ... Patton Oswalt combined with Parks and Recreation works pretty well. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 11, 2013, 10:46 |
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I gather Windows Phone is fine - not particularly innovative, but live tiles are something a little bit different. Windows Metro is the example of them persisting with something against all advice that comes to mind.
How good is The Americans? I've heard good things but every new US series gets described as the next big hit so I'm wary of the typical first reactions. But then by the time I am convinced, the series is a few seasons in and I don't fancy catching up (Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad). |
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| News Comments > Cross-Platform SimCity OS X in June |
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Re: Cross-Platform SimCity OS X in June |
Apr 11, 2013, 08:15 |
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Eirikrautha, they said a month before SimSeveralSmallTown's release that Mac versions would be free. Rather than tying a game to a computer, which they've unsuccessfully been trying since CD checks in the 90's, they (like many others) are moving to tying a game to one person; one Origin account in this case.
I don't see anything bad here. If you use OSX and want to play SimCity then fine, if not then fine. It's actually the one time I see a benefit of cloud saving.
InBlack, how does this make them assholes? Dev, was it spam or did you sign up? |
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