User Information - John Prezioso

I hate patent trolls as much as anyone, but I have to admit that I find the irony of Apple being sued by a patent troll instead of being the patent troll itself that it usually is to be delicious. It makes me smile.




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Re: Far Cry 3 Uplay Workaround

Dec 1, 2012, 05:00

News Comments > No Dead Island: Riptide in Germany

StingingVelvet wrote on Dec 1, 2012, 02:47:
Prez wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 15:51:
I like you SV but after your claim some time ago that you didn't have a single pre-patch issue with Fallout 3 I take any claim from you of this nature with an ocean's worth of salt.

Well I didn't. Should I lie and pretend I did? I'm not sure what the socially acceptable thing to do is here I guess.

Fucking Fallout 3! It's always... crashing! Or something!

I could believe it in other games, but not FO3, sorry. Not at launch. In fact, I'm fairly certain that when the last time this was discussed, someone went back in your post history and found threads where you detailed problems with FO3 you yourself had despite your claims. It was pretty much proven to me at that point you just like being a contrarian. If someone says "up", you say "down". I loved FO3, despite it not being everyone's favorite, but it has nothing to do with saying whatever is socially acceptable.

And Uplay does not handle disconnects like Steam from what I've seen. I had multiple disconnects playing Borderlands 2 (a steamworks game) and aside from the brief message that the game had lost connection with the Steam servers, and another when it was re-established, it didn't affect my game at all. When Uplay went down, I was kicked out of the game with all progress lost. The RPS article details that Far Cry 3 crashed every time when the Uplay connection was lost, and that has been echoed by many others. Definitely NOT like Steam. If the offline mode somewhat works, great. That makes it like Steam in that regard I guess. All I know is that when I tried the Uplay service it was horrendous - somewhere between Origin and GFWL in sheer awfulness (I know, you never had a single issue with either.

). Steam, when it was in its infancy wasn't exactly a walk in the park either, but today it works amazingly well for me in most respects, thus giving me little reason to go back to a crappy service like Uplay after such a terrible first impression.

This comment was edited on Dec 1, 2012, 05:14.




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Re: No Dead Island: Riptide in Germany

Nov 30, 2012, 21:11

News Comments > New Steam Greenlight Approvals

Glad I don't live in Germany; I loved Dead Island and can't wait for Riptide.




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Re: New Steam Greenlight Approvals

Nov 30, 2012, 18:09

Dragon's Lair was amazing for it's time to kids like me who saw it for the one simple reason that it allowed a player to determine the outcome of a cartoon. To those of us who were cartoon-obsessed tweens at the time, that was an impossible dream come true.




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Re: Far Cry 3 Uplay Workaround

Nov 30, 2012, 17:48

If you are using a simplistic go/no-go test of "if it is DRM of any kind, then it is bad" then sure, they're the same. To anyone without such a narrow litmus test (which seems to be most here), the differences in how each service treats the gamer and what annoyances the user is forced to endure are as vast as the ocean. Really, it's so obvious that you almost have to be willfully dense to cast both services as the same beyond the inconsequential self-evident factoid that they are both a form of DRM.




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Re: Far Cry 3 Uplay Workaround

Nov 30, 2012, 16:57

RollinThundr wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 16:42:
Sempai wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 16:25:
And dare i say Gabe and his Steam portal need to grow a pair and stop allowing this 3rd party bullshit through their ALREADY PROVIDED DRM SERVICE.

I don't see what real difference it makes, you're already using DRM enriched Steam, it's not like Uplay is resource intensive. PC Gamers: BOO UBISOFT DRM! same breath oooo I'll buy <insert title here> on steam and play that!

You don't see the difference because how you classify Steam as somehow only being DRM (and intrusive at that, when it is NOTHING like Uplay ) is patently wrong.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 30, 2012, 16:54

Creston wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 12:58:
Cosplay fights were cool.

Also, the idea that Los Angeles is any worse than, say, Amsterdam is extremely humorous. But it's a very funny article. I practically pissed myself at the Urban Taco Fabricator.

Creston

I laughed out loud at "Hippie Shit is EVERYWHERE."

Almost as funny as the article though are the Facebook Zombie responses (if Blue ever starts using Facebook comments for story discussion on BN I may just eat a bullet...) by all the goofballs who 1) very obviously live in L.A. and 2) have absolutely ZERO sense of humor and are offended by everything, just like most left coast crazies.




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Re: Far Cry 3 Uplay Workaround

Nov 30, 2012, 16:32

News Comments > XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot DC Next Week

SpectralMeat wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 16:16:
Prez wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 15:51:
Am I the only one who remembers that Ubisoft not so long ago announced it was abandoning its always-on DRM? Heck, I took them at face value and added the game to my wishlist never bothering to check what the DRM was going to be. I feel kind of foolish - here I am thinking they changed their ways. Instead they use the same garbage with a "workaround" that apparently doesn't even work.
Rules for buying Ubisoft games:
#1 - Don't
#2 - If you fail to follow rule #1 then at least wait a week or 2 for a 50% off sale

I actually kind of liked the gameplay videos of this one. I might grab the game on the Steam Christmas sale if they patch out the DRM, but I will try the "demo" first.

What's so shitty about it is that Ubisoft consistently makes games I am interested in playing, then they kill my enthusiasm with shit like this. FRUSTRATING!




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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot DC Next Week

Nov 30, 2012, 16:09

Disappointing. I was hoping for content that fleshes out the open world part of the game that felt stifled at release. At least I would have been happier the 3 maps added in the new pack would have been added to the normal rotation of maps that random missions take place on. As much as I love the new X-COM, map recycling in the game is a bit of a downer. Like Cutter suggests, an editor that gives the community the ability to add dozens of more maps would have been far more welcome imo.




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Re: Far Cry 3 Uplay Workaround

Nov 30, 2012, 15:51

Am I the only one who remembers that Ubisoft not so long ago announced it was abandoning its always-on DRM? Heck, I took them at face value and added the game to my wishlist never bothering to check what the DRM was going to be. I feel kind of foolish - here I am thinking they changed their ways. Instead they use the same garbage with a "workaround" that apparently doesn't even work.

StingingVelvet wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 15:04:
Guess I am the weird one because I never had a problem with Uplay.

I like you SV but after your claim some time ago that you didn't have a single pre-patch issue with Fallout 3 I take any claim from you of this nature with an ocean's worth of salt.

This comment was edited on Nov 30, 2012, 16:02.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 30, 2012, 10:09

nin wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 09:04:
Prez wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 09:01:
xXBatmanXx wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 04:31:
hahah Just saw over at RPS that FC3 release day was a mess - UBI servers down. GO DRM GO!

WTF??? What happened to Ubisoft's latest promise to stop using their invasive BS DRM?

There's still initial activation.

I find online activation infinitely better than always on, but not having working activation servers for your brand new blockbuster release is just retarded.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 30, 2012, 09:01

News Comments > Humble THQ Bundle

xXBatmanXx wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 04:31:
hahah Just saw over at RPS that FC3 release day was a mess - UBI servers down. GO DRM GO!

WTF??? What happened to Ubisoft's latest promise to stop using their invasive BS DRM? Confused




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Re: Humble THQ Bundle

Nov 30, 2012, 02:45

News Comments > Humble THQ Bundle

Sepharo wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:39:
Prez wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:30:
Each game will have a separate redeemable Steam key, so you can just email the keys to whomever you want to gift the game to.

One key for the whole bunch except a separate key for SR3.

Oh, I misread. Sorry.




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Re: Humble THQ Bundle

Nov 30, 2012, 01:30

News Comments > Humble THQ Bundle

Creston wrote on Nov 30, 2012, 01:12:
Man, that has to be the craziest value bundle of all time.

If I didn't already have everything except Darksiders, I'd pick this up. In fact, I may just pick it all up again and give everything away. (Edit, since they give Steam keys, would that even be possible if I already had almost everything? Steam doesn't give you double copies, does it?)

Creston

Each game will have a separate redeemable Steam key, so you can just email the keys to whomever you want to gift the game to.

No way. COH is very similar to DOW 1, there is almost the same amount of base-building and you can still have big armies. DOW 2 is about having a single squad of heroes and no bases...

Agreed. It's WAY more like the first and not all that similar in function to DoW2. I think it's just a Jerykk thing though. I can't remember a time when I gave a description of a game and he didn't come in soon after and say "That's not entirely accurate..."

In fact, I don't think we have ever agreed on anything in the 30 years we've been on this board together (give or take a decade).

This comment was edited on Nov 30, 2012, 01:36.




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Re: Humble THQ Bundle

Nov 29, 2012, 21:42

News Comments > Endless Space Free Weekend

Wow - that is just a stupid amount of great gaming for practically no money.

What are the CoH games like?

They are very similar in mechanics to the original Dawn of War games (They share the same engine iirc) - control point-based resource/requisition points kind of thing. The graphics are still damn good considering the game's age too.




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Re: Endless Space Free Weekend

Nov 29, 2012, 21:33

News Comments > Dragon Age 3 in 2014?

I have been on the fence about this one for a while. I sort of got burned out on space strategy for a while after playing Sins: Rebellion to death on release, but I think I'm ready to give it another go.




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Re: Dragon Age 3 in 2014?

Nov 29, 2012, 17:04

I found Dragon Age Origins to be the best RPG I had played since Baldur's Gate 2. The Witcher was close. It still remains one of the top 10 RPG's I've ever played easily.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 29, 2012, 15:48

Creston wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 13:09:
Verno wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 12:16:
Prez wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 12:10:
40 hours and counting! Since Half-Elf basically dared me I am now going to leave it running 24/7 when I am working or sleeping (two of the few things I have time to actually do this time of year).

It was funny, I had a buddy over the other night and he saw my steam friends list and goes "Snuggle Truck?" and I just said "yeah hes the son of a friend" and quickly closed the list

Hahaha. I love how Prez is pretending like it's a test to burn out his videocard, when we all know he's been actively playing like mad for the last 40 hours. Admit it, Prez!

Creston

No. That isn't it. Like I said, it's... um... oh screw it. Who am I kidding? Snuggle Truck for Game of the Year!! Nay, Game of the CENTURY!!! It's the BEST. GAME. EVAH!!!!!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 29, 2012, 12:10

News Comments > Dragon Age 3 in 2014?

nin wrote on Nov 29, 2012, 11:21:

Has SnuggleTruck burned up Prez's videocard yet???

40 hours and counting! Since Half-Elf basically dared me I am now going to leave it running 24/7 when I am working or sleeping (two of the few things I have time to actually do this time of year).




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Re: Dragon Age 3 in 2014?

Nov 29, 2012, 11:08