Fion wrote on Apr 8, 2011, 23:22:
Ah more hats? All these cosmetic items have ruined the game. Not to mention all the weapons in the game that aren't balanced for shit anymore. It used to be a fast and furious strategic shooter and now it's a hat simulator.

Linksil wrote on Mar 31, 2011, 13:32:
Just tried it. Basicly Jets ruled, no way to stop them with the lag on the servers.

Suddenly_Dead wrote on Feb 24, 2011, 23:15:
Battlefield 2 used Gamespy, and while it had a pretty shit server browser, the rest of it was fine. Not sure how much Gamespy had to do with the server browser's quality either.

Beamer wrote on Feb 24, 2011, 16:15:

I'd be happy to name a few other beefs

Aliasing is actually really, really bad. Worst I've seen in a long time.


I know you point out RDR, but playing a few hours of Undead Nightmare the other day I only saw aliasing with lighting errors. Like in the opening scene of UN - there was crazy aliasing in any wooden panel that had light reflecting off of the top or bottom, but zero on any that didn't.

Krovven wrote on Feb 24, 2011, 03:05:
A lot of the dialogue is really childish. There is a difference between playfully immature and straight up childish...it's the latter.

Paketep wrote on Feb 24, 2011, 03:59:
Epic is encripting the .ini files now?.

Wow. Just wow.

Fion wrote on Feb 19, 2011, 17:34:
I'm truly looking forward to this game.

/checks his avatar. Still Jim Darkmagic.




In all seriousness I've already pre-ordered on steam as have some of my friends. Looking forward to the co-op mostly.

peteham wrote on Feb 19, 2011, 06:40:
At almost 20 euros per episode, times five, it's way beyond what I'm willing to pay for it at the moment though.

Jerykk wrote on Feb 13, 2011, 18:20:
Tribes didn't have classes. It had a freeform loadout system that let you assume any role you wanted.

reisub wrote on Feb 3, 2011, 08:03:

Rockn-Roll wrote on Feb 3, 2011, 07:17:
Well...I really like Painkiller, and People Can Fly do make good games so I'm all thumbs up....

It's not by People Can Fly though, is it?

Dev wrote on Dec 23, 2010, 22:07:
I'm not sure a random investment firm who care solely about the biggest return is the best group to run a game company.

HumanTarget wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 16:30:
I'm trying to find an analogous scenario and consumption of pornography is about the only one that really fits well but it even has issues (mainly with what is construed as "pornography" - as it is in they eye of the beholder). But isn't that nearly an exact situation as to what we're debating here?

Regarding the "consumption of media" (to follow as closely as possible to alcohol) however, there has not been any abdication of enforcement by the citizens and attempts to position a group of citizens towards any abdication have been derided and/or seen as ineffective (Comics Code Authority, MPAA...)

HumanTarget wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 14:12:

ViRGE wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 13:45:
As far as I know none of Yee's proposed bills have required games be removed from the shelves. They're basically equivalent to most states' liquor control laws, which prohibit sales to minors and require stores to card purchasers who may be underage. Blue Laws aside, this doesn't stop me from getting beer, nor would I expect it to stop me from getting a copy of Halo.

False analogy - if you are under 21 years of age, you are not allowed to either purchase or possess alcohol due to repeated scientific studies surrounding adolescent consumption of alcohol being detrimental to child development. That makes alcohol a public health issue and not a moral* one.

Nowhere (yet) has there been repeatable and peer reviewed studies of the impact of violent video games on children's development.

But even at that level you quickly run into issues surrounding first amendment violations in determining what should be designated M/AO or otherwise.

Regarding my assertion towards "preemptive removal" from market: if a company is unable to achieve the sales levels they require for a return on their investment in certain regions/areas, they will not distribute such materials to those areas.

Look at what happened with some of the "questionable" games that were planned for release in Australia. After being flagged as "M/AO" the game was either banned from distribution there, the distributor decided to not sell in AUS, or sales were severely limited (no ROI).

briktal wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 14:14:
However, we feel that games should be treated like movies and music instead of like alcohol and tobacco.

Silicon Avatar wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 12:47:
Parents can already control what kids watch. No laws needed.

HumanTarget wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 13:23:
Uh, how? If you've preemptively removed the game from the market there's no way for a parent to decide to/not to allow their child to experience it.

Added Medieval Mode, a game mode where players are restricted to using olde weapons.