Creston wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 11:38:
I admit the trailers look cool, but I'm really worried this game is more scripted than CoD...

I'll wait for some Blues Reviews.

Creston

Prince Of Persia 2008 was train wreck - terrible art direction; whiny annoying American prince; supernatural nonsense; infantile humour, etc. It had absolutely nothing to do with the Prince Of Persia brand.

Assuming console certification is just a much hassle as pc hardware combinations is folly to me. A developer would have a list of the criteria the console manufacturer is going to test against and their expectations for each point of contention. If a developer is having hassles getting certified it's likely because they're trying to slip sub-par work to the marketplace, not because this PS3 has a different sound chip than that PS3.

While I agree with your final line in theory, the reality is EA wants to launch all platforms on the same day. I don't think they care -at all- to sell more PC units than any console, they just want to be able to offer the product to as many platforms as possible as quickly as possible. Quite frankly the PC market is not nearly as substantial as its proponents like to claim (and I do prefer gaming on my pc too), but the numbers don't lie, look at Dead Space 2's sales - 1.3 million on the 360, 1.23 million on PS3, and 260 000 on PC. source - http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=dead+space+2

If you want the developers to cater to the pc crowd, then the pc market need to generate 5 times more sales, or increase the price by 5 fold.

The biggest hassle and setback with creating for the pc is the quality assurance. It's a WHOLE LOT easier to confirm operational stability and marketable quality on a closed console (where it can technically be done with just 3-4 machines) than it is for an open platform like the pc (where it HAS to be done on at least 3-4 different operating systems - twice for x32 and x64, and that's not even touching ALL the hardware possibilities).

To demand or expect extra content or higher quality assets absolutely requires the pc market to generate greater revenue than the console market. That's ultimately what it boils down to. How would it make any sense for the developer to funnel loads of money and resources into features only a small minority of paying customers will even notice let alone take full advantage of?

Orogogus wrote on Jan 29, 2013, 03:30:
It sounds weak, but on the other hand I feel the PC gamers' expectations are unrealistic. DirectX11 support would be nice, I guess, but a high resolution texture pack was simply not in the cards; Dead Space isn't Skyrim or Half Life 3. The first game ran up to 2048x1536, so it's not like it was locked at 720p. The "further graphical enhancements" Blue editorialized about last time usually translates as PhysX effects, which aren't super common. I don't really know what people are expecting from a game not in the AAA megablockbuster class.

StingingVelvet wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 21:28:

Dev wrote on Jan 27, 2013, 20:52:
Sleeping dogs stuff (even DLC) is 75% off. $10 for the game.

The DLC is confusing. The dragon master pack claims to have 5 dlc, but lists only 3. As well, once thats purchased, steam still lets you purchase the the individual ones you supposedly already own. Someone screwed up there.

I'm installing it right now so I can't tell WTF I actually own yet.

Speaking of DLC, steam's tracking for it as always is horrendous. It should be shown on the main page with the list of DLC which ones you own and don't own. You end up having to add all to cart and remove one at a time, and then steam's cart bugs out sometimes if you remove too many items too quickly and clears your cart, making you start all over. Which is a big pain if its a 30 or so DLC like with magicka.
Speaking of the cart, valve get into the last decade and give us checkboxes and select all options for the cart, so its easier to manipulate the cart.

90% of the DLC for that game is stupid skins and cheat items. I would rather not have them in my game, let alone pay for them.

The two actual packs are the tournament and Halloween ones, but from what I hear they aren't very good.

origin is so pathetic they still don't have a complete ME2, after 3 years.