jdreyer wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 20:09:

But we’re also hearing from thousands of people who are playing across regions, trading, communicating and loving the Always-Connected functionality.

Honest question: Are there people here on Blues enjoying the Always-Connected functionality?

We've had so much (deserved) negativity that I'm wondering if there are actually people out there enjoying this game.

Creston wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 17:27:
So what's so special about this whole "enter the dominatrix" expansion that I guess is now being turned into SR4?

Krovven wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 16:15:
Lol, you have thin skin if you think I was being hostile. Batman posted the link and I know he isn't going to be butt-hurt over what I said, so why should you? But again, that's how some of the folks roll here. Someone contradicts bad information and they are being hostile, or a fanboy, or a shill

But I can't make a post these days without you going out of your way to try and antagonize me. And that's how you roll.

Redmask wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 15:46:
This is correct but people aren't recalling the correct details for a good reason, Volition and THQ mixed their signals quite a bit during the PR bonanza for Saints Row the Third. They initially said that the Seasons Pass would include one announced pack and an unannounced addon. Later one of the Volition devs started talking about Enter The Dominatrix which most fans assumed would be the second content pack. This was later revealed to be a totally different DLC but by then people had made the association and it was misreported by an online publication (kotaku I think). Later they officially talked about Enter the Dominatrix, a standalone expansion, which was delayed several times until finally cancelled and the content thrown into Saints Row 4. The huge mix of gameplay oriented and cosmetic addons for the game probably didn't help much either. I think Saints Row the Third was the first game I've seen too much DLC for and I'm pretty open minded about it.

But that's just how things roll on Blues News, take bad information and grow a hate-on for that game/dev/publisher.

MisterBenn wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 12:02:
The second issue is the effect of server-side hit detection on combat. It makes melee attacks feel quite loose in general, plenty of air swings that actually hit all the time. Fast attacks like the rhoa charges are ridiculous in that you can frequently dodge them and get hit when you are way away in safety on your screen. Playing a ranged character avoids most of these problems so mostly what I've played so far.

The real problem right now is huge lack of end game maps, especially those of us (the vast majority of players) who don't stream and/or have a billion friends to supply or run high level maps with.

I wonder if there are 2M people still playing Diablo 3?

I really need to give this a go, but shit, I just bought Tropico 4, and Anno 2070 AND Sleeping Dogs.

I need help...

Rhino wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 12:31:
In other words, it's not as though they haven't done something similar before; and so it wouldn't surprise me if the idea that Verno (and others, of course; but in this case Verno) is suggesting does happen

Calm down Iraqi Information Minister. I can write a program right now in about 5 minutes that maxes out your CPU while accomplishing nothing. Just because their AI is simplistic and stupid doesn't mean it can't be needlessly resource intensive.

There are obviously huge performance issues SOMEWHERE or the city sizes would be bigger than 4 city blocks.

NKD wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 11:20:
All the talk of persistance for the individual sims? I don't give a fuck about the individual sims! Delete that whole concept to free up processor cycles for something more important.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 09:57:
Not a good sign from the Joystiq article:

Cancelled DLC from 3 will be "rolled into" new game....wtf.

eh, they can say what they want. Been worked on since before sr3 came out? Bullshit. Something that we already paid for with a Season Pass for 3 was now moved to a new game. I have gone from super excited to super skeptical....

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 09:49:
Watched the vid 2-3 times already. All assets look exactly the same. Looks more like a patch/addon and should be DLC.....bummer.