Jago wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 17:45:

Shineyguy wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 17:35:
... a way to remove games from your list easily...

Really? How is this possible?

Pineapple Ferguson wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 16:22:

The pickle wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 16:00:
People who say they don't want or use origins crack me up. It's the same thing as steam.

The concept may be similar, but there is a huge gap in functionality between the two. And even if Origin was as good or even better than Steam, I would still be reluctant (to put it mildly) to install it. Face it, EA has not done much to care for or support the PC gaming community, and many of their games and decisions seem greedy and short-sighted.

Steam may be DRM, but it's functional, it's always being improved, has a great selection of games, great sales, a proven track record of reliability, and let's face it, most peoples' games are already on Steam. So why, when Steam already has everything I want, would I install Origins? So I can play such gems as Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3, or the Battlefield games? Sorry, none of those games have enough appeal for me to bother.

So you can stop saying that Origins = Steam because your ignorance has been and will continue to be exposed when you do.

nin wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 11:21:

and it's kinda hard to have more games in a dead galaxy

Mass Effect 4 will feature time travel. And half height walls in the past.

You heard it here first.

nin wrote on Feb 13, 2012, 10:22:
You too can make your own Mass Effect commercial at home! Follow these easy steps:

1. Display M rating and get everyones hopes up for tons of boobs.
2. Display 3 millionth Bioware/EA logo.
3. Explosion, with optional spaceship.
4. Show some hot chick saying "blah blah blah shepherd".
5. More explosions!
6. Show some old fucker saying "blah blah blah shepherd".
7. Yet more explosions! With special guest, Half Height Wall!
8. Show some weird looking alien saying "blah blah blah shepherd".
9. More explosions! Boom! Pow! Kif!
10. Show Mass Effect logo, fade to black.

Satoru wrote on Jan 25, 2012, 13:00:

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Jan 25, 2012, 11:10:
Sounds like they're planning to have hots and d3 released this year, and have titan as the big thing for next year.

That seems entirely counter productive. If you're going to release 3 MAJOR titles in a year even at the end, surely Blizzcon would be the avenue to do it. E3 would already be over.

Even a 10 minute panel that was essentially just a teaser trailer for Titan and the panelists walking out would be worth it just for the PR.

Still its a bit disconcerting to see it cancelled. It does definitely raise the spectre of whether any of the games are even close to being ready for 2012.

Creston wrote on Jan 19, 2012, 18:41:
You want to cancel? But... but...

Well, we can at least make it difficult for you, and force you to sit on hold for 45 minutes, so you can try to explain to Peggy what it is you're wanting to do.


Did anyone expect anything less from EA? Give it another week and the stories of double and tripple billing will start showing up.

Creston

RollinThundr wrote on Jan 19, 2012, 09:06:

Flatline wrote on Jan 19, 2012, 04:13:

Wallshadows wrote on Jan 18, 2012, 20:52:
Yeah, what a huge over sight the change to Ilum was and really no excuse that the glaringly obvious outcome was not caught prior to the release. Ilum is a mess and they're paying for it with massive backlash from the community and it's justifiable in this case.

The issue ultimately stems from the imbalance in the factions which, from what I hear, heavily favors Imperial over Republic in most cases. It basically boiled down to the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0kDP_Cexo

That reminds me of the situation I was in the first time I decided to quit WoW after being talked by my friends into a pvp server.

Wow that does look bad. What does this bug entail? Groups of a faction accessing areas they shouldn't? Or is it just due to most people prefering to play Sith? If it's the latter I don't really see how they can address people wanting to play that particular faction over playing as the rebel scum that the Rebellion is.

Krovven wrote on Jan 12, 2012, 12:21:
Kinda shocked at some peoples attitude. They didn't use DRM that effects legit customers. They go after individuals in a way that doesn't effect legit users and people still complain. Do they not have a right to defend their software and business at all without catching shit from the masses? They need to be very thorough when making their accusations, but the masses should bud the fuck out when it comes to CD Projekt defending their property* that doesn't effect legit customers.

Edit: * spelling

Verno wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 08:29:

briktal wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 08:02:
When Guild Wars was new, were people upset it required you to be online?

I don't really see how they are directly comparable. In fact I've asked in several different topics and never heard a single answer other than DRM as to why the online requirement is there for campaign play. Let's be honest, we all know there is no design reasoning behind it, it's a blatant attempt at control and anti-piracy. Even Starcraft 2 did not require a persistent connection.

I don't even see many people "whining" here, just voicing valid concerns and many of us were in beta so we know what to expect. Discussing things != being a hater.

Ventura wrote on Jan 9, 2012, 05:44:

How is it at all different than you playing any games on Steam?

You're joking, right? Take your computer offline and see how many of your Steam games you can play while it's in offline mode. I just fired up Torchlight, MW3 and Dungeon Defenders with my network cable pulled from the back.

As he said, Diablo 3 is an MMO wannabe. It won't let you play at all, period.

Prez wrote on Jan 6, 2012, 12:04:
Like another person said, it seems pithy to give a game that actually runs a '1'. That seems more like the reviewer has a particular axe to grind.

ibm wrote on Jan 4, 2012, 08:57:
Another fps which pretends to have strategy elements. 10 a penny these days, next.

RollinThundr wrote on Jan 3, 2012, 17:18:
I think something alot of people who either didn't spend time on the old Bioboards or BW social site fail to realize is Bioware has been moving in this direction long before the EA buy out.

It's easy to blame EA as the big bad evil huge publisher but really it's been obvious to me for about the past 5 years or so that BW hasn't wanted to make RPG's for a long time now. They want to make the same cinematic story with minor setting changes (ME, DA, Kotor/Tor) with illusion of player choice (some titles more obvious than others at the lack of said player choice, DA2 comes instantly to mind) blow a wad on marketing and hype and expect to sell 5 million copies every game.

I mean does anyone really wonder why some of their oldest employee's have been jumping ship over the last few years, while the ones who remain, The Gaiders or Priestlys just become more and more snarky towards their very own fanbase? Seriously?

Matshock wrote on Jan 3, 2012, 13:29:
Add this to my list of reasons not to get into MMOs.

The gold farming bans I understand, but "sneaking" into a "high-level" area to loot items put in place by the devs? That's a decades-old RPG mechanic. I did that in Phasntasy Star I.

Thankfully PSI didn't have power-stupid online mods.

Jerykk wrote on Dec 28, 2011, 08:20:

Overall, the "originality" meme that keeps popping up in game journalism is a bit of a red herring. There will never be another 100% original game made, just as there will never be a completely original song written. It's not that originality is dead; it's just that the limitaions of the art form and the human senses prevent further innovation, unless someone discovers another note in the octave or a 6th sense that everyone has access to. Someone looking for originality needs to look closer at the minutia and details.

I agree that people need to pay attention to the details when deciding whether or not a game is original. That said, some games are so blatantly unoriginal that it can be difficult to read between the lines. The Call of Duty games, for example. Or military shooters in general. When it comes to gameplay, there are definitely differences between Call of Duty and Battlefield, for example. However, it doesn't change the fact that the games have similar (or in many cases, exactly the same) weapons, enemies, settings, storylines, factions, themes, vehicles, etc. Part of the issue is that these games are inspired by reality and as such, draw from the same pool of reference. The other issue is that military shooters (CoD in particular) sell so well that most of them just stick to the same exact formula. There's a lot of unique gameplay that can be done in the military shooter genre, whether it be the open-world, simulation-based gameplay of the ArmA series or the potentially interesting moral choices of the upcoming SpecOps game. However, most publishers will just continue to copy CoD because it's a proven seller.

The market is dominated by first-person shooters and the first-person shooter market is dominated by CoD-alikes. If I see another completely linear, completely scripted, pseudo-realistic military shooter with regenerating health and completely linear and scripted sniping, rail and stealth segments, it'll be too soon. Unfortunately, we're guaranteed to see at least one more in 2012 and most likely again each year after that.

Wallshadows wrote on Dec 27, 2011, 13:27:
ToR is very much like a lot of MMOs in their infancy. The grinding content is there but there is a little left to be desired when it comes to end game. Even WoW was in a state such as this when it released; in fact, it didn't even have battlegrounds for nearly six months after release and look how far that has come over time.

wtf_man wrote on Dec 27, 2011, 13:06:

JohnBirshire wrote on Dec 27, 2011, 12:58:
This info is completely irrelevant.

Yup.

They obviously don't want to post sales numbers... and they can't really post subscription numbers until the included 30 days is up. And unless the subscription numbers are really huge (and growing per month like WoW did), they probably won't post those either.