Yosemite Sam wrote on May 17, 2013, 14:33:
So I guess by now it's a givin that Tripwire has gave up on adding vehicles to the game, that sucks.

Agent.X7 wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 12:36:

Optional nickname wrote on Apr 25, 2013, 11:06:
Just like in their battlenet forums and reddit subforum, All these tickets have been sold out to Blizzard Moderators pretending to be the brainless yes-men fanbois!

Fact: EA , (EA! Guys, we're talking about EA!!!) ==> has, and is actively supporting their new game of Simcity, in the first month of release, far more than Blizzard ever has or will ever do, in the course of this whole year since D3 was released!

What an embarassment of epic proportions that must be!

so long, Blizztards.

I might go out there and scalp some T-Shirts with printed words: EA +1, Blizzard -1

Anti-fanbois are every bit as ridiculous as fanbois. Sometimes more.

Endo wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 11:23:

RollinThundr wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 09:11:

Cutter wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 21:51:
The review for "Star Trek" was merely a two word review which simply read....

Are there games that you actually like? Or do you think you're edgy by hating on everything?

I'm pretty sure there's games Cutter likes. The better question is are there any new games he likes.

I know there's very very few new games I like, because most new stuff released in the last 5-10 years is mostly dumbed-down lightweight crap produced to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I still haven't found a FPS I like better than the original UT, for example.

I also found it extremely interesting and quite telling that the re-release of Age of Empires II topped Steam's sales charts for at least a week, even beating out Bioshock: Infinite. There's a reason some of us older PC gamers hold those older games in such high esteem, and it's not because of rose-colored glasses.

Kobalt wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 16:44:
Downward trend? The only game that company has ever made that wasn't mediocre to the extreme was borderlands.

TheEmissary wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 03:17:

edaciousx wrote on Apr 13, 2013, 00:40:

tehnolan wrote on Apr 12, 2013, 21:09:
I can't even tell the difference between DX9,10,11.. that is until I get a screenshot bigger than my monitor to point it out

A lot of that stems from the fact that you can run the same exact graphics/game in dx9 or 10/11 without adding any visual benefits to the game's graphics from 9. In other words..... just because it's in 10/11 doesn't mean the developer's going to use all the cool bells and whistles offered in 10/11 to make the game look awesome.

There are a number of reasons why we didn't have DX10+ games until recently. The main factor really was Windows Vista tanking the big one and people holding on to XP until Windows 7 hit even though they had a DX10 class gpu.

The improvements that DX10+ brought were mostly under the hood such as getting rid of the fixed function pipeline and going for the unified shaders. DX10 is actually quite a bit faster when the complexity is equal.

tehnolan wrote on Apr 12, 2013, 21:09:
I can't even tell the difference between DX9,10,11.. that is until I get a screenshot bigger than my monitor to point it out

KS wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 11:23:
> a world in which familiar DC Comics characters have been
> reimagined in startling ways.

The most startling way is the 99.99992384% power reduction in Superman.

Or maybe that's the least.

Redmask wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 17:12:

edaciousx wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 16:53:
Yes, it is a decent gesture which is the point I was making. At least you got something as opposed to 100% nothing. What did blizzard give their customers for the Diablo 3 issue? Nothing.

I'm hoping this is just forgetfulness on your part and not outright dishonesty but Blizzard gave consumers a direct refund for 90 days following the release as an apology, regardless of how much they had played the game. So yes they gave consumers something, they gave them their money back, something EA has failed to do. A token gesture from a free game is fine but money speaks louder than free games. That's in addition to the extra patched content they've produced since then, something I doubt EA will be doing much of outside of bug fixes. People can rail at Blizzard about the quality of D3 and I will be right there with them but they stand behind their products.

Beamer wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 16:49:

Killswitch wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 16:34:

Beamer wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 16:10:
One is merely lost revenue, the other is real, actual lost capital.

And only potential lost revenue at that. I'm not sure how anyone can't understand the argument you're making when it makes perfect sense, especially from a corporate standpoint. Minimal revenue losses, large PR gains.

I'm sure whoever was willing to purchase these games at the current asking price have already do so. The rest are waiting for low prices or not interested in purchasing them at all. As someone said earlier, EA has smart bean counters and they know exactly what they are doing. And the DLC issue; I don't think that is merely conspiracy theory, that is a reality. People will, in fact, purchase the DLC and decrease EA's losses substantially.

In truth, I'm sure there was an internal fight over adding DS3 and, to a slightly lesser extent, ME3.

Someone thought they were still selling.
Someone else thought the customers were owed the best they could (reasonably) do.

Glad the latter won out. It doesn't make things right, or even come close to it, but it's a decent gesture.

ASeven wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 15:20:
I still haven't been able to stop laughing at the irony of getting SC4 Deluxe for free with this.

edaciousx wrote on Mar 18, 2013, 14:23:
holy crap guys you are all a bunch of ragers. Ever heard of the old saying "Don't look a gift horse in it's mouth?" I mean really, would you just prefer it if EA gave you guys NOTHING at all?

So what if they don't include DLC, like you need it. You guys just cry too damn much.

Let me guess, EA will now pay you a lot for you defending their darling corporation on this board.

Oh wait, no it won't, EA doesn't give a fuck about you, you're just raging because you're a mindless fanboy for whom EA can do no wrong.

Let me leave you the words of RPS because they represent you and TrollingThundr and all your ilk:

"To see anyone defending EA and Maxis for the state of SimCity, even were it in perfect working order on launch, depresses me to my core. This self-flagellation-as-skincare notion, where gamers loudly and proudly defend the destruction of their own rights as consumers, is an Orwellian perversity. That it might be considered in any way controversial to call them out on their crap, to point out that no, always-on DRM is not an advantage to anyone, is bewildering. It’s a sign of just how far the gaming world has fallen into the rabbit hole of the publisher’s burrowing."

Krizzen wrote on Mar 12, 2013, 20:03:

edaciousx wrote on Mar 12, 2013, 15:22:
prefer macro? Sounds like total annihilation/supreme commander is up your alley.

This is exactly what I was going to say! Starcraft is great to satisfy that fast, well-balanced gameplay. It just leaves the fun stuff, like Battlecruisers, to the last minute or two of combat.

TA has been one of my favorite games ever since I got 64MB of RAM to run maps larger than 16x16

For a modern game of classic TA (but slightly modded to perfection), check out Spring RTS. Download the free engine, and get Balanced TA for it. It's epicly fun. You can turtle in this game like no other!

Also, keep an eye on the new official TA sequel. I'm sure these guys will deliver.