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| News Comments > Marvel Heroes Launches |
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Re: Marvel Heroes Launches |
Jun 4, 2013, 22:08 |
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EUTHANIZE wrote on Jun 4, 2013, 16:20:
If you are a Diablo/Marvel fan this game is a blast. If you didn't like D3 because it wasn't enough like D2, you'll also enjoy MH.
I've been playing since early beta and I really enjoy it. I picked up the X-men pack for 60 bucks, so between that and the 2 free heroes you start with I have 6 heroes to play.
All heroes (and most costumes) are random drops in the game as well.
I might check this out. I like ARPGs, and I like comics. Your comment struck me though...so 2 free heroes, and you paid $60 for Xmen Pack and have 6 total...so you only got 4 X-Men for $60? |
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| News Comments > Steam Top 10 |
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Re: Steam Top 10 |
Jun 3, 2013, 20:00 |
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Kristian Joensen wrote on Jun 3, 2013, 04:11:
I am glad seeing Alan Wake doing well. It seems to have sustained sales. Many games experience a drop in sales after a very short while. The Alan Wake games seem to have bucked that trend.
I think it is doing well because it's $4 for the entire game, dlc, etc. I had absolutely no interest in the game (not really into horror survival), but for $4, sure why not? |
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| News Comments > Trion Layoffs |
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Re: Trion Layoffs |
May 17, 2013, 22:15 |
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| I'm not sure why people would cheer the loss of jobs for game devs. Management professionals that ruin games at EA? Sure, cheer away. The Trion guys came across at really caring about the player base and their game. During Beta, they'd send out system wide messages to players(soudns mundane, but they joked around, etc). Artists, programmers, etc., are just hard working people that want their hard work to pay off like anyone else. Rift was one of probably the top 3-4 MMO's released. Tons of polish, an excellent launch, and they seemed to care about the experience vs just making money. After years of raiding in WoW though, I just did PVP in MMOs, and Rift really lagged behind in that area. I maxed out my gear, then there was simply the same 3 PVP maps, over, and over. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
May 15, 2013, 20:27 |
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| I'll agree, EA back in the day seemed to be an OK developer. However, you can't look at a 90 year old bodybuilder and say "yup, he's still in top form." EA today is not the EA of 15 years ago. I'm actually happy Disney has Star Wars, because they seem to be fairly competent working with Marvel. Some of the cartoons out (like Avengers) and movies (like Avengers) have been very good. However, EA with Star Wars? No thanks. They didn't win Worst Company in America 2x because of butthurt fanboys, as some people believe, but because they are about as anti-gamer rights as possible, and only out to make as much $ for themselves while steamrolling everyone. They are the Monsanto of the gaming industry. |
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| News Comments > Diablo III Turning One |
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Re: Diablo III Turning One |
May 14, 2013, 11:52 |
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| Recently, I got sort of bored with the 3rd playthrough on Torchlight 2 and felt the need for a new Diabloish game. I searched around, and thought about Path of Exile, but you know, I'd rather wait for the retail experience. So, instead I picked up Sacred 2 and it's really pretty good. Still managing to avoid D3 like the plague, hurray. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
May 9, 2013, 18:27 |
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Obama is 95% GW Bush 2. There's nothing socialist about him. He's FAR right to Ronald Reagan even. While Dems and Repubs seem to fight over the stupidest things, there are 2 things they've all come together in harmony on: tax increases (just passed internet sales tax), and ever-growing government power and scope (wiretaps, backdoors, read emails without warrants, cellphone spoof towers, GPS tracking etc.)
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| News Comments > Origin Update Adds Achievement Tracking |
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Re: Origin Update Adds Achievement Tracking |
May 9, 2013, 12:53 |
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| I don't care about multiplayer, profiles, achievements, point totals, facebook, twitters, or anything remotely similar. I want to click an icon and play a game as fast as possible, whether I'm online or not. No login, no passwords, no required connection, period. Stop adding useless junk just to perpetuate your "online requirement". |
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| News Comments > Hellraid Trailer |
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Re: Hellraid Trailer |
May 8, 2013, 19:29 |
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| This looks really cool. I'm hoping it has an extensive loot system (perhaps with upgrades) like Dead Island. |
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| News Comments > EA Financials |
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Re: EA Financials |
May 7, 2013, 19:31 |
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| "EA's Origin™ platform for downloading digital games and services has registered over 47 million users". Hell, even I'm a "registered user", since I was forced to make an EA account to play games on my Xbox. Have I ever installed Origin or bought any games requiring Origin? Nope. "#1 publisher"...you know who is the #1 restaurant in America? McDonalds. People cant get enough cheap, massed produced mediocre junk. |
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| News Comments > Ubisoft Sticking with South Park: The Stick of Truth |
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Re: Ubisoft Sticking with South Park: The Stick of Truth |
May 3, 2013, 18:37 |
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dj LiTh wrote on May 3, 2013, 09:41:
I have a feeling this game is going to easily make more then 3.2 million for Ubi. Console gamers alone will gobble this one up.
I'd pick this up for PC, but I don't do Uplay, Origin, etc. Maybe I'll pick it up on console when it's $19.99. |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
Apr 27, 2013, 07:51 |
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| The TMC story reminds me of my recent dealings with Comcast. They've also had to fight a loss of revenue. They are really pushing their digital voice (starting at $20 a month promotion then shooting up to like $50 a month after that). I've got a cell phone...why would I want to pay another $600 a year to talk on a different phone. Anyhow, one way they decided to recoup costs was to scramble their channels after converting them to digital (meaning you can't just hook the coax up to your TV anymore, which we did for most rooms in the house), forcing you to get a digital converter box. They said you get 2 for free, then you have to pay after that. Well, not even 6 months later, what shows up on the bill? Charges for each of the converter boxes. So they lost a 10 year customer (at least for TV. Since they are a monopoly in my town for internet, no choice there). |
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| News Comments > Evening Consolidation |
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Re: Evening Consolidation |
Apr 26, 2013, 22:41 |
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Julio wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 20:46:
Seems like an attempt to shift the blame to publishers for always on DRM. I won't be buying any console games that require always on DRM.
Me either. I've had too many internet disruptions over the years to trust "always on". When cable companies have a monopoly, and phone companies are getting out of the DSL/fiber market to push their nonsensical wireless internet, there's no incentive to provide better or more stable service to customers. Sure, the power goes out from time to time, as one infamous guy said. But when the power's out, the electrical company doesn't say "looks good on our end, have you tried rebooting your power line? We'll have to charge you $$ to send a guy out to fix it if it's not on our end." Then the problem continues for weeks or months. |
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| News Comments > Defense Grid 2 Announced |
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Re: Defense Grid 2 Announced |
Apr 26, 2013, 21:56 |
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eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 26, 2013, 03:25:
Too much MP focus always destroys the SP gameplay. If you are being particularly evil, look at SOTS2, a game so completely and utterly ruined by MP support it is still completely fucking broken even today. And not just in terms of bugs, but in terms of general gameplay design and core functionality of the engine.
Now I will freely admit that what you mention wasn't even my intention to say, of course in case of DG more or less MP is not going to change the basic gameplay, it is still a "ok" tower defense game among a see of mediocre tower defense games.
But too strong MP focus can ruin a game's SP. Heck, look at Blizzard... they are the epitome of how MP destroys the SP of a game.
IMO, Orcs Must Die 2 is a good demonstration of this. You can play it single player, but you will run your ass off trying to cover entry points. Another game is Dungeon Defenders. Although that game was designed around MP, the single player suffers the same as OMD2. You will run, run, run trying to cover points instead of fighting, planning, etc. |
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| News Comments > Legend of Grimrock - Master Quest |
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Re: Legend of Grimrock - Master Quest |
Apr 24, 2013, 21:24 |
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| I enjoyed the game, but honestly, the puzzles in dungeon crawlers are my least favorite aspect. Looking for a discolored rock for an hour after inching through an entire level, or memorizing teleport patterns blows. How about letting me buy pet that is good at figuring out puzzles, and I just tell him to do it? |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
Apr 12, 2013, 22:56 |
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| So the telecoms ate up billions of taxpayer dollars and did not increase their offerings or expand their services. To boot, now they realize the real money is bending people over to ream them with wireless plans like $50 a month for 2 GB of data, which isn't even enough to watch one HD movie, so is absolutely useless as a broadband replacement. Since the phone companies are jumping out of the market, that leaves most towns with one cable company (if they are lucky), that can then raise rates however they wish since they are the only real broadband around. It's basically already happened in my town (100k people). Most areas can not get DSL, so you are stuck with Comcast. Comcast's rates? $39.99 for 3 MB down, or $74.99 for 15 mb. It's like a car dealership that sells only Yugos or Ferraris. But since they are the only game in town, just eat it. |
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| News Comments > EA "Wins" Consumerist Poll Again |
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Re: EA |
Apr 10, 2013, 15:22 |
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Devinoch wrote on Apr 10, 2013, 02:49:
It's not really about SimCity though. EA's crap service towards customers goes far back, even into the days of BF2142 where they'd outsource their Support department to foreign workers such as Indians, and would refuse to assist with certain issues and refuse refunds even in those days.
SimCity is just an example, and it's also proof that EA has not changed since.
Which is clearly more evil than, say, foreclosing on tens of thousands of homeowners, or destroying the economy.
I swear, this is why we can't have nice things.
"Bad customer service is worse than families being thrown out on the streets."
Get the fuck over yourselves.
Everyone keeps mentioning "Evil". I think Consumerist would prevent a lot of problems if they renamed the contest to "Company that crapped on their customers the most in the past 12 months." Who destroyed the economy in the past 12 months? The mass foreclosures were years ago. Games are a luxury? Sure. So are TVs. So are cars in many places. Hell, you don't even have to own a home, go live in an apartment. Consumerist doesn't differentiate the contest based on what are needs and wants. It is a contest to see which company steps all over their customers. Is Walmart evil? Sure! Do I have a bad experience shopping there? No. Is Sallie Mae bad? Sure! Have I had a problem with them as a customer? Never. Is BP terrible? Sure! Have I ever filled up a tank of gas with them that ruined my engine? No.
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| News Comments > EA "Wins" Consumerist Poll Again |
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Re: EA |
Apr 9, 2013, 21:17 |
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"When we live in an era marked by massive oil spills, faulty foreclosures by bad banks, and rampant consolidation in the airline and telecom industry, what does it say about EA’s business practices that so many people have — for the second year in a row — come out to hand it the title of Worst Company In America?"
Because the contest is about consumer issues, and customers getting screwed by the company they do business with. BP oil spill? Didn't affect me in the least. It was terrible, and they handled it poorly, but as a consumer, it had absolutely zero impact on me. I read Consumerist almost daily, and there has really been very few companies that seem out to screw their customers like EA. Besides the many, many anti-consumer policies they've implemented over the past few years, let's simply use the case study of Simcity. They designed the game for always-on DRM then attempted to hide it behind "features and services" that no one asked for. Strike one. They bungled the launch, preventing the paying customers from accessing the product they paid for. Strike two. When some customers attempted to get a refund or do a charge back after spending $60 and getting a broken product in return, they were banned from their Origin accounts (massively anti-consumer, and honestly, probably illegal, despite what the EULA says). Strike three. There were even reports of customers calling in to Amazon to see what kind of "relief" they could get (refund, discount, a working game), and EA banned/blocked THOSE customers from their Origin account. The website is Consumerist, and it concerns consumer issues. EA is one of the most anti-consumer gaming companies, and honestly, one of the most anti-consumer companies around. Sure, there are companies that pollute, rape the environment, or treat their employees badly, but this contest does not really concern itself with those. It's "who is showing the least regard for the consumer" (despite the rather disingenuous title of "Worst Company in America"). |
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