...a Medieval Fantasy Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Interact with players from around the world. Go hunting alone or with others for powerful artifacts. Gain knowledge in dozens of skills that keep the world functioning. Cast magic spells to gain power. Go on dynamic quests that are scattered throughout the land.
The gameplay isn't just similar. They basically just pasted Simpsons characters into Crazy Taxi. I don't know anything about copyright laws, so that might be ok, and I don't have a problem with it myself, but it is still a blatant rip-off, and if the law is in Sega's favor, they have the right to sue.
I like it. It's not perfect, the interface is somewhat ugly, and I have had a couple crashes. But it's still cool. A very unique concept, and pays respect to the original, which I still fondly remember.
Yeah, I got the demo, and I concur. It's such a sweet game, the graphics and sound are perfect, fun and exciting to play and watch. But yes, it's extremely hard, even on easy. I haven't finished that third scenario yet, ouch.
Well yes, I don't disagree with what you said. I'm talking to the people who complain that those sites are "wrong", or that the exclusive demos are "wrong", because in reality it's neither. They are both just expressions of capitalism at work, and it's the consumer's job to choose.
In the same way that selling exclusive demos is capitalism, so is the consumer's response saying "we don't like it." The reason they buy an exclusive demo is to get you to pay them more, and if you show them that you won't pay them more, then they will see they can't make money that way. I think it's good that these hosting sites are doing something about it, because it's their right in a capitalist market. The outcome will be whatever the consumer decides to spend his or her money on, and that will be the best outcome for everybody.
Does the the patch make it fun? This game is horrible. It's one of the least inspired FPS games I've ever played. In the game they tell you it has "original gameplay" which has removed all storyline and has you in an arena fighting waves of enemies and collecting artifacts. So they took out the one thing that makes most people actual keep playing FPS games, some sort of plot. Avoid this game.