Quboid wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 12:49:

Verno wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 12:41:

Amusingly, it's probably the highest compliment you can currently pay Origin.

True. I have Origin running and functional is about as good as it gets. It's fine, it doesn't get in the way much which is the main thing (and what Steam does well) but I'd rather not have it running at all. FIFA12 is the only Origin game I currently play, although when I finish ME2 I'll probably get ME3.

Tanto Edge wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 12:24:

Elessar wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 11:58:

Paketep wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 09:57:
And no, I'm not going to buy a single player game that requires Origin and has online DRM, even if it's not all the time.

Boo freaking hoo. While Origin is no Steam, it's functional. You're just depriving yourself of good games.

No, we're really not.
I get to be disappointed by the ME3 ending just fine, and I didn't pay a dime, install origin or accept any of EA's other draconian retard moves.

necrosis wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 12:25:

Elessar wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 11:58:

Paketep wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 09:57:
And no, I'm not going to buy a single player game that requires Origin and has online DRM, even if it's not all the time.

Boo freaking hoo. While Origin is no Steam, it's functional. You're just depriving yourself of good games.

You call requiring a online connection to play a game that really does not need it functional? Wow.

Paketep wrote on Mar 29, 2012, 09:57:
And no, I'm not going to buy a single player game that requires Origin and has online DRM, even if it's not all the time.

Techie714 © wrote on Mar 16, 2012, 11:00:
It's 15.00 I mean seriously even if you dont like his previous work at least put in to show you support this new model.

Dmitri_M wrote on Mar 13, 2012, 14:12:
Damn I wish I had a kickstarter to give money to. Not into RPGs or adventure games.

Either way this is a very positive development for PC gamers.

Sepharo wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 21:00:
Early in game footage from GDC

It's looking like a pretty traditional SimCity so far. They also mentioned coal deposits in one of the videos... So adding complexity instead of removing it? I'm exicted.

Halo wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 20:07:

Elessar wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 17:37:
LOL Isn't this just the perfect example of the typical pessimistic circle jerk you find here every so often. Lack of solid information, speculation ensues and then the sky falls.

Thanks Reddit, I can't go one place now where more than 5 people talk about bad about something that it's called a circle jerk. Then more than 5 people say something great about it and they're all companyX employees... It's an opinion based forum deal with it! complaining about people complaining(which i'm doing)is pointless. At least everybody here is forming their snap judgments based on previous games. I think just about every announcement of a game by EA everybody knows is going to be DLC driven, have a collectors edition that costs at least 80 bucks, have a HUGE marketing budget, be simplified to help make it easier for anybody to play (No more game-over you went bankrupt you get a bailout!) have a GOTY edition, and get 91+ scores on metacritic.

panbient wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 15:23:

ASeven wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 14:49:

gilly775 wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 14:31:
Did I read/watch this right? Only a MP game?

Apparently so, reminds me of the first version of CitiesXL. Not good at all.

Maxis: From innovators to imitators

Ripperjack wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 10:02:
A friends trial offer, so soon after release? This game WILL go F2P within 6 months, if this keeps up. Then you can play your WoW with glow sticks for free, each month.

Fantaz wrote on Feb 23, 2012, 23:58:
Max Payne 1 -> developed for PC
Max Payne 2 -> developed for PC (yes, there was PS2 port also and it sucked...)
Max Payne 3 -> developed for console...

having "special graphics hardware support and enhancements" is not the same as actually developing this firstly as a PC title rather than a console port.

Cutter wrote on Feb 22, 2012, 12:08:
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Tim. Gamechanger? Doubtfull. More like a one off - or several off. Like everything else it all depends on the end product. After people have done a few of these and been burned a few tims it'll peter out PDQ.

Dades wrote on Feb 15, 2012, 06:59:

Creston wrote on Feb 14, 2012, 22:39:
While I think Notch is an awesome guy for being willing to fork over 13 million dollars, I also think he's going to burn through all his cash in a real fucking hurry if he starts doing things like that...

Creston

You know how it is when you're young, no appreciation for the value of a dollar. It's how so many people end up with 30k in credit card debt before age 25. Notch will learn the hard way if he keeps throwing money around to satisfy flights of fancy and to hear reddit speak well of him.

jdreyer wrote on Feb 9, 2012, 14:29:
This will be an interesting experiment. Didn't Love try something like this a couple of years ago? Whatever happened to that? With MC, at least Notch had a fairly workable alpha available for people to play around with before they started paying him cash.

With this people are donating based solely on the strength of Tim Schafer and Double Fine's previous work. I'll be watching this to see how things progress. Now, maybe I can use this an excuse to actually go and play Psychonauts which has been sitting in my Steam queue for a year undownloaded and unplayed.