“After discussions with Take-Two Interactive, effective immediately we are ceasing all maintenance, development and distribution of the Force Hax cheat menu services. We will be donating our proceeds to charity and we apologize for any and all problems Force Hax services have caused to the Grand Theft Auto Online community.”
NetHead wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 14:41:Slashman wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 13:08:Mordecai Walfish wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 10:53:
OpenIV is a tool for modding the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, not for any particular game. It got started with GTA IV, hence the name.
Ah OK got it. Still seems like a huge overreaction and posting bad reviews which don't have anything to do with the game itself.
A game no longer being able to be modded sounds very relevant to the game itself.
Tipsy McStagger wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 14:50:
This analogy above doesn't really work if the developers never mentioned mod support.. If they didn't, well it's not exactly a feature to base marketing off. I'm too lazy to do my research on it
saluk wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 14:08:
I have to come out against the "the reviews should only review the game" crowd. There are very few ways customers can register feedback to a company in a way that can be heard - swamping them with bad reviews on steam is one of the only ways I can think of to send such a message. Moreover, if a portion of your enjoyment from the game had to do with the tools that were allowed to be used with it, and those tools were then disabled, it is actually reviewing the game. I would give skyrim that does not support mods a much worse review than the game that allows me to customize it and make it appeal to me in personalized ways.
It is logical, as games-as-a-service begins to infect even single player titles like GTAV, that fluctuations in service quality are going to piss people off and result in this kind of behavior.
Ultimately of course, the poor reviews are mostly symbolic. Take Two is going to weigh the loss in revenue from poor recent reviews with the gain in revenue projected from the improvements in the online community, even if there was some collateral damage. They will come down on the side of what makes the most money. Which will probably be to leave things as they stand.
Slashman wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 13:08:Mordecai Walfish wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 10:53:
OpenIV is a tool for modding the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, not for any particular game. It got started with GTA IV, hence the name.
Ah OK got it. Still seems like a huge overreaction and posting bad reviews which don't have anything to do with the game itself.
saluk wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 14:08:
I have to come out against the "the reviews should only review the game" crowd. There are very few ways customers can register feedback to a company in a way that can be heard - swamping them with bad reviews on steam is one of the only ways I can think of to send such a message. Moreover, if a portion of your enjoyment from the game had to do with the tools that were allowed to be used with it, and those tools were then disabled, it is actually reviewing the game. I would give skyrim that does not support mods a much worse review than the game that allows me to customize it and make it appeal to me in personalized ways.
Mordecai Walfish wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 10:53:
OpenIV is a tool for modding the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, not for any particular game. It got started with GTA IV, hence the name.
Slashman wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 10:38:
So the shutdown of a mod tool for GTA4 causes a flood of negative reviews for GTA5? Stay classy modern day gamers.
Frijoles wrote on Jun 19, 2017, 09:46:It would not matter how many posts Blue made or what he titled them especially when less than half of the posters read the articles.
Blue should have made this two posts. The headline makes it sound like the reviews are crashing because an online cheat code was killed.
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Agent-Zero wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 19:38:Quinn wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 18:14:Agent-Zero wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 16:09:jacobvandy wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 13:53:ItBurn wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 13:30:Quinn wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 13:23:
Fucking drama queens. Them losers been playing that game every fucking day since it came out for PC. This is the kind of shit that has Rockstar flip the PC off for.
So you're against gamers voicing their discontent when a developer kills mods in order to juice more money out of the customers? You like all these microtransactions and day one DLC bs? Because it happened when gamers didn't say anything. Who cares if Rockstar puts their game on PC or not. We've got infinite good games to play, we don't need to bend over for them.
Voice it all you want, but it has nothing to do with game itself. Reviews aren't there for angry nerds and their bandwagoning circlejerks trying to "stick it to the man." They're for telling people your opinion of the game. This type of pointless nonsense (along with the retarded memes and other jokes so often voted "most helpful") is why a lot of people don't bother reading Steam reviews at all.
this may be what you prefer reviews to be... but your preference clearly has no impact on what actually happens...
so it seems that your opinion doesnt really matter - but thats largely the case for everyone, about everything in general - so its not really a big deal, just an observation...
I think that comment has hit the Top 5 of my Most Useless Comments Ever list.
doesnt really matter since i dont give a fuck about you whatsoever
youre not on any of my lists.. youre just another pointless, worthless maggot
GothicWizard wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 20:43:
I stopped playing GTA5 for the simple fact the cheating mods were killing the game for me. Just trying to play the game and some kid who can't play the game as intended starts spawning cars, insta-killing other players, making themselves invulnerable, etc. it just took my enjoyment from the game. So Frankly don't care if they lock the game tighter then fort knox for modding if it stops the script kiddies. Be nice to play the game again without these twerps with self confidence issues.
Agent-Zero wrote on Jun 18, 2017, 19:38:
doesnt really matter since i dont give a fuck about you whatsoever
youre not on any of my lists.. youre just another pointless, worthless maggot