THQ Director Blames Piracy for Iron Lore Closure [Mar 03, 2008, 10:06 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GamesIndustry.biz reports on a post on the
Quarter
To Three Forums by THQ director of creative management Michael Fitch venting
his frustrations with the state of PC gaming following the closure of Iron Lore
Entertainment (story). The lengthy post outlines concerns about
rampant piracy, how Titan Quest's reputation suffered when pirates reported
crashes (which were caused by failure to properly crack the game's DRM),
complaints about hardware vendors creating compatibility issues, stupid users
and bad reviewers. He concludes trying to look at the bright side: "Alright, I'm
done. Making PC products is not all fun and games. It's an uphill slog,
definitely. I'm a lifelong PC gamer, and hope to continue to work on PC games in
the future, but man, they sure don't make it easy."
I don't agree that Oblivion wasn't a good game on release. It just had no replayability. It was awesome for a once through of 50-100 hours or so.Exactly. What is wrong with a game that provides 50 hours of entertainment (or even less) with no replayability? If you feel like it's a waste of money for that amount of play, wait for the price to drop.
For me, Oblivion provided the same exact thing that Morrowind did. A few dozen hours of engrossing, enjoyable RPG play. I never replayed Morrowind, and I doubt I'll ever replay Oblivion, but I don't regret spending $50 each for the amount of entertainment I got out of each game.
I'm sure I'll get the same value out of Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls 5, so I'm looking forward to them as well.
Some people just have unrealistic expectations. Would I complain if Oblivion had tons of replay value and I was still enjoying it to this day? Of course not. But nor do I feel cheated because my time with the game is over. It accomplished what it was designed to do, and it did so extremely well. What's wrong with that?
This comment was edited on Mar 8, 16:22.
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