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."
Keep in mind that when I played Oblivion it was brand new...after the first week to 10 days there were 1500 to 2000 mods, no site had them all, they weren't categorized well and there were no clear "must have" mods that early on.
So for me it was piecing together a couple dozen mods together through trial and error to fix the horrible UI, boring combat and bad leveling system.
Some people didn't have a problem with the way these things worked and were able to enjoy the game. I just couldn't couldn't get into it.
Burnout Paradise is a ton of fun if you like arcade racing games, this is one of the best. Between Burnout, Dirt and with Gran Turismo HD coming out next month...I'm seriously looking into a Racing Wheel, which I never have done before.
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So for me it was piecing together a couple dozen mods together through trial and error to fix the horrible UI, boring combat and bad leveling system.
Some people didn't have a problem with the way these things worked and were able to enjoy the game. I just couldn't couldn't get into it.
Burnout Paradise is a ton of fun if you like arcade racing games, this is one of the best. Between Burnout, Dirt and with Gran Turismo HD coming out next month...I'm seriously looking into a Racing Wheel, which I never have done before.
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Currently fragging in The Witcher, Burnout Paradise, Company of Heroes, Crysis
Join the "Blues News" Steam Community Group. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bluesnews/
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