Gamasutra: "So now it's official. The long-awaited (and, in some cases, long-feared) subscription service for Call of Duty is a reality. And while players pore through the previews and press release to determine exactly what Elite entails, I'm finding it a lot more interesting to look further down the road.
Make no mistake, Elite is a bold move by Activision – and one that could ultimately change the way the industry operates when it comes to user communities and digital add-ons.
Looking even further down the road, if Activision's earnings climb steadily due to Elite, other publishers are going to have to follow suit. Their investors will demand it, sensing money being left on the table."
It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.
The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.
Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."
1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.
If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).
Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.
Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.
@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.
I approve of this god damn message.
Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.
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Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.
There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.
Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.
Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.
This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.
Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One
In the end you will have to pay to play CoD. This will happen, sooner or later. It all depends on the success of this Elite thing
Hopefully, this will be like Bungie pro where only a small percentage of the community will subscribe.
As long as it's CoD, they can get away with doing any nickel & dime move because the sheep will adopt to it as they're brainwashed into thinking CoD is the only franchise worth buying/playing. Look at this generation of gaming, you'll likely know at least 10 different gamers personally that play a single CoD game more than the hours they spend on every non-CoD game in their entire Xbox360/PS3 library combined.
developers and publishers screwing gamers over.
Please please please people... Don't fall for this. I haven't been interested in Call of Duty since World at War, and I won't be buying MW3, but if enough people go for this it will give the green light for more of the same. Sounds like at least part of what you'll be paying for are features that have been and should be provided freely, such as stat tracking and matchmaking. They probably couldn't believe how many people bought those overpriced map packs and said "Hmmm... What else do you think they'll go for?". Just say no.