Holy mother of Video Gaming!
Great Example: Assassins Creed III. Amazing graphics, pathetic gameplay, stupid characters, boring stroryline.
Result: I stopped playing in the middle and deleted the game from my PS3.
1) Does it have always online DRM?
2) What about stupid AI who would commit suicide by stepping on their own grenades; like they had in COD:Black Ops Declassified (vita)?
3) Does it require you to buy ammunition paying real $$?
4) Does it have 4hrs (+/- 5 minutes) long single player campaign for $60?
Given the current trend, I wont be surprised if answer to all these questions is a (shameless) YES.
Zynga itself is a huge disgrace to the gaming industry. This greed centric business model is what is killing EA and others alike.
Applying Zynga business model to anything is death to that business, not to mention the pathetic quality of zynga games and their shameless and constant hunger for microtransactions to rip you off.
I agree with you for some of them, but why Uncharted? C'mon! That series has just got from good to great to awesome. There are a lot of cool things they can tap into. (plus, they have a very realistic life cycle of sequels)
I strongly disagree with UC.
Honestly, after the over killing dose of COD, I got fed up with entire linear FPS genre. Ugh!
Why I'm not surprised to see EA there?
For those who have vita, I would STRONGLY recommend Uncharted: Golden Abyss. That game is freakin awesome. It reminds you why you have touch controls on vita. Absolutely stunning!
For those who don't have vita: You have no idea what you are missing.
EA = Extortion Agency
Just read news somewhere on this forum that according to EA, all their future games will include microtransactions. Taking into account current DRM policy and this one, all I have to say is,
"Than you for your services, EA. It was NOT pleasure having business with you. Good Bye" aka F.O. EA
Lucky Indians!
I wonder what would happen in following scenario:
Lets assume, Me and hundreds of thousands worldwide like me (best case scenario for EA) spend $60 each and buy this game in 2013.
1) Can EA keep doubling their "server capacity" every two weeks??
*Edit* when I say "Can EA keep..." I mean economically. Their will power can just be another vast topic for discussion
2) What will happen to the game that we would have pu...
It should be mandatory to disclose if the game uses $hitty gimmicks like this DRM before you sell the product.
I don't want to pay for a game like this only to find out that I'm duped and there is no way I'm getting my money back.
And, if any game developer/publisher discloses that it requires always on DRM - NO BUY for me. I'd be more happy to keep my money in my pocket.
couldn't agree more
Hitman. That movie was a joke.
Give me one good reason why someone should not file a class action lawsuit against EA for selling a defective product? (since, being online is an absolute essential to be able to use this product, defunct server most certainly becomes dysfunction of the entire product) I guess this is high time video game purchases should be protected under the same consumer laws.
I ani't gonna pay a dime to play game on someone else's servers. If you want me to play the game on your server, give the game for free, I'd be happy to play it 24X7. Its like buying a car with my money to drive it only within the dealership parking lot, not outside!
If You want me to pay for the game, I'm not going to play it on your server. Simple logic!
Question: Should we be excited about AC4?
Short answer: No
Long Answer: After the abysmal gaming experience of AC3, Hell NO!
P.S.: I am a HUGE fan of AC series (except AC3). Have played each and every one of them (sadly, including AC3)
IMHO, Gimmicks like these are lame. They might be cool to some 5 year old kid, but to larger gamer community, things like these are just lame. Same goes to Dance revolution and guitar hero kinda games. You get bored of these things once the novelty factor is gone, which takes no time.
Again, these all things are IMHO.
This is amazing! Popcorn and soda, please!