How in the world was the Fallout trailer excellent? It was a camera panning out to show a devestated city. It could have been a trailer for any generic post-apocalyptic game. Really, I understand being a huge fan of a game but that probably ranks as one of the most boring trailers ever created.
Yes, because people on the Internet tend to get on and complain how long their products last./sarcasm Maybe you should actually look at how long consumer electronics from any company last instead of going for the easy karma.
Sounds nice but you don't really know what you are talking about. The PSP actually outsold the DS until the DS Lite came out. The DS Lite took off and sold like hot cakes. Quite frankly neither handheld has any killer apps to me. Handhelds seem to be better for the younger crowd in the sense that they have more time to play them. When I go somewhere, I am either driving or engaging in a conversation with someone. Kids are generally passengers and handhelds are a good way to keep them quiet for the trip. So really, cheaper and longer battery life is the way to go. No doubt that I would have loved the DS or the PSP as a kid...but right now when I have time to play games I am at my home where I can play console or PC games. I have so many great games to catch up with on those that there is really no need for a handheld.
Yeah, I guess it is unrealistic to expect a game trailer to actually, you know, show some of the game. If this is all they have to do to get you excited, I bet you might explode if a girl said hi to you.
The real question is...who cares about your posts? Who cares about my posts? Yet we still post. Let the fans enjoy their trailer. If you don't care, just don't watch it.
Probably because Mac users are fairly uneducated about that sort of thing. Obviously, not saying this about you or any slashdotters. But I know many people (myself included) put our less educated users on Macs (i.e. moms/grandmas) because we don't have to worry about them as much when they open every dumb attachment they get of a dancing kitten.
I guess I don't understand who you are dealing with that download third party utilities to turn off things in Windows. Systems are so fast these days that your general Mac user doesn't need to disable anything. Eye candy isn't going to slow down surfing the web and sending e-mail. The only thing people do on Windows machines is if they don't install it themselves, they reformat and install from scrach to get rid of the third party crap that Dell/HP/whoever sticks on there.
The majority of people with Macs don't really care about performance. They aren't gamers, they aren't building clusters with them...so give the compute cycles to the OS eye candy. Obvious exceptions are people (like my Father) who use it primarily for video editing and actually care about performance above and beyond basic desktop apps.
I think you may need to get away from Slashdot a bit. You seem to have this Mac is a superior OS mentality that is encouraged here. Quite frankly, all OS's have their strong points and weak points. They are just tools to get things done...not a way of life.
Hopefully they will ditch the single shard idea which doesn't even work for Eve when you try to have large scale battles. Eve has a lot of good concepts hidden behind a UI designed by people with mental retardation ranging from slight to severe. I just can't see them making a good "traditional" MMORPG. They are going to have to get a boat load of artists that can do animation, learn how to design a UI, adopt a different server model. If I were a fan of this IP, CCP would be the last people I would working on it. I'd rather see SOE do it...that's how little faith I have in CCP to be able to execute this game well. Besides, they have a history of letting their employees cheat in their games and then not firing them. At best, this game will achieve niche status like Eve. Good concepts, a lot of potential, but ultimately will fall short of doing anything great because they lack the talant and the ability to make a game without being swayed by their "hardcore" playing buddies.
but I am beginning to hate the children. They keep getting in the way of all our fun. Maybe we should have less children so we don't have to think of them so much.
I think they took WCIII in the wrong direction. I didn't see any thing like heros in the SC2 vids I have seen...it just looks more like SC 1.5. New units, better graphics...and if they can balance it as well as the old one...I think they will do fine. That's all I want. Give me evolution not revolution (at least when it comes to SC)
I'm playing through Starcraft again right now and I still enjoy it as much now as I did then. Unlike a lot of other games, Starcraft does have the staying power to actually still be considered a good game. Yeah, I agree, some games you can't go back to. But Starcraft you can and most the people I know have played through Starcraft many times over the years...not just 10 years ago.
No, it wouldn't be. Considering that (at this point) there is no WoW2 and WoW is already making tons of money, there is no need to top WoW. Starcraft is one of the most loved and still played RTSs of all time. It is a valid question to see if they can actually improve the most balanced 3 faction RTS ever seen. But Starcraft is 10 years old now and it deserves and update and a continuation of its excellent single player story. I know it may be hard to understand, but "topping" something doesn't have to mean more profit or more units sold. It can also mean just making a better game.
I have thought and discussed a lot about this topic. I agree that legalization of gold selling is not the way to go. You get a "game" like Second Life which is more of a giant advertising space than anything that resembles a game.
To me, the gold sellers in WoW aren't really that big of a deal as they don't really have a huge effect on how the game is played. Compare this to FFXI, where gold sellers make it impossible to try to get any of the good drops and cause disgustingly massive amount of inflation.
But let me go back for a second...you say that the company needs to go after both the buyer and the seller. Really, this is unrealistic. It is hard to actually prove that someone bought the gold. Sure, you can see who a seller is by how much gold is coming from them and how it is distributed. But say a gold seller just gives a person gold for fun...that person would be banned. They have no proof that the person actually bought gold, they just know that they got gold from a certain character. It is better to go after the seller because it is easier to track a large volume of transaction to a single account.
Ok, to go back to the difference between WoW and FFXI. The services these gold selling companies have change the complexion of the game. In FFXI, it made the game unenjoyable to me. In WoW, other than the spam messages, you really don't even notice. There is a bit of inflation...but generally you benefit from that as much as anyone else. Blizzard did it right with their Raiding system. You just can't buy the best stuff. The only mistake they made was making epic flying mounts so expensive. Other than that, you need to actually play the game to get the top tier stuff.
As far as capping progress per hour...that is just dumb. Some people enjoy to level as fast as they can. There is nothing wrong with that. You just have to learn that in an MMORPG you will not be the best player on there unless you give up your life. Really, what would you cap it at...your rate? These are games designed to be played by many people, not just you. Gold selling should be attacked, absolutely. But forcing people in to playing a certain style is going too far. (Though Eve gives you something that caps the actual speed of how fast you 'level' so you might like that)
It's just you. While Zonk has done some stupid things in the past...like blaming Sony for people getting screwed over waiting in line for a PS3...lately he has been good about not making biased statements. He also is accused of being every type of fanboy now so I think that says he is doing his job. Slashdot is heavily anti-MS and anti-Sony. But I enjoy reading about games and could care less about Slashdot's bias (whether they be for good reason or not). So seriously, just shut up. It is getting old seeing people make stupid comments about Zonk.
Halo is a very popular gaming franchise. I know on Slashdot it is cool to hate what is popular (unless it is Apple for some reason). But seriously, if all I had to read was articles about how someone's grandma played the Wii and it cured all her diseases I wouldn't come here anymore.
I know this is Slashdot, but you may want to read the summary. It is questioning Sony and MS and saying that more people will be playing the Wii in the future since the more hardcore games have yet to come out.
Yeah, if you only read the title, maybe you would come to the conclusion...but titles on here are and have been horrible.
The whole "real world experience" argument is crap. That is what they have test servers for. They can observe the events on the real server to see if what someone says is true/false. I don't think you need to give your friends free items in game to understand how certain things need to be balanced.
Except for the fact that they have admitted in the past that a dev helped them cheat...and is still with the company. Your ref analogy fails. It is like Chelsea vs Liverpool. In a game between these two teams, the ref makes many questionable calls that give Chelsea the advantage allowing them to win the game. People cry foul. Then they find out that Chelsea was paying the ref to give them calls. The ref admits this but for some reason is still able to ref. Now, even if the ref doesn't take bribes ever again, they will still be seen as tainted. But, quite frankly, the ref will probably still take bribes and CCP is most likely still showing favortism. CCP made this problem for themselves. They have done a piss poor job of addressing the issue and the game isn't worth paying for because of it.
You are either a liar or delusional. CCP does nothing unless they are exposed. Once they are exposed they try to play it off. Once that doesn't work, they say they are sorry...make a couple of small steps to try to appease people but end up doing essentially nothing and not addressing the issue. I quit over this last time.
A company that has nothing to hide doesn't have to agressively moderate and ban its users. The fact is that there is a large amount of favortism in the game that CCP shows certain individuals and groups. So unless you are in that group, there is no point playing the game. Eve is a fine game to play for a few months. But after you have "beat" the PvE portion and get involved in the end game PvP...the cards are stacked against you. I don't mind being new and having to fight my way to the top...that kind of stacking is expected. But to force me to fight people who have instant access to the devs and have benefited from dev abuse in the past is stupid. And this isn't rumor, these are facts from the last scandal which they have admitted to. They disclose as little as possible so I can't even imagine how much other crap they are doing/hiding.
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How in the world was the Fallout trailer excellent? It was a camera panning out to show a devestated city. It could have been a trailer for any generic post-apocalyptic game. Really, I understand being a huge fan of a game but that probably ranks as one of the most boring trailers ever created.
How can something be overrated when it isn't rated up :P
Yes, because people on the Internet tend to get on and complain how long their products last. /sarcasm Maybe you should actually look at how long consumer electronics from any company last instead of going for the easy karma.
I'll celebrate the day they make the end all gaming/media player/camera/phone device
:P (I'd say Mac too but you mentioned gaming - I kid, I kid!)
Start celebrating! It's called a PC.
Sounds nice but you don't really know what you are talking about. The PSP actually outsold the DS until the DS Lite came out. The DS Lite took off and sold like hot cakes. Quite frankly neither handheld has any killer apps to me. Handhelds seem to be better for the younger crowd in the sense that they have more time to play them. When I go somewhere, I am either driving or engaging in a conversation with someone. Kids are generally passengers and handhelds are a good way to keep them quiet for the trip. So really, cheaper and longer battery life is the way to go. No doubt that I would have loved the DS or the PSP as a kid...but right now when I have time to play games I am at my home where I can play console or PC games. I have so many great games to catch up with on those that there is really no need for a handheld.
Yeah, I guess it is unrealistic to expect a game trailer to actually, you know, show some of the game. If this is all they have to do to get you excited, I bet you might explode if a girl said hi to you.
The real question is...who cares about your posts? Who cares about my posts? Yet we still post. Let the fans enjoy their trailer. If you don't care, just don't watch it.
It's actually pretty boring. At least it is short...I supposed they could have just panned out for another 15 minutes.
Probably because Mac users are fairly uneducated about that sort of thing. Obviously, not saying this about you or any slashdotters. But I know many people (myself included) put our less educated users on Macs (i.e. moms/grandmas) because we don't have to worry about them as much when they open every dumb attachment they get of a dancing kitten.
I guess I don't understand who you are dealing with that download third party utilities to turn off things in Windows. Systems are so fast these days that your general Mac user doesn't need to disable anything. Eye candy isn't going to slow down surfing the web and sending e-mail. The only thing people do on Windows machines is if they don't install it themselves, they reformat and install from scrach to get rid of the third party crap that Dell/HP/whoever sticks on there.
The majority of people with Macs don't really care about performance. They aren't gamers, they aren't building clusters with them...so give the compute cycles to the OS eye candy. Obvious exceptions are people (like my Father) who use it primarily for video editing and actually care about performance above and beyond basic desktop apps.
I think you may need to get away from Slashdot a bit. You seem to have this Mac is a superior OS mentality that is encouraged here. Quite frankly, all OS's have their strong points and weak points. They are just tools to get things done...not a way of life.
Hopefully they will ditch the single shard idea which doesn't even work for Eve when you try to have large scale battles. Eve has a lot of good concepts hidden behind a UI designed by people with mental retardation ranging from slight to severe. I just can't see them making a good "traditional" MMORPG. They are going to have to get a boat load of artists that can do animation, learn how to design a UI, adopt a different server model. If I were a fan of this IP, CCP would be the last people I would working on it. I'd rather see SOE do it...that's how little faith I have in CCP to be able to execute this game well. Besides, they have a history of letting their employees cheat in their games and then not firing them. At best, this game will achieve niche status like Eve. Good concepts, a lot of potential, but ultimately will fall short of doing anything great because they lack the talant and the ability to make a game without being swayed by their "hardcore" playing buddies.
Because they did it with the DS?
Oddly enough...you could almost write the same thing in an Apple thread and get modded flamebait :)
I bet you don't get invited to parties for being like that.
but I am beginning to hate the children. They keep getting in the way of all our fun. Maybe we should have less children so we don't have to think of them so much.
I think they took WCIII in the wrong direction. I didn't see any thing like heros in the SC2 vids I have seen...it just looks more like SC 1.5. New units, better graphics...and if they can balance it as well as the old one...I think they will do fine. That's all I want. Give me evolution not revolution (at least when it comes to SC)
Yes, things that require power need you to plug them in. Shocking (literally)
I'm playing through Starcraft again right now and I still enjoy it as much now as I did then. Unlike a lot of other games, Starcraft does have the staying power to actually still be considered a good game. Yeah, I agree, some games you can't go back to. But Starcraft you can and most the people I know have played through Starcraft many times over the years...not just 10 years ago.
No, it wouldn't be. Considering that (at this point) there is no WoW2 and WoW is already making tons of money, there is no need to top WoW. Starcraft is one of the most loved and still played RTSs of all time. It is a valid question to see if they can actually improve the most balanced 3 faction RTS ever seen. But Starcraft is 10 years old now and it deserves and update and a continuation of its excellent single player story. I know it may be hard to understand, but "topping" something doesn't have to mean more profit or more units sold. It can also mean just making a better game.
I have thought and discussed a lot about this topic. I agree that legalization of gold selling is not the way to go. You get a "game" like Second Life which is more of a giant advertising space than anything that resembles a game.
To me, the gold sellers in WoW aren't really that big of a deal as they don't really have a huge effect on how the game is played. Compare this to FFXI, where gold sellers make it impossible to try to get any of the good drops and cause disgustingly massive amount of inflation.
But let me go back for a second...you say that the company needs to go after both the buyer and the seller. Really, this is unrealistic. It is hard to actually prove that someone bought the gold. Sure, you can see who a seller is by how much gold is coming from them and how it is distributed. But say a gold seller just gives a person gold for fun...that person would be banned. They have no proof that the person actually bought gold, they just know that they got gold from a certain character. It is better to go after the seller because it is easier to track a large volume of transaction to a single account.
Ok, to go back to the difference between WoW and FFXI. The services these gold selling companies have change the complexion of the game. In FFXI, it made the game unenjoyable to me. In WoW, other than the spam messages, you really don't even notice. There is a bit of inflation...but generally you benefit from that as much as anyone else. Blizzard did it right with their Raiding system. You just can't buy the best stuff. The only mistake they made was making epic flying mounts so expensive. Other than that, you need to actually play the game to get the top tier stuff.
As far as capping progress per hour...that is just dumb. Some people enjoy to level as fast as they can. There is nothing wrong with that. You just have to learn that in an MMORPG you will not be the best player on there unless you give up your life. Really, what would you cap it at...your rate? These are games designed to be played by many people, not just you. Gold selling should be attacked, absolutely. But forcing people in to playing a certain style is going too far. (Though Eve gives you something that caps the actual speed of how fast you 'level' so you might like that)
It's just you. While Zonk has done some stupid things in the past...like blaming Sony for people getting screwed over waiting in line for a PS3...lately he has been good about not making biased statements. He also is accused of being every type of fanboy now so I think that says he is doing his job. Slashdot is heavily anti-MS and anti-Sony. But I enjoy reading about games and could care less about Slashdot's bias (whether they be for good reason or not). So seriously, just shut up. It is getting old seeing people make stupid comments about Zonk.
Halo is a very popular gaming franchise. I know on Slashdot it is cool to hate what is popular (unless it is Apple for some reason). But seriously, if all I had to read was articles about how someone's grandma played the Wii and it cured all her diseases I wouldn't come here anymore.
I know this is Slashdot, but you may want to read the summary. It is questioning Sony and MS and saying that more people will be playing the Wii in the future since the more hardcore games have yet to come out.
Yeah, if you only read the title, maybe you would come to the conclusion...but titles on here are and have been horrible.
I think you are pretty naieve if you don't think that Sony and MS profit off their games division.
The whole "real world experience" argument is crap. That is what they have test servers for. They can observe the events on the real server to see if what someone says is true/false. I don't think you need to give your friends free items in game to understand how certain things need to be balanced.
Except for the fact that they have admitted in the past that a dev helped them cheat...and is still with the company. Your ref analogy fails. It is like Chelsea vs Liverpool. In a game between these two teams, the ref makes many questionable calls that give Chelsea the advantage allowing them to win the game. People cry foul. Then they find out that Chelsea was paying the ref to give them calls. The ref admits this but for some reason is still able to ref. Now, even if the ref doesn't take bribes ever again, they will still be seen as tainted. But, quite frankly, the ref will probably still take bribes and CCP is most likely still showing favortism. CCP made this problem for themselves. They have done a piss poor job of addressing the issue and the game isn't worth paying for because of it.
You are either a liar or delusional. CCP does nothing unless they are exposed. Once they are exposed they try to play it off. Once that doesn't work, they say they are sorry...make a couple of small steps to try to appease people but end up doing essentially nothing and not addressing the issue. I quit over this last time.
A company that has nothing to hide doesn't have to agressively moderate and ban its users. The fact is that there is a large amount of favortism in the game that CCP shows certain individuals and groups. So unless you are in that group, there is no point playing the game. Eve is a fine game to play for a few months. But after you have "beat" the PvE portion and get involved in the end game PvP...the cards are stacked against you. I don't mind being new and having to fight my way to the top...that kind of stacking is expected. But to force me to fight people who have instant access to the devs and have benefited from dev abuse in the past is stupid. And this isn't rumor, these are facts from the last scandal which they have admitted to. They disclose as little as possible so I can't even imagine how much other crap they are doing/hiding.