Wow, I just noticed the wikipedia links...that's a really cool feature, any word that's in wikipedia gets underlined, and you can click them to go straight to the wiki page, or just hover over the link to see the definition....that's awesome!
Besy Buy asked me for my ID when I bought Half-Life 2, and I thought it was great. The guy even asked me if I had read the minimum system requirements to make sure my computer could play the game. Now, that had no effect on me, but I could see some non-computer savvy person realizing that their computer sucked ass or something, and deciding not to buy the game right then, rather than returning it later and becoming a "devil" to BB.
Personally, I love game stats. I've always enjoyed looking at how everyone did in certain situations, who had the most kills, whatever. I remember GoldenEye for the N64 was awesome because it had the awards at the end, like 'most cowardly' and such. Stats are just another feature, they're not necessary, but they make the game more enjoyable to play, and they keep you playing it longer.
It doesn't matter how many people cancel their online preorders, every 12 year old dipshit with a Dell will be getting their parents to buy them the game anyway. We're not the consumers, we're the community that they say they care about, but turn their backs on anyway. They care about cash, nothing more, nothing less. Making everyone install Steam means they can advertise their own products more, sell advertising space to other companies, and do whatever else they want. But as long as there's a shitty game involved in it, it'll sell.
Duped? Honestly, I feel no remorse for people who bought CZ expecting something good. There were reviews, screenshots, and tons of information about it already available before they bought, do some research and realize you're not getting your money's worth.
I thought it was an excellent game...if you have a decent system, then it looks really good.
It's definitely a fun game, but it gets kind of easy...easier than the first one anyway...and the novelty of bullet time does wear off after a while, but...it's so cool! It's worth the download just to check it out, there's a lot of cool physics stuff involved, and the game puts it in slow motion so you can see them happening. I thought it was excellent, but after you beat it, there's really not much else to do.
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Wow, I just noticed the wikipedia links...that's a really cool feature, any word that's in wikipedia gets underlined, and you can click them to go straight to the wiki page, or just hover over the link to see the definition....that's awesome!
Besy Buy asked me for my ID when I bought Half-Life 2, and I thought it was great. The guy even asked me if I had read the minimum system requirements to make sure my computer could play the game. Now, that had no effect on me, but I could see some non-computer savvy person realizing that their computer sucked ass or something, and deciding not to buy the game right then, rather than returning it later and becoming a "devil" to BB.
Personally, I love game stats. I've always enjoyed looking at how everyone did in certain situations, who had the most kills, whatever. I remember GoldenEye for the N64 was awesome because it had the awards at the end, like 'most cowardly' and such. Stats are just another feature, they're not necessary, but they make the game more enjoyable to play, and they keep you playing it longer.
Oh, and there's an excellent Enemy Territory stats site at http://www.wolfet.org/.
It doesn't matter how many people cancel their online preorders, every 12 year old dipshit with a Dell will be getting their parents to buy them the game anyway. We're not the consumers, we're the community that they say they care about, but turn their backs on anyway. They care about cash, nothing more, nothing less. Making everyone install Steam means they can advertise their own products more, sell advertising space to other companies, and do whatever else they want. But as long as there's a shitty game involved in it, it'll sell.
Duped? Honestly, I feel no remorse for people who bought CZ expecting something good. There were reviews, screenshots, and tons of information about it already available before they bought, do some research and realize you're not getting your money's worth.
Game "To be determined" - Square Enix Come on...with a name like that, it's gotta be good!
I thought it was an excellent game...if you have a decent system, then it looks really good. It's definitely a fun game, but it gets kind of easy...easier than the first one anyway...and the novelty of bullet time does wear off after a while, but...it's so cool! It's worth the download just to check it out, there's a lot of cool physics stuff involved, and the game puts it in slow motion so you can see them happening. I thought it was excellent, but after you beat it, there's really not much else to do.