Gamers have grown up. They're in their late 30's now. They have more disposable income, but less time. I know that occasionally I don't finish a game unless I get really invested in it. It becomes difficult to revisit a game after you've put it down for a length of time.
Plenty of recent games like that. Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause and Saints Row to name just a few, all on console and/or PC. All open world and all allow you to mess around endlessly in the game world.
It can be a 40 hour playthrough, at least, depending on whether you go after every little side mission (and... organise your weapons / armour). 'Easy' depends on the difficulty you set and how you play your games usually. The story's pretty entertaining and the depth of the lore in the game could make it seem deep, I suppose.
Sounds sort of like the open quests from Warhammer online. Show up in area, help out, get loot bag. True, there's a ranking system which means if your efforts weren't good enough you won't get anything immediate, but you still earn points which raise your rank in the chapter and (eventually) enable you to pick up useful, class-specific equipment.
Steam sometimes comes with third party DRM. You'll note ACII on Steam has the same restrictions. I do agree that it's a very convenient platform by itself, though.
Having played through ME2 1 1/2 times on the PC, I haven't had any problems with the controls. It's one of the few "ports" that I didn't have to whip out the Xbox controller for. What issues did you have?
From TFA: "Recently, however, ownership of the Sierra IP changed hands and became the property of Activision. After talks and negotiations in the last few months between ourselves and Activision, they have reached the decision that they are not interested in granting a non-commercial license to The Silver Lining, and have asked that we cease production and take down all related materials on our website."
Sounds more organised than some businesses I could name. Doesn't sound like fighting. Maybe they're a little bitter, but 8 years of work being flushed down the tube - whatever the reason - would tend to do that.
For a given value of 'best'. In theory, as you say, being the 'best' will likely entail hard work and genetics, but they should also be ethical; examples to us all as to what we can achieve. The reality is closer to what you say, though - although I doubt it's only steroids that they use to enhance performance.
Then again, we might just be comparing apples to oranges here since it's probably a lot harder to cheat (and not get caught) in a gaming tournament, where actual money is on the line, than it is in an athletics competition.
After reading this, Ubisoft has lost my sale; I was intending to buy the Super-Duper Deluxe version of Assassin's Creed II had they released it for the PC. 'Internet required' should only be for MMOs and not games which I intend to play in the quiet of my basement... er... seaside lair.
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Realistically speaking? You get two of those.
Wait. Isn't Facebook's policy also to have real names? And if you're caught with a 'fake name', you're booted?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/08/facebook_real_names/
Gamers have grown up. They're in their late 30's now. They have more disposable income, but less time. I know that occasionally I don't finish a game unless I get really invested in it. It becomes difficult to revisit a game after you've put it down for a length of time.
Plenty of recent games like that. Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause and Saints Row to name just a few, all on console and/or PC. All open world and all allow you to mess around endlessly in the game world.
That's the problem with early releases.
Or they found Clippy a new home.
Oka... zzzzz. *target lazed*
That's no moon. It's a Beowulf Cluster.
They did Alpha Protocol, didn't they?
With regards to the spoiler. Incorrect. There's even an achievement based around it.
It can be a 40 hour playthrough, at least, depending on whether you go after every little side mission (and... organise your weapons / armour). 'Easy' depends on the difficulty you set and how you play your games usually. The story's pretty entertaining and the depth of the lore in the game could make it seem deep, I suppose.
Sounds sort of like the open quests from Warhammer online. Show up in area, help out, get loot bag. True, there's a ranking system which means if your efforts weren't good enough you won't get anything immediate, but you still earn points which raise your rank in the chapter and (eventually) enable you to pick up useful, class-specific equipment.
Sadly *whimper* not. Nor Assassin's Creed II. Nor Silent Hunter.
Steam sometimes comes with third party DRM. You'll note ACII on Steam has the same restrictions. I do agree that it's a very convenient platform by itself, though.
Phantom Pirates vs. Ghost Ninjas?
Space Balls! The Animated Series! (Jar Jar not included)
Having played through ME2 1 1/2 times on the PC, I haven't had any problems with the controls. It's one of the few "ports" that I didn't have to whip out the Xbox controller for. What issues did you have?
It would be like 9/11... times one thousand!
Are there any Sicilians on Ubisoft's payroll or do they just bring them out when death's on the line?
Gwah? They picked a fight?
From TFA: "Recently, however, ownership of the Sierra IP changed hands and became the property of Activision. After talks and negotiations in the last few months between ourselves and Activision, they have reached the decision that they are not interested in granting a non-commercial license to The Silver Lining, and have asked that we cease production and take down all related materials on our website."
Sounds more organised than some businesses I could name. Doesn't sound like fighting. Maybe they're a little bitter, but 8 years of work being flushed down the tube - whatever the reason - would tend to do that.
Grab yourself a Dell XPS / Alienware laptop. There you go.
For a given value of 'best'. In theory, as you say, being the 'best' will likely entail hard work and genetics, but they should also be ethical; examples to us all as to what we can achieve. The reality is closer to what you say, though - although I doubt it's only steroids that they use to enhance performance. Then again, we might just be comparing apples to oranges here since it's probably a lot harder to cheat (and not get caught) in a gaming tournament, where actual money is on the line, than it is in an athletics competition.
After reading this, Ubisoft has lost my sale; I was intending to buy the Super-Duper Deluxe version of Assassin's Creed II had they released it for the PC. 'Internet required' should only be for MMOs and not games which I intend to play in the quiet of my basement... er... seaside lair.