This is slashdot, where linux zealots will take any opportunity they can to whine about how big company X is trying to prevent them from running they're favourite distro of linux on widget Y cause linux is the bestest awesomest most coolest thing in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!1!1eleventyone!!
Me I agree with you. I got my PSP to play games on and I don't have a problem paying money to buy those games. If DRM gets to the point where it truly restricts my or anyone else's ability to use the products I purchase as intended, then I will simply stop buying them. Simple as that.
In the spring when they introduced the "Cold War Edition" of EVE, they completely re-did the tutorial and made it much better than it was, it's got full speech and everything.
As for modules, yes there are tons, which is one of the great things about the game. As for knowing which are better than the other it goes tech1 -> named items -> tech 2 - uber rare ultraviolent officer/commander loot. And each of the 4 races has a particular weapon type that they get bonuses for.
The game is only slow if you are trying to play it like a typical MMO, if you can get past that then it really doesn't seem all that slow when it comes to advancement.
As for being able to compete with 2-year old players, it is not impossible and doesn't take years to do, but you have to specialize in a particular line of ships/skills in order to become effective in a short time. Us oldtimers have the advantage of variety of ships we can fly more than anything. But flying the biggest ship doesn't necessarily mean instant victory anyways, and all ship classes have thier uses.
One more thing, this past sunday EVE passed 16,000 concurrent users online at one time, and it seems to be going up about 1,000 every couple of weeks or so. They figure they will pass 20,000 by the end of the year. There's something to be said where everyone in the game is on the same shard and 95% of the goods on the market are player-made. It makes for a tight-knit community.
See the problem with your idea is that everyone has differing tastes, so one person's nintendogs is another person's pile'o'shit.
and besides, not everyone who is a hardcore gamers would make a great game designer. in fact, I believe the more non-gamers that get into the biz the better, as it will help certain types of games improve exponentially.
Or...you could just log onto the License locker, re-activate your product and be off and running again in 5 mins, if they don't set it up to auto-authenticate it for you again in such a case.
Or better yet, release all the new game content to be avialable for download before the actual game is out, then I can pre-load the whole thing and be ready to go from day one...oh wait
Yeah I'll second that, the devs of EVE-Online are by far the most open and active out of any MMORPG I've ever played. They have regular blogs and actually respond to the comments on the blog and they are extremely active on the forums as well.
Plus they have a great sense of humour to boot.
Blizzard's dev's on the other hand are never seen on the boards, and their community managers are a joke.
pretty sad, even SOE's devs are more active on the EQ boards and we know what Sony thinks of players.
Wow...Be Cool has to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my whole life. Vince Vaughn was decent and Uma Thurmin is hot but god damn that movie was a waste of 2 hours.
Says who? The only footage we've seen of PS3 has been video taped or CG. The killzone demo was a video of a scene rendered at 5fps and then sped up to 60 fps to not make it look like ass.
The graphics capabilities of the PS3 and the 360 will be roughly the same. The only advantage that the ps3 is going to have right out of the box is the blu-ray drive, which in my opinion is less important than having a hard-drive to begin with.
Yeah I love mine too, except for the online multiplayer game browsers. The only game I've ever seen anyone actually online and playing is twisted metal and there were very few actual games running, most were just sitting in the lobby chatting. If you're going to do online mutliplayer fucking do it right or not at all.
Sony had better get there shit together with regards to their multiplayer strategy or I will not even consider the console worth my time to get.
I honeslty think this is the way that many games will go. Especially with the higher availability of broadband. With storyline based games Episodic content is the way to go, for many of the reasons you already stated.
It will not work for some types of games but is ideal for others.
You do realize that WoW is one of the most cookie-cutter/non-innovative MMO's out don't you?
I played the game for the first 3 months it was out, quit, came back for battlegrounds and have quit again...most likely permanently this time.
The first 20 levels of the game go by really quick and it sucks you in good, but after 20 the horrid grinding starts and boredom sets in. The PVP system is shit as well.
So, back to EVE-Online for me...been subscribed 2 years and counting and it's been worth every penny.
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This is slashdot, where linux zealots will take any opportunity they can to whine about how big company X is trying to prevent them from running they're favourite distro of linux on widget Y cause linux is the bestest awesomest most coolest thing in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!!1!1eleventyone!!
Me I agree with you. I got my PSP to play games on and I don't have a problem paying money to buy those games. If DRM gets to the point where it truly restricts my or anyone else's ability to use the products I purchase as intended, then I will simply stop buying them. Simple as that.
In the spring when they introduced the "Cold War Edition" of EVE, they completely re-did the tutorial and made it much better than it was, it's got full speech and everything.
As for modules, yes there are tons, which is one of the great things about the game. As for knowing which are better than the other it goes tech1 -> named items -> tech 2 - uber rare ultraviolent officer/commander loot. And each of the 4 races has a particular weapon type that they get bonuses for.
The game is only slow if you are trying to play it like a typical MMO, if you can get past that then it really doesn't seem all that slow when it comes to advancement.
As for being able to compete with 2-year old players, it is not impossible and doesn't take years to do, but you have to specialize in a particular line of ships/skills in order to become effective in a short time. Us oldtimers have the advantage of variety of ships we can fly more than anything. But flying the biggest ship doesn't necessarily mean instant victory anyways, and all ship classes have thier uses.
One more thing, this past sunday EVE passed 16,000 concurrent users online at one time, and it seems to be going up about 1,000 every couple of weeks or so. They figure they will pass 20,000 by the end of the year. There's something to be said where everyone in the game is on the same shard and 95% of the goods on the market are player-made. It makes for a tight-knit community.
See the problem with your idea is that everyone has differing tastes, so one person's nintendogs is another person's pile'o'shit.
and besides, not everyone who is a hardcore gamers would make a great game designer. in fact, I believe the more non-gamers that get into the biz the better, as it will help certain types of games improve exponentially.
and besides, why isn't your system connected to a UPS in the first place, so you don't have to worry about power outages at all.
Or...you could just log onto the License locker, re-activate your product and be off and running again in 5 mins, if they don't set it up to auto-authenticate it for you again in such a case.
I second that recommendation.
You're talking about the average windows user...so yeah it is written for total idiots.
Hook the guys up to 24-hour pr0n and the women up to 24/7 HGTV/Cooking channel...problem solved.
Or better yet, release all the new game content to be avialable for download before the actual game is out, then I can pre-load the whole thing and be ready to go from day one...oh wait
Yeah I'll second that, the devs of EVE-Online are by far the most open and active out of any MMORPG I've ever played. They have regular blogs and actually respond to the comments on the blog and they are extremely active on the forums as well.
Plus they have a great sense of humour to boot.
Blizzard's dev's on the other hand are never seen on the boards, and their community managers are a joke.
pretty sad, even SOE's devs are more active on the EQ boards and we know what Sony thinks of players.
That can't be right, the andromeda galaxy is much too old for him. he likes holes of the 13-year-old variety.
Well I helped test WoW and that game sucks ass as well.
And the 80's...well...let's just pretend they never happened...
Wow...Be Cool has to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my whole life. Vince Vaughn was decent and Uma Thurmin is hot but god damn that movie was a waste of 2 hours.
and yes I realize you were being sarcastic.
Wow man...me either...cause I want to put a 350x230'ish less-than-dvd quality movie up on my 32-inch High Def tv screen...that makes Sooo much sense.
Well at least it's not D-Stink.
Only if you're too rediculously cheap to shell out the extra $100 to get the premium bundle.
Sony has not even finalized their plans for a hard drive yet, they have merely stated that they will have one eventually. Deja Vu anyone?
Says who? The only footage we've seen of PS3 has been video taped or CG. The killzone demo was a video of a scene rendered at 5fps and then sped up to 60 fps to not make it look like ass. The graphics capabilities of the PS3 and the 360 will be roughly the same. The only advantage that the ps3 is going to have right out of the box is the blu-ray drive, which in my opinion is less important than having a hard-drive to begin with.
Yeah cause thier whole xbox live strategy with the marketplace and downloadable add-ons would totally work without the hard-drive. Moron.
Yeah I love mine too, except for the online multiplayer game browsers. The only game I've ever seen anyone actually online and playing is twisted metal and there were very few actual games running, most were just sitting in the lobby chatting. If you're going to do online mutliplayer fucking do it right or not at all. Sony had better get there shit together with regards to their multiplayer strategy or I will not even consider the console worth my time to get.
On the plus side, in the hentai game you'd get the added bonus of a good'ol tentacle-rape stage.
Always a family favourite...or so I hear.
I honeslty think this is the way that many games will go. Especially with the higher availability of broadband. With storyline based games Episodic content is the way to go, for many of the reasons you already stated.
It will not work for some types of games but is ideal for others.
This is mars we're talking about here, home of the 3-titted women.
You do realize that WoW is one of the most cookie-cutter/non-innovative MMO's out don't you?
I played the game for the first 3 months it was out, quit, came back for battlegrounds and have quit again...most likely permanently this time.
The first 20 levels of the game go by really quick and it sucks you in good, but after 20 the horrid grinding starts and boredom sets in. The PVP system is shit as well.
So, back to EVE-Online for me...been subscribed 2 years and counting and it's been worth every penny.
Um...how so? check this page for some explanations: http://www.electric-cosmos.org/sun.htm