My theory of why the game isn't popular is that it's freaking boring! I just started a free trial a few days ago, I'm a first time player. One of my first quests was to deliver some documents (I guess they haven't mastered fax technology yet) to a few systems away. I set the system as my destination, and turned on autopilot. It took a HALF HOUR to get there. Thirty minutes of just sitting and staring at the screen (well that's not true; I got bored of staring and started reading a book instead). And what happens when I get the documents delivered? I have to turn around and go back the way I came to collect my payment. Ugh. Boring.
Mining isn't much more exciting. Find an asteroid, click on your mining laser icon, and sit and wait until your cargo fills up. Boring.
Combat is the most fun so far (or should I say the least boring?), but it still isn't that great. Find a space pirate, click the "lock on" button, click the "orbit" button, click on your gun icon, and sit and wait for it to die. Boring. There's still a tiny bit of interactivity in getting to click the shield recharger once in a while. But still boring.
Apparently neither has Starforce. They even had a contest a few months ago that offered $10,000 to anyone who could prove (by reproducing it in their office) that their software physically damage drives .
I don't think this ad is nearly as bad as the other one I've seen: A cello player is sitting in a chair with his throat slit, and blood draining down his neck. "Classically executed."
Nobody is going to make games/books/movies/music if they can't protect them.
There were artists, musicians, and writers before copyrights existed. I don't find it hard to believe that they wouldn't still create works without the law's protection.
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I just graduated college and found a job, thanks for your concern for my social well-being.
My theory of why the game isn't popular is that it's freaking boring! I just started a free trial a few days ago, I'm a first time player. One of my first quests was to deliver some documents (I guess they haven't mastered fax technology yet) to a few systems away. I set the system as my destination, and turned on autopilot. It took a HALF HOUR to get there. Thirty minutes of just sitting and staring at the screen (well that's not true; I got bored of staring and started reading a book instead). And what happens when I get the documents delivered? I have to turn around and go back the way I came to collect my payment. Ugh. Boring. Mining isn't much more exciting. Find an asteroid, click on your mining laser icon, and sit and wait until your cargo fills up. Boring. Combat is the most fun so far (or should I say the least boring?), but it still isn't that great. Find a space pirate, click the "lock on" button, click the "orbit" button, click on your gun icon, and sit and wait for it to die. Boring. There's still a tiny bit of interactivity in getting to click the shield recharger once in a while. But still boring.
Apparently neither has Starforce. They even had a contest a few months ago that offered $10,000 to anyone who could prove (by reproducing it in their office) that their software physically damage drives .
So it's basically the same as the Undead's Cannibalize, but with no nearby corpse needed?
You mean just like the one they showed for Halo 2 before it came out? Yet none of that entire sequence was actually in the game?
No, but I'd rather just get the game myself instead of overpaying for shipping then waiting a week for it to arrive.
I don't think this ad is nearly as bad as the other one I've seen: A cello player is sitting in a chair with his throat slit, and blood draining down his neck. "Classically executed."
For a lot of people, yes, it is. If I wanted to go somewhere besides Walmart for buying games, I'd have 3 hours (round trip) of driving ahead of me.
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There were artists, musicians, and writers before copyrights existed. I don't find it hard to believe that they wouldn't still create works without the law's protection.