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Aug 25th, 2009 02:01 PM
Tadao What a fucking idiot.
Aug 25th, 2009 10:06 AM
Dimnos
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Originally Posted by Microshock View Post
PC is going the way of bullshit.

Aug 25th, 2009 07:47 AM
Zhukov I went to play Empire: Total War after a reasonable hiatus, and I was told to come back later as the server was busy. WTF? I want to play single player you stupid thing, I don't require a server.. right? Later on it started to download a patch when the server was NOT busy, and yes, I thought then about turning off the internet etc, but it was already downloading.

Of course, it took forever because my connection was slow at the time, and after it was done I couldn't be arsed playing it anymore.


Still, PC is number one in my heart.
Aug 25th, 2009 02:20 AM
Microshock PC is going the way of bullshit. PSN/XBLA work for the most part cause it's these smaller games that kind of dont belong in a retail box

But with actual full retail games, you want to own the damn thing, not have a license in 10 years. Steam expects you to keep the game for life, with no selling possibility, although I think Impulse is working on a solution for that

Killing Floor was a horrible purchase by the way
Aug 24th, 2009 11:31 PM
Dr. Boogie I don't know. I struggled with the game for the better part of an afternoon before finally giving up and taking comfort in the fact that I still had a copy of the game that didn't require Steam at all.
Aug 24th, 2009 11:12 PM
executioneer can't you just run steam in offline mode, or do they not let you do that anymore
Aug 24th, 2009 10:33 PM
Dr. Boogie
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Originally Posted by MetalMilitia View Post
DRM is going away again now. Haven't had a game with Secure-Rom or anything in ages, possibly years. Plus Steam has almost everything these days anyway.
Don't get me started on Steam. Having to verify shit online whenever you play a single player game didn't seem like that big a hassle until I came across the other issue: forced patching.

The latest patch for Lost Planet introduced an unavoidable game-stopping bug, and since I can't not have it updated, I just had to uninstall it and put it away for good.
Aug 24th, 2009 07:12 PM
Zomboid I hate computer gaming because shit gets outdated so quickly. I prefer being able to just buy a game and putting it into my console.
Aug 24th, 2009 05:27 PM
MetalMilitia DRM is going away again now. Haven't had a game with Secure-Rom or anything in ages, possibly years. Plus Steam has almost everything these days anyway.
Aug 24th, 2009 04:43 PM
Dimnos Oh yeah, DRM... That was why.
Aug 24th, 2009 03:43 PM
Dr. Boogie
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2nd this! God why did I ever stray from my PC?
For me, it was because a lot of companies started putting less effort into their PC ports, particularly Ubisoft. That, and the increased number of games with DRM crap really turned me off of a lot of PC games.
Aug 24th, 2009 02:50 PM
Dimnos
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Originally Posted by MetalMilitia View Post
I vote we all just switch to PC gaming and be done with it.

2nd this! God why did I ever stray from my PC?
Aug 24th, 2009 04:29 AM
Zomboid I just ordered a laptop that'll be powerful enough to run new games, but I'll probably just use it for Starcraft 2.
Aug 24th, 2009 12:50 AM
Fathom Zero Yeah, mine had to be sent in because my bros kicked it one too many times and this current one is overheating so often that it becomes unusable. It sounds like an airplane hangar and shuts off after an hour or so.

In short; I'm glad I didn't buy it and spent my money on the just-as-fun Playstation 3.
Aug 23rd, 2009 09:58 PM
MetalMilitia Not really surprising. I don't think I've ever met a person that has owned an 360 without it dying at least once. Then again of the three people I know who have a PS3 - two have had the yellow light of death. Not statistically significant but it's not like the 360 is the only console this generation to have reliability issues.

I vote we all just switch to PC gaming and be done with it.
Aug 23rd, 2009 07:19 PM
kahljorn i remember when i got my xbox 360 it had a sticker on the front of the disc drive that said, "Do not move console with disc in drive" or somethin.

Also the first 360 I got broke as soon as I updated it
Aug 23rd, 2009 06:48 PM
Guitar Woman spoilers: video games died this gen
Aug 23rd, 2009 04:03 PM
Microshock So the console with the mediocre lineup, overpriced accessories, and pay to play online also has a HUGE failure rate and people still accept it?

Hmmm.
Aug 19th, 2009 02:10 PM
LordSappington I think they slap some in there on the new models and when they fix them, because my 360 definitely doesn't make that ominous little noise every now and then anymore. You know, that little noise you barely register at first, then realize your 360 just took a small chunk out of your brand-new disk?
Aug 18th, 2009 08:29 PM
Chojin It happens on the 360 because most CD players have little rubber bumpers to prevent the cd from tilting at an angle where it could scrape the edge of the laser. The 360 doesn't, for whatever reason.

Probably a short-sighted measure to cut manufacturing costs.
Aug 18th, 2009 01:54 PM
LordSappington The only thing that happened with mine, was that it scratched up my disks, and eventually broke. Halo 3 and Dead Rising are almost completely gone, and I can't play a few songs on Guitar Hero 3 without it crashing.
To be fair, it's my fault it overheated; I left it on to download tons of demos for something like 3 or 4 days, with little circulation.
Now, the only problems I have with it are it being fairly loud, and making my already hot room even hotter.
And yet, I still prefer it to PS3.
Aug 18th, 2009 12:25 PM
Tadao Yeah, I would take the cd out for transport, I've had to take the case off of a cdrom to get a jammed cd out once. Discmans and car cd players are built to expect bumps and jumps nowadays. It probably costs more to implement though, but I would assume a game console would be moved around a lot while game play is going on. I used to do it all the time because game controllers didn't reach the couch or whatever.
Aug 18th, 2009 12:17 PM
Zhukov If you I'm taking my PC to a friend's house for some sort of study group, or maybe even a LAN or something (although GW I know you don't go for those local connections when you can just emulate one) I take the CD out of my CD drive before I pick up the tower and throw it in the back of a car.

Walkmans I just figured people had to be extra careful when they were jogging down the road, but hey, I guess it's just me and the xbox360 that expect this :/
Aug 18th, 2009 10:34 AM
stevetothepast Who goes around randomly re-arranging their consoles while playing them? That's Stupid, your stupid GW.
Aug 18th, 2009 10:26 AM
Tadao Most cd player can be moved while running. Even an old discman didn't ruin a cd and I have heard of very few cds in cars being trashed.

Kinda weird that the 360 doesn't seem to have a decent disc lock.
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