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PEGI has upgraded how they classify games:
  • Purchases of in-game content: games with time-limited or quantity-limited offers will be classified with a PEGI 12, games with NFTs or blockchain-related mechanisms will be PEGI 18.
  • Paid random items: the default rating will be PEGI 16 if the game contains paid random items (and in some cases they can be a PEGI 18).
  • Play-by-appointment: mechanisms that reward returning to the game (e.g. daily quests) will get a PEGI 7. If these mechanisms punish players for not returning (e.g. by losing content or reducing progress) they will become PEGI 12.
  • Safe online gameplay: if games contain entirely unrestricted communication features (e.g. no blocking or reporting), they will be PEGI 18.

If only it would work in practice as well as it does on paper. This is basically legal fluff.
 

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R-Type Tactics 1 and 2 Cosmos finally has a release date. June 18th.

I played Tactics 1 back in the day on my psp and loved it so I've been looking forward to this since it was announced, like 3 or 4 years ago. Took them long enough, really hope its a great port.
 

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The EA App on PC. They aint gonna make it. 1/2 the time, my controller doesn't work. Then it tells me I don't own Mass Effect 3, even though I have hours into it. I just deleted it and got the upgraded Legendary edition for only $15. I don't own ME1, so, progress. Hoping I won't have an issue with an Xbox controller. Downloading now. After an hour, I'm at 9%. Even after rebooting my PC. Somewhere, Gabe Newel is laughing his butt off.

EDIT: After switch to download view, it is going a tiny bit faster. 50 Mbs. My Internet can deliver a lot more than that but, progress.

2nd Edit: Even in download view, if I switch to another screen, download trickles back down to 5 mbs. Why?

Also interesting, a few days ago, this game cost $60. For a dozen year old game, albeit polished. I go to take a 2nd look and its $15. I read something about dynamic pricing. Wonder if this is related.
 
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The EA App on PC. They aint gonna make it. 1/2 the time, my controller doesn't work. Then it tells me I don't own Mass Effect 3, even though I have hours into it. I just deleted it and got the upgraded Legendary edition for only $15. I don't own ME1, so, progress. Hoping I won't have an issue with an Xbox controller. Downloading now. After an hour, I'm at 9%. Even after rebooting my PC. Somewhere, Gabe Newel is laughing his butt off.

EDIT: After switch to download view, it is going a tiny bit faster. 50 Mbs. My Internet can deliver a lot more than that but, progress.

2nd Edit: Even in download view, if I switch to another screen, download trickles back down to 5 mbs. Why?

Also interesting, a few days ago, this game cost $60. For a dozen year old game, albeit polished. I go to take a 2nd look and its $15. I read something about dynamic pricing. Wonder if this is related.
That application is fucking bipolar I swear. One patch, its dogshit and barely works. The next? Fucking seamless and as good as Steam. I've never had it forget what games I own, however. As for the Mass Effect price; mine is showing that there's a Publisher Sale on EA right now, ME Legendary is 75% off. So you may well have looked once before the sale, and then once after it. 60 down to 15 is a reduction of three quarters so........


Now you want a game management application that is all dogshit, all the time? Fucking UbiSoft Connect. Holy Jesus. This fucking thing is an abomination and every programmer who ever worked on it should be ashamed of themselves.
 
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That application is fucking bipolar I swear. One patch, its dogshit and barely works. The next? Fucking seamless and as good as Steam. I've never had it forget what games I own, however. As for the Mass Effect price; mine is showing that there's a Publisher Sale on EA right now, ME Legendary is 75% off. So you may well have looked once before the sale, and then once after it. 60 down to 15 is a reduction of three quarters so........


Now you want a game management application that is all dogshit, all the time? Fucking UbiSoft Connect. Holy Jesus. This fucking thing is an abomination and every programmer who ever worked on it should be ashamed of themselves.
Controller works with Mass Effect Legendary! Looks good so far. OG looked wonderful too.
I just read on Escapist someone post that there were changes to The Crew 2 which I bought for only $1 a year ago and couldn't play it. Broken. I heard they fixed some stuff and, off line mode anyway, it works and it is pretty good! (I hate the air plane flying mechanics). Gives me Forza Horizon vibes.
I will write of Ubisoft, good luck navigating their store to browse. Do they not want us to buy games?
 

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Cool, its like it's 2010 again. But also, lol, that 14 day online check has already been defeated. So we're now back to the status quo of legit customers getting the worse experience than pirates. What's next, requiring biometrics just to play a game?
I posted this last night, along with the Sony 30 day check thing.

 
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Cool, its like it's 2010 again. But also, lol, that 14 day online check has already been defeated. So we're now back to the status quo of legit customers getting the worse experience than pirates. What's next, requiring biometrics just to play a game?
Why do you think this is happening at all? I thought Piracy broken. Who wants to risk it all for such things when I've gotten games off of Steam that cost as little as $0.25 when purchased from Humble Bundle. There's free stuff out there too. And Amazon Prime, which I belong to for free shipping, gives away dozens of games a month. Most trash but some are not. Then, I have PS Essentials and after joining 13 years ago, I've got some 300 games I've barely scratched the surface upon. And now, PS wants me online at least once a month. Waiting for a plastic cup for pee sample next.
 

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Fuck you 2K games and Sony.



Oh how this aged like milk!
 
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Oh how this aged like milk!
My last post, if you look slightly above yours, shows that there was a miscommunication, and it's only a one time thing, but still Sony can screw off for letting misinformation spread, and not say anything for almost a week and a half.
 
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