Darkspore Gone Forever Due to Abandoned DRM - UPDATED
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i think they're being sarcastic, given that this is modeled after the response to the xbone changes.Diablo1099 said:Oh don't feed us that, this was going to happen from the second the game was released thanks to the DRM.Imre Csete said:It's our fault folks, we resisted the digital future so hard, they killed this game, so now we'd know what we lost. If only we hadn't resist change...
There is a reason why Older Games have a MUCH longer self-life, they don't need a massive server room in order to be played by anyone, single player or not.
DRM it is so poisonous it literally has the ability to destroy games.
Imagine if we had DRM on paintings or books or any other kind of media. Can you imagine the Mona Lisa reverting back to canvas? Or when the ink just evaporates off every page of every copy of the Grapes of Wrath?
It is a good thing Piracy exists for without it we would have lost a game to the ravages of time. It's beautiful really that when corporate greed eventually implodes on itself it is those painted as villains and crooks that are the ones actually preserving and chronicling the mediums history.
Grim Fandango is all I have to say, without piracy this game would have been lost in the Lucas Vaults.
PS: It's just a boring Spore game but imagine if this had happened to the Walking Dead or Deus Ex or any game that has basically pushed the envelope for videogames in the past decades that this medium has existed.
Imagine if we had DRM on paintings or books or any other kind of media. Can you imagine the Mona Lisa reverting back to canvas? Or when the ink just evaporates off every page of every copy of the Grapes of Wrath?
It is a good thing Piracy exists for without it we would have lost a game to the ravages of time. It's beautiful really that when corporate greed eventually implodes on itself it is those painted as villains and crooks that are the ones actually preserving and chronicling the mediums history.
Grim Fandango is all I have to say, without piracy this game would have been lost in the Lucas Vaults.
PS: It's just a boring Spore game but imagine if this had happened to the Walking Dead or Deus Ex or any game that has basically pushed the envelope for videogames in the past decades that this medium has existed.
....Oh...weirdguy said:
Sorry about that, just got a little bit heated up reading that >.<Imre Csete said:
i may be wrong but i think he was taking the piss dude.Diablo1099 said:Oh don't feed us that, this was going to happen from the second the game was released thanks to the DRM.Imre Csete said:It's our fault folks, we resisted the digital future so hard, they killed this game, so now we'd know what we lost. If only we hadn't resist change...
There is a reason why Older Games have a MUCH longer self-life, they don't need a massive server room in order to be played by anyone, single player or not.
one of the current arguments for proponents of all the xb1 stuff is change, change is good we should embrace it instead of being the insular ocd freaks that we are, and resisting it.
in an all digital future this would be more common not less and the idea of killing the game to teach us a lesson about obedience would be farsical at best.
OT i cant help but feel a bit sorry for the guys who made the game. they probally knew they werent working on a masterpiece but they put time and effort into the game and, if not everyone, at least some people would like the game. maybe that was enough to keep some of the programmers going, knowing that something they created was out there giving people joy. now its all gone and they have to think to themselfs about all the E.T.'s and Big Rigs, alive and playable (after a sort) wile their work is dead
Man, the three people who bought Darkspore are going to be so disappointed. No, wait. Because even the three people who bought it would never want to boot it up again either.
How did anyone find out about this anyway? Someone accidentally launched it and found out?
How did anyone find out about this anyway? Someone accidentally launched it and found out?
2/10, would not read again.Imre Csete said:It's our fault folks, we resisted the digital future so hard, they killed this game, so now we'd know what we lost. If only we hadn't resist change...
I'm gonna resist change all I can if publishers are going to start playing "Shoot the Hostage".
At least Ubisoft had the decency to kill the DRM before their games went kaput.
Must be sarcasm, as this clearly proves the opposite.Da Orky Man said:
(Check your sarcasm tags, dude!)
Well at least a questionably forgettable game well now be remembered as the videogames equivalent to the Alamo....... or something like it. There is a peculiar irony to this.
Well the future is starting to show it's signs and that sign is DRM dystopia for gaming, if this keeps up. Anyones thoughts on the future?
Well the future is starting to show it's signs and that sign is DRM dystopia for gaming, if this keeps up. Anyones thoughts on the future?
Either fix it and give customers what they paid for or give everyone still wanting a play it a refund.
And if people stopped licking corporate boots in blind fanboyism in forums ("PEOPLE WILL HATE ON EA/ACTIVISION/ETC FOR EVERYTHING NYYYEHH") and stop giving big publishers money, including their developers like bioware or blizzard, we can do something to change it.
What do people think is going to happen when the new console generation is over? This very thing. Don't buy consoles this time around.
And if people stopped licking corporate boots in blind fanboyism in forums ("PEOPLE WILL HATE ON EA/ACTIVISION/ETC FOR EVERYTHING NYYYEHH") and stop giving big publishers money, including their developers like bioware or blizzard, we can do something to change it.
What do people think is going to happen when the new console generation is over? This very thing. Don't buy consoles this time around.
Think of it this way: This could just as well have been Diablo 3, SimCity or Assassin's Creed 2 (back in the day) - or any other game featuring DRM of the intrusive fashion.PH3NOmenon said:
It may not be a popular title, but that does not matter at all. A game is now unplayable just because someone insisted on DRM. And, worse yet, it is still being sold - even though it is unplayable and there seems to be no intention to fix it.
I can't wait for this to happen to Destiny!
This shows why I don't want games that require the internet (mainly the single-player portion of games). There will come a time where they will be unplayable by everyone forever. Games that require an internet connection have a limited life. It will run out, and then nobody will ever be able to play the game again.
This shows why I don't want games that require the internet (mainly the single-player portion of games). There will come a time where they will be unplayable by everyone forever. Games that require an internet connection have a limited life. It will run out, and then nobody will ever be able to play the game again.
Im not so sure about Big Rigs, but I highly doubt anyone is playing E.T.rodneyy said:i may be wrong but i think he was taking the piss dude.Diablo1099 said:Oh don't feed us that, this was going to happen from the second the game was released thanks to the DRM.Imre Csete said:It's our fault folks, we resisted the digital future so hard, they killed this game, so now we'd know what we lost. If only we hadn't resist change...
There is a reason why Older Games have a MUCH longer self-life, they don't need a massive server room in order to be played by anyone, single player or not.
one of the current arguments for proponents of all the xb1 stuff is change, change is good we should embrace it instead of being the insular ocd freaks that we are, and resisting it.
in an all digital future this would be more common not less and the idea of killing the game to teach us a lesson about obedience would be farsical at best.
OT i cant help but feel a bit sorry for the guys who made the game. they probally knew they werent working on a masterpiece but they put time and effort into the game and, if not everyone, at least some people would like the game. maybe that was enough to keep some of the programmers going, knowing that something they created was out there giving people joy. now its all gone and they have to think to themselfs about all the E.T.'s and Big Rigs, alive and playable (after a sort) wile their work is dead
If they're still selling it, then that's freaking ILLEGAL and they should be fined at the very least.
So I guess the only people who will be able to play this game are pirates.
This is the only reason why I will never be convinced to go full digital. I'd much rather have my physical discs and risk scratching them because that would be my own fault for not taking care of them. Not some company not taking care of their servers. This is where the only advantage of consoles (although one could argue it's more the advantage of older generations of the gaming industry) have over PC. Put the disc in. PLay. Nothing else is needed.
This is the only reason why I will never be convinced to go full digital. I'd much rather have my physical discs and risk scratching them because that would be my own fault for not taking care of them. Not some company not taking care of their servers. This is where the only advantage of consoles (although one could argue it's more the advantage of older generations of the gaming industry) have over PC. Put the disc in. PLay. Nothing else is needed.
Wait, isn't Destiny an MMO? And not in the "we're just saying it is so that we can get away with DRM" sense, I mean a legit MMO like Guild Wars is. If it is, that's justified because it needs to stay online, and nothing can stay online forever. If it isn't... wow Bungie. How the mighty have fallen.Irridium said:
I'm really glad this happened. It happened to a game that wasn't big enough to really upset too many people but it was a brand that was established well enough to be recognized so it won't be swept under a rug.
Maximum message, minimum damage.
Just well done, EA. It's the same as a gun safety instructor blowing his own foot off.
Maximum message, minimum damage.
Just well done, EA. It's the same as a gun safety instructor blowing his own foot off.