Games You/Will Refuse to Buy Out of Protest

[Flailing Escapist]

So Assassin's Creed shouldn't recycle their progangonists...but Devil May Cry should?....

Oh my god, you are so right! All games should fall under the same formula and storytelling standards.
I don't know why it wasn't so obvious before. Face palm indeed!

All righty then, kindly elaborate for me, if you loved Ezio so much, why should he go and why should Dante stay? Kindly explain, I'm all ears.

Ezio was alright. He started off as kind of annoying but he had a full character arc and AC:2 ended Ezio pretty well, I thought. They really didn't need to bring him back for 2 more games. The biggest problem is that Ubi could take the francise anywhere in history but fell into the "release a new games every year" trap. Also there was a large improvement (gameplaywise) from AC to AC:2 but both the games since then have made little to no improvement.

And DMC... Fuck. I could go on for paragraphs about whats wrong with it. But I'm just going to leave these here instead>

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104584-Devil-May-Cry-Reboot-Designed-to-Provoke-Fans
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103685-Ninja-Theory-Defends-Dante-Redesign-UPDATED
Thats just a little of it

But for all I know DMC could be the best Devil May Cry yet. The thing is that Devil May Cry (except for 4 and arguably 2) games are some of the most fun I've ever had. While I play most games for the story, multiplayer or other entertaining features Devil May Cry was just straight up fun to play. I don't enjoy seeing a third party change almost all (the gameplay does look better) of what made Devil May Cry such fun and I am damned opposed to it.

So is there a difference between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry?

Why yes, yes there is.

 

[Erttheking]

So Assassin's Creed shouldn't recycle their progangonists...but Devil May Cry should?....

Oh my god, you are so right! All games should fall under the same formula and storytelling standards.
I don't know why it wasn't so obvious before. Face palm indeed!

All righty then, kindly elaborate for me, if you loved Ezio so much, why should he go and why should Dante stay? Kindly explain, I'm all ears.

Ezio was alright. He started off as kind of annoying but he had a full character arc and AC:2 ended Ezio pretty well, I thought. They really didn't need to bring him back for 2 more games. The biggest problem is that Ubi could take the francise anywhere in history but fell into the "release a new games every year" trap. Also there was a large improvement (gameplaywise) from AC to AC:2 but both the games since then have made little to no improvement.

And DMC... Fuck. I could go on for paragraphs about whats wrong with it. But I'm just going to leave these here instead>

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104584-Devil-May-Cry-Reboot-Designed-to-Provoke-Fans
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103685-Ninja-Theory-Defends-Dante-Redesign-UPDATED
Thats just a little of it

But for all I know DMC could be the best Devil May Cry yet. The thing is that Devil May Cry (except for 4 and arguably 2) games are some of the most fun I've ever had. While I play most games for the story, multiplayer or other entertaining features Devil May Cry was just straight up fun to play. I don't enjoy seeing a third party change almost all (the gameplay does look better) of what made Devil May Cry such fun and I am damned opposed to it.

So is there a difference between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry?

Why yes, yes there is.

...buddy you said in your first post that your problem was that they changed the character, now you're saying that they changed everything and switched parties is the problem? Be consistent please. You having a problem with the game going in a complete different direction? That I can understand, personally I kinda agree with the annoying Assassin's creed treading old water argument, but I found it kinda hypocritical that your only problem with DMC is that it was doing what Assassin's Creed should be doing. Games shouldn't stay the same, but the shouldn't be something completely different either, they should take what they started as and add to it and improve it...I think that there was a miscommunication here and for that I apologize.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

...buddy you said in your first post that your problem was that they changed the character, now you're saying that they changed everything and switched parties is the problem? Be consistent please.

You're right. I did say that and I shouldn't have to repeat myself.

I have a problem with the new character design AND "that they changed everything and switched parties". You asked me to elaborate and so I did. Pay more attention please.

Edit:

You having a problem with the game going in a complete different direction? That I can understand, personally I kinda agree with the annoying Assassin's creed treading old water argument, but I found it kinda hypocritical that your only problem with DMC is that it was doing what Assassin's Creed should be doing. Games shouldn't stay the same, but the shouldn't be something completely different either, they should take what they started as and add to it and improve it...I think that there was a miscommunication here and for that I apologize.

Games shouldn't stay the same and characters do change and evolve over time. But I don't think Dante should be changed THAT much and I don't think that Assassin's Creed should focus only on one area (person or place in history).

That said, I don't see the connection between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry. All games are different (except some sequals) and should go in different directions.

 

[XUnsafeNormalX]

-The Old Republic: Big waste of money and a step backwards for the MMO industry.
-Any Activision franchise game
-Cheap Sequel cash-ins.

 

[Erttheking]

...buddy you said in your first post that your problem was that they changed the character, now you're saying that they changed everything and switched parties is the problem? Be consistent please.

You're right. I did say that and I shouldn't have to repeat myself.

I have a problem with the new character design AND "that they changed everything and switched parties". You asked me to elaborate and so I did. Pay more attention please.

I edited that post, kindly reread it.

 

[Gunner 51]

I have avoided buying Assassin's Creed after number 2 mostly because I cannot abide Ubisoft's DRM. I would have avoided Modern Warfare 3, but it was purchased for me by my gaming clan. (Mostly to cheer me up because my dog had died - bless 'em.)

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

None, because I don't believe in protesting developers, corporations or games. I buy them, if I don't like them I trade them in. If I like them I keep them.
Protesting corporations doesn't work, because they aren't going to listen to you since people are still buying their games regardless of your opinion of their PR tactics or other "shady" things they do.
One by-product of capitalism is competition which produces tactics, sometimes dirty. Another by-product of capitalism is the anarchists who feel that they don't have to pay for something they want, which corps then decide to protect their multi-million dollar investments with things like DRM, DLC, Online Passes or other things. Maybe those things don't quite work, but you're never going to get rid of them because you won't get rid of the pirates, you won't get rid of competition and you won't get rid of capitalism.
If you succeed in ridding the world of capitalism/consumerism, then we will be left with socialism which in theory sounds good but in practice can never work since greed, jealousy and corruption aren't things that can be removed by revolution. Only replaced with another form of such.
Read Animal Farm for good source material on what happens to socialism.

 

[Erttheking]

...buddy you said in your first post that your problem was that they changed the character, now you're saying that they changed everything and switched parties is the problem? Be consistent please.

You're right. I did say that and I shouldn't have to repeat myself.

I have a problem with the new character design AND "that they changed everything and switched parties". You asked me to elaborate and so I did. Pay more attention please.

Edit:

You having a problem with the game going in a complete different direction? That I can understand, personally I kinda agree with the annoying Assassin's creed treading old water argument, but I found it kinda hypocritical that your only problem with DMC is that it was doing what Assassin's Creed should be doing. Games shouldn't stay the same, but the shouldn't be something completely different either, they should take what they started as and add to it and improve it...I think that there was a miscommunication here and for that I apologize.

Games shouldn't stay the same and characters do change and evolve over time. But I don't think Dante should be changed THAT much and I don't think that Assassin's Creed should focus only on one area (person or place in history).

That said, I don't see the connection between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry. All games are different (except some sequals) and should go in different directions.

I think I finally need to clear this up, there was a miscommunication, I thought that them changing characters was your only problem ok? Truce?

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

ubisoft because of their ridiculously shitty drm and treatment towards pc gamers, seriously ubi you can fuck off. (this is more i won't buy games from you full price and with the drm, if the last two iterations go below 15 bucks i'll consider it but until then i have no need to touch assassins creed beyond 1 and 2)

EA is getting on my damn nerves with the SOPA thing and the way they cut corners with alot of things, especially with bioware, so they are getting on my pissed off list very fast

activision can go suck a huge dick for being the apple of the gaming world, so yeah, they can fuck off all together.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

I think I finally need to clear this up, there was a miscommunication, I thought that them changing characters was your only problem ok? Truce?

And I didn't know you thought that was my only problem.

Truce

 

[psicat]

Got to love the poor fools that refuse to buy EA games. I meanwhile buy any game that catches my interest no matter who publishes it. So from EA games, already have Mass Effect 3 Pre-ordered, and Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning and Syndicate on my 'wait and see' to buy list.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Games shouldn't stay the same and characters do change and evolve over time. But I don't think Dante should be changed THAT much and I don't think that Assassin's Creed should focus only on one area (person or place in history).

That said, I don't see the connection between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry. All games are different (except some sequels) and should go in different directions.

You're saying games SHOULDN'T stay the same and SHOULD go in different directions, but you're complaining about them doing that exact thing with the DMC series.

 

[GameMaster1992]

Upon reading these posts, I find it funny to realize how useless boycotting these games really is. Call of Duty will still sell without you! Companies like Electronic Arts will continue to make money! Not to say that some things don't need changing, but they won't without massive protest.

 

[GameMaster1992]

Upon reading these posts, I find it funny to realize how useless boycotting these games really is. Call of Duty will still sell without you! Companies like Electronic Arts will continue to make money! Not to say that some things don't need changing, but they won't without massive protest.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Call of Duty MW3

The only reason I play the damn franchise is because I can't find any other game with the same level of strategy and addictiveness that is Search and Destroy.

Ever heard of Counter-Strike?

OT: I can live with DRM that locks me out of a game if my or their Internet goes down. I can live with needing Steam for a game I bought hardcopy - hell, about 75% of all my games were bought directly through Steam. And I can live with just general publisher dickishness - to a point. And EA's passed that point by creating arbitrary, unnecessary competition, then deciding to handle that as badly as possible. And I might be able to forgive the computer-scanning thing...if it wasn't for the fact that if you bought the disc of Battlefield 3, it still installs everything via Origin.

I'll still play EA's older games that they couldn't be bothered taking off Steam, but none of their new stuff until Origin goes away.

 

[Tich]

While not protest in my case, I thought Fable 2 was shit. Therefor Fable 3 was not on the to buy list. Unless Lionhead can prove that Fable 4 is not shit, I may be tempted to buy it if it is on sale. But I will not buy Fable 3, not even if it is on a ridiculous sale.

Similarly Pokemon White severely disappointed me. I will not be getting the next installment on release.

I only played a little of Assassin's Creed before putting it back down and never playing it again. Grand Theft Auto IV was practically the same. So in both cases no sequels for those.

I wouldn't call it protest, but certain companies will not catch me again with similar purchases that would be the same mistake.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Games shouldn't stay the same and characters do change and evolve over time. But I don't think Dante should be changed THAT much and I don't think that Assassin's Creed should focus only on one area (person or place in history).

That said, I don't see the connection between Assassin's Creed and Devil May Cry. All games are different (except some sequels) and should go in different directions.

You're saying games SHOULDN'T stay the same and SHOULD go in different directions, but you're complaining about them doing that exact thing with the DMC series.

Jesus Christ, you're right. Everything is exactly the same. Kudos to you

 

[.No.]

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How 'bout just saying "These are games I don't like. I don't buy games I don't like" and not call it protesting? Don't like Assassin's Creed? Don't fucking buy it. Simple as that. Call of Duty? Don't fucking buy it. Fable? Don't buy it. Don't like Dante's new look? Don't fucking buy the game if your so against it.
But it's not protesting. These are just games you don't like, and refuse to buy.

 

[PinkiePyro]

anything by EA

seriously **** you EA

 

[Casey Bowen]

Dead Rising 2, DR2 Off the Record.

Whatever the deal -- the fact that Case Zero and Case West aren't available on the PS3 means I'm not buying either game for either system and no DLC.

If your base game is system exclusive, I get that the DLC will be. If your base game is multi-platform, your DLC should be too. So bite me, Capcom, you'll get none of my money this round.