Yeah, I heard about that, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt (however, apparently there is no doubt).Kalezian said:
Well, look, when you get right down to it, promising much more than you can deliver may be ill-advised, but it's still aimed at trying to please your fans. - Yes, you will dissapoint people when you inevitably don't deliver on what you promised, but you're still at least trying to tell people something they might actually want to hear...dragongit said:
Necessity has everything to do with it. Steam is an ONLINE gamestore. In order to use it, you have to be online. What MS is trying to convince us is that ALL gaming has to reside online. Even when I purchase items on Steam I don't have to check in every time I want to play. I'm ok if a seller wants to authenticate the sale of their game at the POS, but to insist you need to check in EVERY DAY is not necessary, and won't be OK no matter how much you try to convince people it is, or how many "features" you try to tie to your arbitrary check-in system.uro vii said:
You mean "Uncle McCrazihead" who's always tried to put his best into his projects and has the best of intentions, mister "Uncle McCrazihead" who for many was such a massive part of their child hood with Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, Black and White and Fable, some of the most highly regarded and influential games ever to exist (i.e. his one or two good games)?faefrost said:
Except Steam is not only an online game store, it's also a fairly restrictive DRM system, not as restrictive as One's, but restrictive enough that people would not be using it if it weren't for the sales.timboo_drow said:
Technically, it was life-changing, but leave it to Meter Polyneux to take even that and overhype it. And then he made it sound a lot less sweet when he imposed term limits and even cut down what "godhood" entails. And that's not even mentioning the fact a lot of people think this wasn't the original planned surprise, based on the odds that he was actually involved in this game when he started Curiosity and the claims that it was something you could share with the world or keep to yourself....rasputin0009 said:
If you ask him, he'll promise you an answer in six months that will not only blow your mind, but cure cancer and make you chain orgasm. As it comes closer to the day, it will sound more and more like "trolololololol..."Gray Firion said:
The problem is, they've already said that was possible with this. The...OTHER...Problem with this is that Fable 2 exists. Peter Pholydeux has already put out a game where this can be done without being always online. Or being online at all. In fact, this is a feature we've seen in other games before. Animal Crossing will change the environment based on how long you've been gone, and it's a Nintendo title. They didn't even think we LIKED the internet when they dreamed that one up.The Great JT said:
Considering that Microsoft considers a hundred bucks extra for their console a "piddling amount", are you really surprised?rasputin0009 said:
I read it. I don't find issue with a lot of what he said. But who is saying it is what makes it suspect. I'm sorry. I know he has made some generally beloved games in the past. But his current pastime seems to be head games. and hearing him criticize another company or individuals professionalism is truly appalling. He has become some oddly pretentious PT Barnum. I think he has taken to promising stuff just to watch what kind of a reaction he gets from people. He's playing his own personal game of Populous and we are the little digital dudes being manipulated. And really that's what Cube was. That's what all of these public statements and weirdly unfulfilled promises are. More and more he seems to be making a game that only he actually gets to play. and I just think we as a community are probably better off if we stop playing it.neonit said:
