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Dust game?

All PS games do this. ALL! OF! THEM! (Also Crysis 2 on PC )

Yes. They are. Then again, Sony have been known to throw their toys because "START button" was written "Start button". Seriously. They love the ALL-CAPS.

I just find the whole prospect rather daunting. While being part of an established corporation and all that sounds cool (well, as cool as this stuff can sound) being some new guy in a universe full of big bad ships waiting to gank me and steal what little I have is a touch overwhelming. Also... another FPS? Yay! Where do they come up with this stuff?(!)

Bit of a sweeping statement that. I agree it was a dip in quality over Crysis, but still it's far from the worse game released on PC this year. I'm certainly not saying that it should be applauded. It's definitely a case for voting with your wallet and not getting the game. Firstly, this would never happen. MS and Sony would (and do) pitch a fit if you use the wrong button names. As to performance, making a game ugly on PC is not the same as making it unplayable on console. Finally, lurching back on topic. People shouldn't use the shoddy port as an excuse to pirate the game (not saying anyone here has) any more than Crytek should use piracy as the scapegoat for going multiplat in the first place. If the game is so offensive to PC gamers, then leave it to rot, otherwise you'll just get more of the same.

1. I suggested that the implication that Crytek cannot make a good PC exclusive title on the basis that their multiplatform title was of a lower standard was a somewhat hasty judgement that should perhaps be held until a PC exclusive title is even announced. 2. I said that saying that Crytek are "tainted" just because they went for a bigger market was unfair. These two statements are independent. I'm not sure why you read them as one thing. Everyone is of course free to spend their money as they wish. If you feel that Crytek has "abandoned" you because they made a multi platform game, and that as such you will not buy a PC exclusive from them, fine, make your stand. Not sure how not buying a PC exclusive will show them the error of their ways though. If you think that making a multiplatform game that falls short of what you expect means that you don't want to buy a PC exclusive title (that hasn't been announced, may not exist or may be the greatest game of all time) also, fine, if somewhat illogical.

If you want to be a pedant about it then they bought Free Radical, therefore more employees, more mouths, more infratstructure and more costs. I never actually said that there was a correlation between Buccal Cavity Capacity and Net Profits of Crytek GmbH, let alone implied that the link was in any way causal. My intention was to remind people that "Crytek" is not some big machine that sits in Germany churning out PC games. It is a company made up of people. These people need money to live. If they get more money by selling to console and PC owners than they do just selling to PC owners, then yay for them. It should not be considered a "stain" on their reputation that they expanded their market.

By doing a console game? Or by doing a bad game? If the latter, then, I know we shouldn't put too much weight behind review scores (and I'm biased) but, it's received generally favourable reviews. Yes it's streamlined / linear / dumbed down (delete as necessary) but it's not (in my opinion) a bad game and certainly doesn't suggest to me that they are incapable of making a good PC exclusive, more that they (perhaps) overreached in going multiplatform. If the former, well, that's fine and all, but you can't blame Crytek for wanting to make more money. They've got a lot of mouths to feed.

No need to be rude. There are more decent ways of talking to other members regardless of whether you like them or not, so let's keep this thread civil. I'll tell Cyber Rat you were being mean! BULLY! /sadface

Liking your style, also agree that if a company wants to go where the money is, they should just say so. Thing is, with companies like Crytek, selling Cryisis 2 multiplatform could well fund their next big PC exclusive. Much better to sell the decision that way than to try and focus on one reason (especially when it's impact is unknown).

It's incredibly casual. Sort of Eve - lite. No player economy or faction creation, just two sides and NPCs. It's actually my first MMO which is probably why I'm enjoying it while my Eve playing colleagues snigger at me.

*Innernet Five!*

Oh my good god... what world do Anon live in? Was the "epic" soundtrack needed? Kind of took the edge off that I could see some sort of wicker basket in the corner of the screen, but I guess when you run an international organisation dedicated to the destruction of "Greedy Companies" (taking corporate personality a little far there) from your mum's house it's to be expected.

Could be. Akira is kinda hard to get hold of the first time you see it. But the whole living a lie thing that the protaganist was doing was a cool twist that I didn't see coming. Killing the potential love interest at the end of disc one too. It did a lot of good story telling of varying levels of complexity.

Loving the logic behind this. "How dare you be mean to the general public and limit their access to products they bought. We'll teach you a lesson by cutting off the public's access to products they bought!" Thanks Anonymous. Next time you feel like helping me out... just don't.

Having bought a couple of these on PSOne and again on PSN (and got some via PS Plus) it really would be super if I could not have to pay for them... again... again. Ho hum.

You don't get the story =/= Story was bad.

Final Fantasy VII has a great story. Are we basing this on how good the underlying story is or how good the delivery or certain characters are?

I'll comment on this properly later...

No need to be rude. There are more decent ways of talking to other members regardless of whether you like them or not, so let's keep this thread civil. Seriously? That's what counts for rude these days? Aga stated a concern that "free" MMO's often, but not always, have an element of "pay to play". I was merely pointing to BSGO as one of the exceptions (that Aga did not preclude) to that rule of thumb and indicating that he need not be concerned about having to pay to get the best equipment since the only "paid for" element (the aforementioned "Cubit" currency) can be earned over time through gameplay. I think it is clear that Aga does not in fact coil his undergarments at being asked for money. The comment was meant in a light hearted, facetious tone, sometimes referred to as "banter". However, in case anyone took me literally, let me state for the record that I have never seen Aga's underwear and as such am unable to comment as to the twistyness thereof. I don't believe I have ever expressed a dislike for Aga, I honestly don't know him anything like well enough to pass judgement. Aga's writing is competent, though in his blog posts he tends to fluff turns of phrase and old sayings. I find this to be an amusing quirk to his character, much like Dean's steadfast refusal to write "should have", and, should I find Aga to be personable, I may well rib him about this from time to time.

People who make sweeping statements about what is and isn't, then, when called on it say "I was just posting my opinion blah blah... freedom of speech blah blah...". If something is an opinion, be sure to label it as such, or accept that it may be mistaken as you reporting an erroneous fact and clarify your position without all the defensive stuff. Also... not just an innernet peeve, but a general one. The Krishna like chanting of the Bill of Rights really winds me up. A lot of internetians act like it is some immutable document that cannot ever evolve beyond its original purpose, and then will go on to quote this amendment or that amendment. Do you even know what "Amendment" means? It means something was changed ya know what that means? That it can (and in some places (in my opinion) should) be changed again. In fact, I'm gonna expand that to general misquoting of laws, political doctrine, and philosophy.

BSG Online is turning out to be a fun Free to Play MMO. It's a Unity based browser game. You don't need to buy anything as the purchasable currency (Cubits) is grindable as well so Aga doesn't need to get his knickers in a twist about being "required to purchase" anything. P.S. You should probably join as a Cylon, they're pretty out numbered.

*Glances Up* We're still talking about Co-op games right?

Why do all your blogs take this so personally Aga? It's just business. Developers aren't moving to consoles because they don't care about "loyal" PC gamers and like those fickle console gamers more. They do it because they think they can make more money that way. One of the reasons they believe this is because PC piracy is endemic, though the motives behind it are unknown. But there are other reasons, such as a known install base, no divergence in specification, perceived better security of consoles, potential for first party to split marketing costs, the list goes on.

You probably don't know about scalable maps in bf2. The maps themselves are pretty big, but the actual size of a battle zone depends on number of players. I think it will be the same in bf3. Take a look at this picture. Just to clarify, it doesn't do this on the fly. If you join a 64 player map with 8 people (iirc that was the minimum for a ranked game) then you will be in a 64 player map, it won't shrink to fit. Similarly, if you join a full 16 player map and want to get one more guy in tough. It won't expand to a 32 player map. I think that's pretty obvious, but just wanted to make sure we weren't getting too crazy.