Mister Jack Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) The reason I'm cynical is because I only see these things getting worse. They may not bother you much now but are you so sure they won't become a major problem five or ten years down the line? Hell, it's even happening right now. The Phantom Pain microtransactions weren't such a big deal...until they patched the game so that anyone who ISN'T playing online loses a huge chunk of GMP each time they start the game. Oh, and they just so happened to start offering paid FOB insurance around the same time. You can't possibly tell me that these two things aren't connected. Cut content? Just compare EA's Battlefront to Battlefront II. The released game won't even have half as much content as the previous game, but they're trying to get you to pay up to 120 dollars for it. It's disgusting. Also, while I haven't played it myself, I'm hearing talk that Halo 5's multiplayer options have been completely neutered compared to Halo 2. I'm hearing that they took out the popular Infection mode. Hell, I hear you can't even create it with custom rules like how it originally started. I don't know for sure yet if that's true or not, but at this point I wouldn't be surprised. I probably have more to add on this but I'm about to leave for work. Basically, the point I'm making is that I am not as optimistic as you are about these things. Edited October 30, 2015 by Mister Jack the Ripper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 There's a lot of games with cut content and no, this wasn't always a thing. Back in the day any additional content for the game was developed way after the initial release, usually only when said game had a huge success and the expansion packs were more like a separate game. Nowadays bonus content is being shoved down our throats for additional buck even before the actual game is released. Remember Evolve? What a shitty business practice that was. Incidentally, I wonder how that game performed. The reason I'm cynical is because I only see these things getting worse. And I'm with you on that, but there's one solution that you can reasonably follow (assuming you're not interested in starting a revolution over this) - have none of this bullshit. I'm more than happy to give my money to someone like CDProjekt for their efforts with the Witcher franchise, but when it comes to any other companies and their shady business practices, no thanks, I'll keep my dosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thursday Next Posted November 4, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 Cut content? Just compare EA's Battlefront to Battlefront II. That's not cut content, that's content that you want to be in a game not being in a game. I'm not going to tell you that you have to like Battlefront, let alone buy it, but in my (tainted) opinion it is a great game that is a lot of fun and is well worth the money even without expansion packs (which admittedly I don't have to pay for). All games ever have "cut content". The scope at the outset of development is always huge and as budgets and deadlines and technical limitations become a reality that original scope gets reduced and what looked amazing in a vertical slice get's cut because realising it in the finished game simply would not work. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Software development is hard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Software development is hard This seriously cannot be stressed enough. As someone currently learning all about it, it's something I really wish more gamers would understand. That whole "lazy dev" accusation that people like to throw around so much? I've come to realize just how truly fucking ridiculous it actually is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Sure but sometimes the devs do back themselves into a corner. Devs should be very careful to not promise the stars and to avoid feature creep. The vision of the game should be quite firm and realistic.It's okay to be iterative, especially if coming from a series. As for lazy devs... porting is some place that can apply a bit more often though it sometimes comes down to experience. Not sure if it applies to the Batman games though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Donald Trump and TC are the same person. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 LOL. I thought you said TCP. I was wondering what he said. (cause he says some crazy things too!). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Listen, we have a major problem here with thieves from the PC gaming community, pirating console exclusives! So we're going to build a firewall around Steam ...and we're going to have Valve pay for it! Let's make the Wii U great again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/22/july-2016-npd-summer-game-drought-continues After 33 months cumulative sales of PS4 and Xbone are 41% ahead of PS360 at the same point in their lifespan. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Ethan in this thread 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I know, I know, I just can't help it... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Don't get me wrong, I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I get so happy when I see this thread return! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/22/july-2016-npd-summer-game-drought-continues After 33 months cumulative sales of PS4 and Xbone are 41% ahead of PS360 at the same point in their lifespan. Only 41? Why not 42? IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH! IT'S ALL DOOMED! DOOMED! DOOOOOOOOOMED! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Just a reminder that over the holidays PS4 passed 50 MILLION units. Xbone is sitting at 30ish million. DOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Man the rate PS4 is outselling the Xbox is nuts. I hear it's almost the same difference between the Vive and the Rift, though Vive does have the bonus of being plastered across the homepage of one of the biggest gaming sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 I this thread. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 If you really want a good laugh, check out a certain former poster's Twitter page. He has some incredible anti-feminist rants on there. It's delightful! Plus, I see he has a top 10 worst films of 2016, scrolling through the thumbnails you can see it includes such terrible films as The Revenant (2015), Star Wars The Force Awakes (2015), and "Fembusters". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 I occasionally look him up on reddit when I'm bored. He posts in the kind of subs you'd expect. Sometimes there's some hilariously long-winded rants. Also, this might come as a bit of a shock but he seems to get into arguments with people a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Sweet gentle Jesus, it is taking all of my willpower not to look for him on Twitter and reddit. His madness was bad enough here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 You think that takes willpower? You have no idea how many times I've considered making an alt just to fuck with him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 What's his twitter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) I haven't checked, but the smart money is on @tornadocreator. Edit: I checked, read a bunch of his tweets, and wondered why I wasted my time. Edited January 17, 2017 by Mr. GOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 I'm surprised that you guys are, years later, putting even this minuscule amount of effort into this thread. Guess he really lived up to his name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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