CM:SF Preview from Wargamer..
bil.hard...@earthlink.net
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/cmsf_preview/default.asp
Bil
Giftzwerg
bil.hard...@earthlink.net says...
> Looking more and more like a must have game to me:
> http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/cmsf_preview/default.asp
Looking more and more like a must-avoid game to me:
http://www.battlefront.com/elicense_faq.html
Whee. Won't fucking with *this* nightmare be fun:
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Rob Pollard
crap came out. Are they applying it to digital downloads only or are DVD/CD
products going to be affected to? If this is the case then that is a deal
breaker for me....
RobP
"Giftzwerg" <giftzw...@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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eddys...@hotmail.com
> This sounds really bad. I'm glad I got my combat mission games before this
> crap came out. Are they applying it to digital downloads only or are DVD/CD
> products going to be affected to? If this is the case then that is a deal
> breaker for me....
AFAIK the delivery format doesn't matter, so both digital download and
DVD/CD are in/affected by this
Then again : at Battlefront it's the developers call as Major H's
TacOps doesn't have *any* copy protection whatsoever.
As a Combat Mission fan this one might undermine my default eLicence-
No Sale policy provided they managed to work around the problems
associated with asymmetrical warfare - which I think are a bigger
hurdle than most people realize.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
MJB
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> On 27 mei, 11:21, "Rob Pollard" <robertapoll...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> This sounds really bad. I'm glad I got my combat mission games before
>> this
>> crap came out. Are they applying it to digital downloads only or are
>> DVD/CD
>> products going to be affected to? If this is the case then that is a deal
>> breaker for me....
>
> AFAIK the delivery format doesn't matter, so both digital download and
> DVD/CD are in/affected by this
No sale from me either then. And I was really looking forward to combat
mission: shock force.
<shrug>
Oh well, I've got other equally interesting games I haven't even installed
on my computer yet. Yet alone played. And to be completely honest, I
haven't really played CM:AK to enough to justify buying CM:SF.
Too many games available to play but too little available play-time to be
willing to deal with intrusive e-licenses.
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> This sounds really bad. I'm glad I got my combat mission games before this
> crap came out. Are they applying it to digital downloads only or are
> DVD/CD products going to be affected to? If this is the case then that is
> a deal breaker for me....
>
> RobP
The shame of it is I used to be a sight unseen buyer of all their games. Now
I will never buy another product from them again. Of course with all the
thwarted pirates they are forcing into buying their games (read - none,
nadda, zilch) due to this e-license crap they are shoving down everyone's
throats, I guess they could give a crap about losing a great customer like
me.
E-licensing = NO SALE!
Jim
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> Looking more and more like a must have game to me:
> http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/cmsf_preview/default.asp
Did anyone else notice the preview is done exclusively from the US side?
Yes, the US player will get the cooler stuff, so the pictures are more
attractive, but shouldn't a (p)review also show a bit how it is to play
the Syrian side? After all you supposedly CAN play this against another
human, right?
Rob Pollard
game, the way things are going on the otherside of the pond, the patriot act
would get thrown at him and he will be playing CM:SF from Guantanamo Bay...
:)
RobP
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JAB
> Lol!!! If the reviewer lives in the States and played the otherside in the
> game, the way things are going on the otherside of the pond, the patriot act
> would get thrown at him and he will be playing CM:SF from Guantanamo Bay...
> :)
>
Consorting with the enemy no doubt. Maybe it's not a e-license issue but
monitoring those people who want to play against the US forces ... :-)
MJB
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Hmmm, you could make a legitimate argument (in terms of the USA 'Patriot
act') that playing the OPFOR in a game like CM:SF is engaging in terrorist
training via a personal computer. If would-be terrorists can learn how to
fly passenger jets using commerical flight simulators and the US military
uses FPShooters as 'recruiting / training' tool, how it being the OPFOR not
open to being construed as potential terrorist training? With the goal of
learning how to defeat the US military using the tools the 'Syrian' regime
in CM:SF has available to it. Certainly one more reason why I would NOT
want an e-license from the publishers on file when the justice department
and department of homeland security comes calling.
<weak grin>
NO SALE!
JAB
Well in the UK it look's they are going to make another amendment to out
anti-terrorist laws which will help not one little bit.
JAB
Oh and this comes a week after politicians voted to exclude themselves
from the Freedom of Information act. Strangely enough their normal
mantra of 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear."
didn't apply in this case.