Anno 1404 - Not buying it
Nats
noticed that it installs security software on your computer and not only
that you have to activate the software online. I am really getting sick of
this online activation stuff etc - do developers think we are idiots or
something that we are going to pay to rent their games. Forget it Ubisoft I
wont be looking very closely at any of your future releases. What with Steam
telling me when they want to update my games for me and games even coming
out now requiring you to play them when connected to the internet - PC
'gaming' is getting to be a bit of a joke, its just not worth the hastle
anymore.
John Doe
> I was looking at this Ubisoft game out of interest in Game today
> but then I noticed that it installs security software on your
> computer and not only that you have to activate the software
> online. I am really getting sick of this online activation stuff
> etc - do developers think we are idiots or something that we are
> going to pay to rent their games. Forget it Ubisoft I wont be
> looking very closely at any of your future releases. What with
> Steam telling me when they want to update my games for me and
> games even coming out now requiring you to play them when
> connected to the internet
Online gaming is fun and it is the only way for software
publishers to prevent piracy. If you do not like the idea, you are
perfectly free to do something else.
Don Lope de Aguirre
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I bought the previous version, 1701, from GamersGate because it was on sale
for cheap and not only did I have to activate it but also enter 3 different
serial numbers. On the bright side, I don't need a DVD disk in the drive to
play it and it is a good game.
Nats
"John Doe" <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
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Im not against online games at all - just being asked to do a criminal check
in order to play a game is what I am against. So no I wont be buying this
game on principle. Piracy is a fact but the way developers are treating it,
the solution is far worse. They are putitng the problem onto innocent
players in order to make them their profits and I'm not doing it. And if
they continue like this I will be ending my gaming altogether and getting
another hobby.
Jan Hyde
released on 29 Nov 2009 04:14:49 GMT bearing the following
fruit:
Except it doesn't prevent piracy.
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Magnate
> "John Doe" <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
Don't rise to his bait. You're in a large majority of PC gamers who agree
with you: all the DRM sh*t punishes legit buyers a lot more than it punishes
pirates, so the companies are just hurting themselves.
Graham Thurlwell
> I was looking at this Ubisoft game out of interest in Game today but then I
> noticed that it installs security software on your computer and not only
> that you have to activate the software online.
I didn't buy it for the same reason as you did but at least they
explicitly state what the copy protection is on the box. Most
publishers either don't bother at all, or settle for "this product
contains copy protection and an EULA."
> I am really getting sick of this online activation stuff etc - do
> developers think we are idiots or something that we are going to pay
> to rent their games.
In terms of single player, apparently some console games have less
than ten hours of gameplay so you might as well rent rather than buy.
> Forget it Ubisoft I wont be looking very closely at any of your future
> releases.
The surprising thing is that these are the guys that made a big
song-and-dance when they dropped Starfarce. I hope the u-turn didn't
give them whiplash.
> What with Steam telling me when they want to update my games for me
> and games even coming out now requiring you to play them when
> connected to the internet - PC 'gaming' is getting to be a bit of a
> joke, its just not worth the hastle anymore.
I make sure I know what the copy protection is before I pay the money,
and if I think it's too much hassle I'm not buying. I take this
attitude with /all/ games - if Elite IV has evil DRM then I'm not
buying that either. The time I save will come in handy for updating my
FFE site. ;-)
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Nats
"Graham Thurlwell" <nos...@jades.org> wrote in message
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> On the 27 Nov 2009, "Nats" <nst...@homecall.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I make sure I know what the copy protection is before I pay the money,
> and if I think it's too much hassle I'm not buying. I take this
> attitude with /all/ games - if Elite IV has evil DRM then I'm not
> buying that either. The time I save will come in handy for updating my
> FFE site. ;-)
I agree completely its getting to the point where I hardly buy any computer
games these days - partly because of the online activation etc required
which I am against on principle, and partly becuase there is so much dross
around that I get bored playing the demo never mind the full game or I know
from the box exactly what the game is going to be like before I even try it
because I have been there before, done it already. I think recently only
Call of Duty had really interested me.
But Frontier stands out as the only game I have ever played that has been
part of my life for like years other come close (mainly the better flight
sims such as EF2000, TAW and Falcon 4) but no games released over the last
5-10 years come even close to Frontier as a game.
I do think as you get older though your imagination goes a lot which doesnt
help - I do wonder what I will think of the next Elite game if it ever
arrives, I'm sure I will not spend much time on it due to other
committments. These days I prefer watching telly or playing board games!
There are some brilliant board games around these days you know!! And a good
board game is a hell of a lot more enjoyable than playing Anno1404 will be -
I can guarantee it. If you want a very good one I can recommend Carassonne,
Circus Maximus, or Ticket to Ride but there are loads of others - at the
moment board games are in a definite high point - just the same as computer
games were 15 years ago in fact I think.