Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Spark Of Spirit]

They may not plan to make a "super" version of SFxT but they sure plan to fuck everyone over with DLC.

Apparently Capcom tried justifying the on-disc DLC saying that it prevents them from having to release compatibility patches. Screw you, Capcom, that's just about the weakest excuse I've ever heard.

Since apparently Ultimate MvC3 didn't do so hot compared to SSF4, I think Capcom has adjusted their strategy of putting the unfinished data on the disc instead of setting it aside for a new disc and using unlock keys with the complete data at a later date to charge full price. They don't even need a Super version of this because now no matter who buys the game new or used, that will be a guaranteed $20 profit for Capcom regardless of who owns it to get the "full" game.

Ingenious way to "fight" used games... By making them even more user-unfriendly and anti-consumer.

I don't normally support piracy, but in this case I hope it gets cracked ASAP.

[Spark Of Spirit]

To continue on with Capcom, the first review for Resident Evil Raccoon City is out in the new GamesTM. Here's info posted by a reader:

'For Resi they stated how it was like a SOCOM game with a Resident Evil skin hence not fitting in with the brand, AI of teammates is dreadful i.e. run into walls, shoot at nothing, only good at being bullet sponges, criticised glitches like zombies popping out of thin air 'mere centimetres away', unimaginative bland set pieces like zombies popping out of doors and closets, the list goes on. They also mentioned how the Leon Kennedy scene doesn't even get a cutscene or any other fanfare therefore a wasted opportunity, wondering why Capcom even gave the reins to Slant Six although the reviewer 'wished them no ill'. I must stress this was only the single player code they reviewed 'due to print constraints' but still harsh.'

It received a 3/10.

So what's next? How about a new Mega Man by the Ninjabread Man guys? Sigh. 

[Foggle]

If they were going to give RE to SOCOM's developers, they could have at least given it to Zipper instead of their fucking B-team.

That said, I'm honestly surprised that the game got a 3/10. The footage I've seen of ORC makes it look like the absolute worst shooter of the current gen. And I'm not even exaggerating.

[Eddy]

Yeah, as much as I wanted to get excited for Operation Raccoon City it was just... doing nothing for me. Suffice to say, I have no plans to pick up the game. At least not until it goes way down in price and then maybe I'll get it used.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

After I came straight out of finishing RE4 I had checked out some gameplay videos for Raccoon City....and for a moment I wondered whether RE4 was just a fluke and I had happened to play the only good RE game among the modern ones in the franchise. Then I found out that Raccoon City was just a spin-off outsourced to a different developer, and then we got the RE6 trailer soon after which got me really excited and hopeful for another great "modern" RE game. I still have to try and go back to the classics at some point in time, but until then I'll keep replaying RE4 whenever I get the chance.

[Foggle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR6-u8OIJTE

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

"We're not gouging, we're charging"

Same thing asshole.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, while I couldn't care less about Mass Effect, if you're in the crowd that loathed the ending to ME3 (a game which I have never even played, myself), you may be interested to know that BioWare is at least listening to fan backlash seriously, with a possible intent to change the ending (hopefully for the sake of fans they won't actually charge money for it).

[Foggle]

I really do hope that they change the ending. Mass Effect 3 is an excellent game marred only by its awful conclusion. And it's not like this is the first time a developer has changed the ending to their game due to fan reaction. Bethesda did it with Fallout 3: Broken Steel, and CD Projekt RED are doing it with The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition. Hell, even Borderlands did it with its third DLC that extended the story and gave players a legitimate vault to loot.

[Daxdiv]

I... uh... I still don't know why I go to this message board anymore.

http://extra-credits.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1971&sid=d958d5830c94278503648d7433909fee

Notice how almost everyone in this thread is treating a reasonable poster of InabaTewi about how he views publishers used games propaganda as bullshit (Which is something I agree with), and that there are people that think developers should make a profit on used games. How can you even manage that with things like Craiglist, eBay, selling off to a friend etc, in our current world? Do people seriously forget that GameStop isn't the only place where you can get used games?

[Kiddington]

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/video-game-industry-apple-next-victim-195848905.html



They just won't go away.

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

The sheer numbers are overwhelming. In 2011 alone, the company says it sold 172 million "post PC" devices, an Apple term encompassing the iPhone, iPad and iPod. To put that into context, that's nearly 30 million more than the lifetime sales of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita added together.

So each of those systems slod a combined total of 5.7 million systems?

This guy.

[Foggle]

In 2011 alone, the company says it sold 172 million "post PC" devices, an Apple term encompassing the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Wow, Apple has somehow succeeded in making a phone, a tablet, and an mp3 player sound pretentious. Astounding.

[Spark Of Spirit]

We're living in a post-PC world!

Have I told you guys how much I dislike Apple? Well, I dislike the attitudes of their cheerleaders far more.

[Commode]

Screw you guys, I love my iPhone and iPad.   Shit half my posting here comes from my phone.

Although I agree they won't ever replace my DSs and PSPs.