Neb on 3/10/2008 at 18:59
No one has mentioned it here, and there was an article on RPS, but I'm incredibly addicted to (
http://armorgames.com/play/2267/warfare-1917) Warfare 1917.
A strategic platform game set in the trenches of the first world war. It's very simple but highly engrossing. Most of your strategy revolves around
when to send your men over, and which reinforcments to focus on.
I'm playing it every day at the moment.
EvaUnit02 on 4/10/2008 at 04:51
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
Man, first of all, why in the world would the u.s. air force sponsor a video game? (other than AA, it's obviously makes sense for AA) I mean, what's in it for them? second of all, why does midway feel the need to force us into having an internet connection? that's just lame. Maybe the ads need the internet?
Midway do a kind gesture for the community and they only ask for you to put up with some online adverts - that are likely only displayed during menus and loading screens, not in the actual game.
There's just no pleasing some people. :rolleyes:
gunsmoke on 4/10/2008 at 18:41
Agreed. I think it's cool that games are doing this. FarCry, The Suffering, and now this...all stuff I like playing (though I bought FC)
sNeaksieGarrett on 4/10/2008 at 22:33
Hold up. I never said I didn't like the idea in itself, I just meant that I don't like the fact that you have to be online to play a game; if it's a singleplayer game to begin with..
Though I honestly don't care about farcry or the suffering.
gunsmoke on 5/10/2008 at 11:24
Aren't we pretty much always online anyway these days, what w/always-on broadband?
NamelessPlayer on 5/10/2008 at 16:52
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
Aren't we pretty much always online anyway these days, what w/always-on broadband?
Sometimes, Internet connections go out on us. What if we want to play a singleplayer game that shouldn't need an Internet connection like a multiplayer one to pass the time until our Internet connection comes back, but the stupid DRM refuses to let us do so because it can't access the Internet at the moment?
Also, some people like to put games on their laptops and play on the go. A laptop will most likely not have a constant Internet connection, unless the owner's paying up for a data plan from a cell phone carrier (and even then, the carriers' coverage isn't perfect).
Here's the strangest part of all, though-some people just plain don't have Internet access yet. Should they be denied the ability to play singleplayer games that don't need Internet access for anything other than DRM?
Sure, all of us on this forum probably won't have much of a problem with it. However, I still think that requiring an Internet connection for a game that doesn't really need it is just ridiculous.
sNeaksieGarrett on 5/10/2008 at 18:57
Thanks NamelessPlayer. Good response.:) I was going to say something with far fewer words, but I like your response.
june gloom on 5/10/2008 at 20:09
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
Though I honestly don't care about farcry or the suffering.
The Suffering's good enough to buy on its own, seriously. It's a fine game.
addink on 5/10/2008 at 21:15
Quote Posted by NamelessPlayer
[...]However, I still think that requiring an Internet connection for a game that doesn't really need it is just ridiculous.
It's not ridiculous. In this case the online advert pays for the rights for you to play the game.
Think of it like shows on commercial television. You don't complain about needing cable to watch those. Still, if you want to, you can buy the same shows on DVD without the adverts, without cable and you can watch those on your laptop while on the move.
DRM requiring an internet connection is a different matter and has nothing to do with the case at hand. But it is indeed annoying regardless.
