Maximum PC writes: EA's Spore DRM is undeniably ridiculous, but it's not going away. Since Amazon protests have failed, should we resort to piracy? The answer's inside.
From Xfire: "Anyone who's played video games for a couple of years has stuck around long enough to stumble across a few weird ones. Some are even quite popular, which is all the more reason why you'll wonder what made the developers think about making such a game and why people are loving it, despite its weirdness anyway. Not all weird video games are head-scratches. Some are actually quite good."
The stick of truth is a must have for any South Park fans. I spent a good afternoon on Goat simulator, a rare real open world. I planned to try hatoful boyfriend since it was free on Ps Plus. Disco Elysium is on my radar since the final cut came out; as soon as there is a discount, i will take it. Like movies, i like weird games too :)
From Xfire: "The four-hour director's cut known as Zack Snyder's Justice League has led to the discussion of movies in the past that might have fared a whole lot better had they been released to be more in line with the original vision of their creators. But, as it turns out, cut content doesn't just happen in movies. In fact, the act of cutting content before the release date happens arguably just as often in video games as it does in cinema."
I can't believe they cut stuff from Skyrim. At release, it was a barebones game with a slight improvement in graphics.
"Now, before we proceed, we'd like to say that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is one of the best video games ever made. It's not just a fine piece of gaming. It's one of the finest there is"
Really?
MGSV is easily the worst main line MGS game and not just because of cut story content, the open world is bare bones and there's hardly anything to do. It's repetitive, samey and is just lifeless. I appreciate the stealth mechanics, the animations and the way you can go with combat but it's not enough to keep me engaged the full way through.
Kojima should have done a twist and make the main chunk of the game a Metal Gear & Metal Gear 2 remake to bring the story full circle.
Story issues aside, V has amazing gameplay. I'm not sure what you're wanting out of the world in terms of "things to do", it's all the great gameplay the series has always had. Useless filler that other open worlds have like collecting flags and petting horses would have added nothing to that game.
THE TRUTH! I don't even know how that game gets praised. The previous ones were so much better.
While we have witnessed a lot of remakes, remasters and even sequels to games a decade old. There are still some gems that are close to my heart that are lost to me. Here are some classic games that I'd love to either see remakes or remasters of, or even a sequel on new hardware.
Yes.
Are the piraters completely unjustified?
No.
Are we going to accomplish anything by letting this DRM stand?
No.
Are we going to accomplish anything by pirating the game?
Maybe. In a more civil time a boycott would be the better solution; but let's face it - that's not going to work. I think a massive pirating protest should be the last thing we should resort to in protest.
Consumers can make a difference. They did with Mass Effect's DRM, and I hope they can do it again. I just hope it doesn't get this far.
The news reports about Spore get dumber and dumber. Should you pirate Spore because you don't like the copy protection ? well obviously not duhhhh. If you are unhappy with the games DRM simply do not purchase it and do not pirate it. You will not DIE if you don't play Spore, your wife and children will not leave you if you don't play Spore.
The most effective way to get the message across is to totally leave the game alone. If you buy this game you are contributing to draconian DRM and if you pirate this game you are contributing to draconian DRM. Just stay away from the game, if enough people ignore it then maybe EA might wise up.
FIGHT THE POWER
F**K EA
The right thing to do is to leave it on the store shelf.
Pirating the game will only expand upon the problem.
If you don't like the DRM used in the game, then ignore the game.