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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Will Require A Permanent Internet Connection UPDATE: Or maybe not?
- Thread starter Nirolak
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SolarPowered said:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-30-how-bad-is-pc-piracy-really-article
The sad part being they think it's because of piracy.
Joseph Merrick
Member
uh. ok.
I'm not buying this game.
I'm not buying this game.
Lasthope106
Member
I consider parts of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SOC to be better than any shooter in the market. It ranks high up there along HL2 for me as best fps on pc. This is sad, to go down this punishing DRM path.
HeadlessRoland
Banned
subversus said:
Oh well in that case....
I fail to see how it could not hurt the mod community. And was the first thing I thought of with this news. I can deal with draconian DRM for a great game, but the mod community for STALKER was one of the best and produced some of the highest quality mods Ive played.
Absolutely mandatory for the full STALKER experience.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
x3sphere said:
Leading on PC is bullshit talk with DRM like this. The console versions will likely be plug and play, meanwhile PC gamers are dicked over just trying to play the goddamn game.
I'm so unbelievably disappointed, especially given my anticipation for STALKER 2's reveal. By including this awful DLC to deter piracy, they've deterred me as a paying customer. I might just be giving this one a miss.
I don't know, if it works and the game won't be cracked this time or pirates will get an inferior game (they had a case because it took a few months to crack AssCreed 2) it will be awesome because other devs will be able to implement this model and focus onsingle player PC games again. But I think that protection will be cracked in first week and their servers will be down often, legitimate customees will be fucked, bad word of mouth will spread.
whalleywhat
Member
Well, if a dev said so...subversus said:
jim-jam bongs
Member
subversus said:
The best singleplayer PC game this year could be obtained DRM free.
HotHamWater
Member
Meh. I'm a massive fan of the series, so while this isn't at all desirable, I'll be buying day one. I mean, shit, even if it's at Clear Sky level, it'll get modded into greatness.
The_Player
Member
True story. I still remember how Ubi fucked up on the first day of Assassin's Creed 2 with their DRM.alr1ghtstart said:
SolarPowered
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Lasthope106 said:
Ah, thank you.Aselith said:
This stupid corporate culture is really starting to get annoying. In simple terms... most companies are just full of yes men and the few that get it can't effect change no matter how forward thinking their ideas are unless the boss decides to steer things in a better direction.Aselith said:
It doesn't matter if another company like Valve gets it because company policy turns most companies into giant echo chambers where the same stupid shit repeats itself over and over regardless of how damaging it can be to business. If giant Banks and Megacompanies are doomed to fall to the same fate I don't see how stupid little video game companies can manage it any better.
The ones that get this are few and far between.
I hope it continues to fall apart until they change their naive and ignorant ways. There is no way in hell that I'm going to stomach DRM.Dead Man said:
jim-jam bongs
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subversus said:
That's not as good an argument as it sounds on the surface. The decline in quality singleplayer experiences has coincided with the increased use of draconian DRM schemes. I'm not suggesting a relationship there by any means, but I don't think that the belief that publishers using more and harsher DRM will result in a sudden upswing in the fortunes of the singleplayer PC game fan is one which makes much rational sense.
jim-jam bongs
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Damn it, I was going to make a joke about breast cancer awareness.
I mean, I get where they're coming from since piracy is a huge issue in eastern europe, but doing always online drm for a single player game is stupid. Not to mention that the STALKER games were so buggy without mods.... this is going to blow up in their face.
Yeah, no. Different thing. Blizz made D3 a multiplayer only game.
x3sphere said:
Yeah, no. Different thing. Blizz made D3 a multiplayer only game.
which is what Diablo already was, despite the ramblings of some oldtimers, but lets not fight it out here
-BLITZ-
Member
I hope and sure their servers will burn literally. The fact that hundreds of people will download the game simultaneously, everything will go blackout like APB servers in the next days. The game will have above 7GB and many will have their progress download in hours since not everyone has a smooth internet connection and speed and to not forget in case if their servers are crap because it happens to me as well to download with 5MB as usually from a server and from another one allows only 300kb.
However, we need to remember that every game has his own bugs, glitches that makes the game to freeze, similar to Fallout 3/New Vegas characteristics so is impossible that STALKER2 to not crash/freeze at some point of 00% of downloading because of some bugs that doesn't let you download from this point anymore and adding the tens of patches that we see from the previews games, this will be just the beginning.
I don't know why, but I got a feeling the game will end up badly. Man, when you are afraid of something and try to run from it, something that you have to face, the situation gets worst to you more and more. If they don't learn this, it's their fault. Is like this game will not end being cracked. Every game have been cracked so deal with it.
However, we need to remember that every game has his own bugs, glitches that makes the game to freeze, similar to Fallout 3/New Vegas characteristics so is impossible that STALKER2 to not crash/freeze at some point of 00% of downloading because of some bugs that doesn't let you download from this point anymore and adding the tens of patches that we see from the previews games, this will be just the beginning.
I don't know why, but I got a feeling the game will end up badly. Man, when you are afraid of something and try to run from it, something that you have to face, the situation gets worst to you more and more. If they don't learn this, it's their fault. Is like this game will not end being cracked. Every game have been cracked so deal with it.
graywolf323
Gold Member
subversus said:
he's an idiot then
I bought multiple STALKER games. I think I double-bought one so I could get it on Steam. I even bought Pripyat right after it was released since I wanted to support the developers releasing it for a relatively cheap price, I believe.
I will not be buying or playing this one if the online requirement stays. This sounds even worse than Ubisoft since it actually requires game data transfer.
I will not be buying or playing this one if the online requirement stays. This sounds even worse than Ubisoft since it actually requires game data transfer.
-BLITZ-
Member
From here I can say they are more as "We made the game like this; you buy it or not ?", like they don't care about any of us, no exceptions; doesn't matter the levels or the position of any gamer. To who are making this game then. Are they trying to get in spotlight, money now is the priority, something similar to NFS/Call of Duty Series, game every year.
Yeah good luck with that.
Yeah good luck with that.
Glass Rebel
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Will get this, when it's patched out. This is even a step beyond Ubisoft-level dumbness.
I'm pretty sure it will be as much a hassle to pirate and only the really determined will try to figure a workaround, but will scare off anyone trying to pirate it anyways.Blizzard said:I bought multiple STALKER games. I think I double-bought one so I could get it on Steam. I even bought Pripyat right after it was released since I wanted to support the developers releasing it for a relatively cheap price, I believe.
I will not be buying or playing this one if the online requirement stays. This sounds even worse than Ubisoft since it actually requires game data transfer.
Meanwhile, legitimate users will essentially be streaming the game. I'm curious to see how much is actually missing and will require you to download as you play, especially if its worth more bandwidth than a few hours in a multiplayer game.
Error Macro
Member
Wow, these devs/publishers really want us to stop playing PC games, don't they?
jim-jam bongs
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Nah. Just theirs.Error Macro said:
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Lol. The fuck is someone supposed to do now? PC gamers are the reason FOUR STALKER games exist, now we get this? We buy it, we support this shit. We don't buy it, we ensure the console versions are prioritised even more from now on. Hell, if someone finds a work around they'll blame piracy and use even more aggressive measures. GG.
Error Macro
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jim-jam bongs said:
Point taken.
For the time being
jim-jam bongs
Member
Error Macro said:Point taken.
For the time being
Never fear my comrade, there will always be developers making PC games that don't suck or use idiotic DRM systems. Keep the faith!
The sad thing is there will be some publisher/developer in the future that will top these shysters in terms of worse DRM. We haven't even reached the stage of mandatory Battlenet type Authenticators where you need a pin to log in each time you want to play a single player game.
jim-jam bongs
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Gez said:
Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 would like a word with you
corporate cheerleader
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