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Update: Shadow of War does not require internet connection to play
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DrunkShogun
Member
Congratulations on making this game a bargain purchase due to microtransactions to wait for psn plus. There's enough great games coming at the end of the year without the bullshit implanted in this game. It's a shame because this is clearly a publisher thing and the developers are being punished for this.
Theres a defense force for everything and it never fails.
As a single player gamer I've really started to hate this in single player games, it's OK a lot of the time but there are times that the servers are offline or unavailable and that prevents me from playing the single player content.
I'm not really bothered about this game in particular, I bought the first game when it was heavily discounted and was really enamoured by it so this will be the same if I di end up buying it.
I'm not really bothered about this game in particular, I bought the first game when it was heavily discounted and was really enamoured by it so this will be the same if I di end up buying it.
Thank you for the much needed clarification. This here is the Junior Member we need but definitely don't deserve based on the premature conclusions in this thread.
Rap2thaMoon
Member
Well fuck this game. And I was looking forward too it.
Gamezone
Gold Member
The cheap GOTY will probably still have always online and microtransactions. Why bother?
MadLaughter
Member
Recently had a conversation with a friend about a bunch of the major releases left this year. We went down the schedule and I gave a percentage meaning the odds I would but that game.
Shadow of War was the game I was most likely to buy. Now...? Fuck that.
Shadow of War was the game I was most likely to buy. Now...? Fuck that.
Premium boxes and internet connection require, just what a SP game needs. I mean, maybe the boxes by themselves isn't quite as big of deal if it just to progress through the game faster, but bleh at this internet connection requirement, especially if it relating to these boxes.
Dark Ninja
Member
Lootboxes and always online. Shaking my damn head.
Ovek
7Member7
Sure if your handy with network packet injection, but developers aren't that stupid nowadays. But this is a developer/publisher that has added pay loot boxes to a single player game which requires a internet connection to play.... so you never know.
On some level it's not totally rational, but an online requirement for an otherwise single-player focused game significantly lowers my interest in it. I get that I generally have online access, but there are times I won't. More often than not, those times aren't something I can control. This setup stopped me from buying games like Need For Speed and the Division, and now it's happening with Shadow of War. I'm sure a lot of very hard work went into making it.
This is to say nothing of the long-term consequence of the game going "poof" when hosting servers eventually go offline.
This is to say nothing of the long-term consequence of the game going "poof" when hosting servers eventually go offline.
I'm not a fan of the system in general - I think it's a problem.
However, I also have a problem with WCCFtech claiming it's an always online game when it's not.
Because I'm not paying full price for it and I still want to play the game?
AlexFlame116
Member
Yeah that's it. Preorder cancelled.
The WB community seems to love it though for some weird reason. And any time someone complains about the loot box system they respond with "if you don't like it, then don't use it. Simple."
But it's not that simple. It's a bout principles.
The WB community seems to love it though for some weird reason. And any time someone complains about the loot box system they respond with "if you don't like it, then don't use it. Simple."
But it's not that simple. It's a bout principles.
If the servers shut down for an always online game you'll never be able to play that game again, i'd say it's absolutely rational.
Leafhopper
Banned
You can earn everything in the game without paying extra money, that we want you to do but, it's always online so you always have the urge.
This is a single player game, man.
This is a single player game, man.
Loot boxes and now online only for a single player game? Who's making these decisions...
What?
What?
killatopak
Member
WTF?!
WickedLaharl
Member
CookedChocobo
Member
Fair enough. Only said what I said cause I've seen a lot of threads like these.
Madventure
Member
I had to shut off my router/modem setup for a week because I reached my data cap for the month for July with 5 Gigabytes to spare because I don't particularly liked being charged a convenience fee to get extra bandwidth to tide me over.
(Before the defense force of stop downloading/using so much data it's a large household, so even if I used zero data I can't control the other members of it.)
So now constantly having to check if a game requires a connection is frustrating when it adds no value to the game
(Before the defense force of stop downloading/using so much data it's a large household, so even if I used zero data I can't control the other members of it.)
So now constantly having to check if a game requires a connection is frustrating when it adds no value to the game
momshotdad
Member
Went from Day 1 to Black Friday pretty quick. Still moderately excited though.
Haha, fuck this! What is this? 2013 or what!?
Several publishers tried this and turned around. In 2017 you advertise your game's OFFLINE functionality. Get with the times, WB.
Not going to touch this with a ten foot pole. Enjoy your backlash!
Again: what!?
Several publishers tried this and turned around. In 2017 you advertise your game's OFFLINE functionality. Get with the times, WB.
Not going to touch this with a ten foot pole. Enjoy your backlash!
!? What the hell are you talking about ?!
Again: what!?
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
Even as someone who plays gacha games and will generally defend lootboxes, the direction they're taking this game is bonkers.
So you said an untrue thing without thinking about how it actually applies to the topic?
giancarlo123x
Banned
That's hilarious.
TheSinkingKnight
Member
First game I bought because there was a current gen drought. Only way that'd I'd buy this is if it improved on all fronts. Looks like it didn't.
GoingToDelete
Member
Are they just trying to kill the game before its out?
Leafhopper
Banned
That doesn't make this okay and I play games primarily on PC.
That's great. What you gonna do when the WB servers are down or XBL/PSN?
Well of course it does. Can't have people cheating their way around the MT system so better lock in the old always-online DRM as well.
Personally I'm looking forward to when we all have national ID cards and have to link our game accounts to them, so that anyone caught cheating gets reported directly to the police and is banned from all games for life.
Personally I'm looking forward to when we all have national ID cards and have to link our game accounts to them, so that anyone caught cheating gets reported directly to the police and is banned from all games for life.
GoingToDelete
Member
OrbitalBeard
Member
This feels like Everything Wrong With the Current Video Game Industry: The Game
And the game is still a couple months out. Plenty of time for more wonderful surprises.
And the game is still a couple months out. Plenty of time for more wonderful surprises.
Unacceptable and annoying. For whatever drop in the ocean it's worth, I bought the previous game and probably would have bought this one. (Though to be extra honest, I probably wouldn't have bought right away at full price regardless, so I'm not doing much to help either way <.<)
But it probably makes sense for them. Doubt they really care much about offline players (be it bad connection in the present, or lack of a server in the near future) when the online players are the one's capable of feeding into their money-grabbing lootbox/DLC/whatever systems. No doubt that's a big portion of the revenue many companies see for any given game.
But it probably makes sense for them. Doubt they really care much about offline players (be it bad connection in the present, or lack of a server in the near future) when the online players are the one's capable of feeding into their money-grabbing lootbox/DLC/whatever systems. No doubt that's a big portion of the revenue many companies see for any given game.
Novel Mike
Member
Don't count on it, its clearly for the stupid ass micro-transactions.
I wish more games get the kind of blowback this game seems to be getting, this shit has never been acceptable and to many times if the game is good enough a majority of people just accept it.
I'm not always against micro-transactions, hell despite the large amount of bullshit with the loot boxes in Overwatch I'd still take that system all day any day over having all the events, characters, maps, be something you have to pay for.
But this? In this game? Fuck right off WB, its greed pure and simple.