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Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA

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Re: Simcity preview

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

Savious
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join:2012-03-05
Billings, MT

Savious

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said by Mike:

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

The hate is deep within this one.

Mcrobrewer
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join:2001-03-04
Trenton, NJ

Mcrobrewer

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said by Savious:

said by Mike:

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

The hate is deep within this one.

LOL.... "What will I find in there..." "Only what you bring in"

EUS
Kill cancer
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join:2002-09-10
canada

EUS to Mike

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to Mike
said by Mike:

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

Now that's funny, / of thread

TigerLord

join:2002-06-09
Canada

TigerLord to Mike

to Mike
said by Mike:

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

No kidding. Multi-layered DRM at that, like a fucking wedding cake. And each layer makes you puke a little more.

jester121
Premium Member
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL

jester121

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said by TigerLord:

said by Mike:

Sim City 5 isn't a game.

It's DRM with a UI

No kidding. Multi-layered DRM at that, like a fucking wedding cake. And each layer makes you puke a little more.

*yawn*

For me the fun factor far outweighs imaginary, speculative grievances against DRM or EA or communists or the dingo that ate my DRM baby. If it's a problem, I'll complain then. Until then, I guess haters gotta hate.

Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
·Verizon FiOS

Mike

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I stopped playing Battlefield 3 because I could never log in.

You can't play your game at all if you're not online. There is no offline play.

If EA's servers are down, you're toast.

Wait until you can't login for a few days since EA's login servers are Packard Bell 66mhz with 32mb of RAM.

I'll buy it when it's in the $5 discount bin probably, then apply the offline "fix".

Krisnatharok
PC Builder, Gamer
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join:2009-02-11
Earth Orbit

Krisnatharok

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I just went to the battlelog URL in my browser and skipped Origin. It'd have to sync briefly, but then you are totally inside the browser.

jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL

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jester121 to Mike

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to Mike
said by Mike:

Wait until you can't login for a few days since EA's login servers are Packard Bell 66mhz with 32mb of RAM.

I'll buy it when it's in the $5 discount bin probably, then apply the offline "fix".

They're actually hosted on Amazon's S3. Not bulletproof, but probably pretty resilient. I play lots of online-only games... not a big deal to me personally, but I can understand the concern for others.

I'm not saying won't be cracked, but given the integration of the global marketplace stuff and other features, the offline sandbox mode seems like it would be a lot less fun.

Ryan
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join:2001-03-03
Boston, MA

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Ryan to Mike

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to Mike
said by Mike:

I stopped playing Battlefield 3 because I could never log in.

You can't play your game at all if you're not online. There is no offline play.

If EA's servers are down, you're toast.

Wait until you can't login for a few days since EA's login servers are Packard Bell 66mhz with 32mb of RAM.

I'll buy it when it's in the $5 discount bin probably, then apply the offline "fix".

Not sure what to tell you, I have played and continue to play a LOT of bf3 and I think with my entire time playing I was only unable to login once.
90115534 (banned)
Someone is sabotaging me.Finding out who
join:2001-06-03
Kenner, LA

90115534 (banned)

Member

said by Ryan:

said by Mike:

I stopped playing Battlefield 3 because I could never log in.

You can't play your game at all if you're not online. There is no offline play.

If EA's servers are down, you're toast.

Wait until you can't login for a few days since EA's login servers are Packard Bell 66mhz with 32mb of RAM.

I'll buy it when it's in the $5 discount bin probably, then apply the offline "fix".

Not sure what to tell you, I have played and continue to play a LOT of bf3 and I think with my entire time playing I was only unable to login once.

Same here.