Video Games...Discuss Them

I can see the persistent internet thing being a problem for people (and the designer's comments to this effect were hilarious in a "deal with it" kind of way, even though I see his point), but the other two seem like the natural course of action for a developer who made and supported a game called Diablo II. Mods? Seriously? Who mods Diablo for any reason other than to exploit the game's economy? And an auction house with real money? Again, Blizzard trying to respond to the meta-economy that evolved around their previous game.

People modded Diablo II?

Also, since when are people disconnected from the internet nowadays? This is 2011.

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Originally Posted by Watashi

Also, since when are people disconnected from the internet nowadays? This is 2011.

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Sometimes I want to get out of the house and just go chill out somewhere. When I do, I often play games. Not every place I go has wifi, and those that do certainly don't always have reliable wifi.

Regardless, with a number of ISP companies instituting data caps, forcing people to remain online to play a single person campaign is a silly idea.

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Originally Posted by Watashi

Also, since when are people disconnected from the internet nowadays? This is 2011.

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Get out of the city much?

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Originally Posted by Watashi

Also, since when are people disconnected from the internet nowadays? This is 2011.

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Have you read anything about my recent move?

No cell phone. Internet that runs at 1mbps with an 88 mb/hour download cap. No cable TV.

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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

So the worst news ever came out over the weekend about Diablo III...

1) The game requires a constant internet connection. It cannot be played offline.
2) Mods are “expressly prohibited.”
3) Items in the auction house are bought and sold for real-life money.

pass.

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Wow, that is some serious B.S. What happened to you Blizzard? You used to be cool and stuff.

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Originally Posted by Stay Puft

Mods? Seriously? Who mods Diablo for any reason other than to exploit the game's economy?

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The biggest argument I have against this is in terms of the DOTA series. A series of games which were created because people were able to mod the Warcraft 3 engine to create a lot of other cool games.

DOTA wasn't a mod, though. It was based on a StarCraft map and was created with a custom map editor that shipped with the game. This is supported practice by Blizzard and even StarCraft II shipped with a custom scenario editor that was supposed to be incredibly robust (haven't tried it myself as I haven't played SCII).

I wouldn't necessarily defend anything Blizzard is doing here with Diablo III (there are more fundamental questions like whether or not this game is even worth making with the given direction they've chosen), but all of it makes perfect sense as a response to Diablo II and coming from a company that wants to protect its business, the economy of its game, and so on. By all accounts Diablo III is more MMO / WoW-lite, so even the persistent online connection makes sense.

My bartender in STL loves the shit out of Limbo. Tempted to pick it up on PSN.

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Originally Posted by Scar

My bartender in STL loves the shit out of Limbo. Tempted to pick it up on PSN.

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It's pretty darn cool. I haven't found that it has a lot of replay value, but it was a great experience playing it through for the first time.

It has that defining feature of a great puzzle game - they are difficult and at times flat-out frustrating, but you never have to reach for an online guide or walkthrough, and when you do figure it out you feel really accomplished.

Make sure you play it with a good sound system. The sound design is just awesome and makes it a very creepy experience.

Yeah Limbo is great. I've played through it around 5 times now. I have all the achievements except for "Complete the game in one sitting with five or less deaths". I tried like ten times but kept coming up two or three deaths over.

Limbo still costs 1200 points. Yeesh.

Sweeeeet. Arkham City skins you can buy. The last one is the default.

http://media.comicbookmovie.com/imag...res/32455L.png

I like the more royal blue, but I wonder if the sharpness will suffer, like in the pic, if you use a different skin during gameplay.

Only one I don't care for is the second from the left. He's wayyy too beefy there.

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Originally Posted by Qrazy

Only one I don't care for is the second from the left. He's wayyy too beefy there.

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It's Frank Miller's, so yeah.

http://images.comicbookcollector.net...eturns2Dar.jpg

FYI, the other ones beside Batman Beyond are:

Gary Frank's

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1...fnl3_super.jpg

Jim Aparo's

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ccGXesYV-e...-jim-aparo.jpg

Bruce Timm's

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics...tmanTAS_V3.jpg

The Miller one is Baneified I think. Yeesh.

Totally getting the Timm version. That + the Conroy and Hamill voices = nostalgic awesomeness

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Originally Posted by Ezee E

The Miller one is Baneified I think. Yeesh.

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Nah. That's just how Frank Miller draws men.

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Originally Posted by Qrazy

Only one I don't care for is the second from the left. He's wayyy too beefy there.

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That's my favorite. I love how old he looks.

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Originally Posted by D_Davis

That's my favorite. I love how old he looks.

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It would be your favorite.

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Only one I don't care for is the second from the left. He's wayyy too beefy there.

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That's The Goddamn Batman.

Neal Adams Batman FTW.

Love that they included it.