OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

[cjonesfan921]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

The point is, you will have trouble. I mean seriously? Have a waiting time for a game that you bought? If it was free, different story. I want the game but going to wait till EA can fix their servers or make it offline..

I can only speak for myself, but I haven't had any issues...yet.

Granted, I would bet the issues were earlier and right away. I logged on at night when I bought it.

[bghost]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

one of my buddies got the daily double last night,
He starts up SimCity plays for a bit, but then gets some sort of connection problem, he then moves on to Tomb Raider plays for about 20 mins, before he had a graphics card issue that forced him to quit out of that game (he just installed a nvidia 670 ftw edition last week).

We decided to play Saints Row 3 co-op after that...no issues in that game except for my lousy driving.

[goh]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

Or you could just read the SimCity thread and see that people are getting in and playing. Nobody expected a perfect launch myself included, but if you'd like to continue the self righteous chest pounding over a game you have no interest in here's the thread for it: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...d.php?t=539315 (where I posted the same link 3 hours ago)

Meanwhile many of us are playing the game rather than refreshing Kotaku to see what angsty writer has written for the anti-DRM/anti-EA mob this time in between bouts of cutting himself.

Or you could just read even more saying it's still not working: http://kotaku.com/5988985/yep-simcit...l-isnt-working

and...

Once able to get in the game stability is still a concern. The most upvoted thread on the Simcity subreddit right now talks about an issue where users are being forced to abandon cities or rollback once they leave, losing all progress.

If buyers were even unluckier and their game showed as still locked in Origin, the only option is to contact EA Support. That said, with a wait time of somewhere around 855 minutes, it’s probably just worth waiting for EA to iron out the issues

http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/03/05/ea-botches-launch-of-simcity-leaving-users-without-the-game-and-out-of-pocket/

I did have intrest in the game but don't now. However the issue is far bigger than one game. It's a general PC issue. It's disgusting. If you support it you should have your games taken away. Next time it'll happen to you where you can't play your game for 2 days,have to wait 8 hours for support and see how you like it then. There's people refreshing Kotaku/twitter/reddit/whatever news site because CAN'T PLAY THE GAME or if they can it's broken. There's no angsty writer. It's reporting the problems the people are having as they should and least trying to hold them responsible for their crap before this goes down the same road as the horse armor did.

You want it from another site? http://www.gamesradar.com/simcity-la...ervers-strain/

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/03/06/why-always-online-games-like-sim-city-may-kill-the-concept-of-launch-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-06-as-origin-server-woes-render-simcity-unplayable-in-the-us-ea-confident-all-will-be-well-for-brits-on-friday

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130305/14551022206/launch-day-punishment-simcitys-online-only-drm-locking-purchasers-out-servers-purchases.shtml

[Millennium]

Enough.

There is a SimCity thread.

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[goh]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

Again it's not about Sim City. That's why it's not in the Sim City thread.
It's about the problem of always online DRM that can affect any PC games and the problems it would cause should they continue with it regardless of what company or game because it's been done twice and been nothing but complete and utter disaters. Also to some extent about how companies should be held responsible for such failures.

[Millennium]

Again it's not about Sim City. That's why it's not in the Sim City thread.
It's about the problem of always online DRM that can affect any PC games and the problems it would cause should they continue with it regardless of what company or game because it's been done twice and been nothing but complete and utter disaters. Also to some extent about how companies should be held responsible for such failures.

It turned into a SimCity conversation. Hence why I stepped in.



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[Cod]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

NBA2k13 is 50% off for Steam daily deal - $14.99

Highly recommend if you only play franchise mode and willing to install some free mods.

[Phobia]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

I grabbed ARMA 3 alpha today, can't wait for the full game!

[Cod]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

Football Manager 2013 is 50% off on Steam this weekend! Great sim to be had for $19.99. I'm thinking about picking it up.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/207890/?snr=1_4_4__40

[Cod]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

One of my gaming prayers has been answered...http://store.steampowered.com/app/221380

[mestevo]

Re: OS Steam and Computer Gaming Thread

Picked up Primal Carnage for $5, looks like L4D but with dinosaurs instead of zombies.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H2-nEkPbEe0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Will probably give it a go this weekend.

[Cusefan]

In news totally unrelated to simcity , Steam is having a offline capable city sim sale!! http://i.imgur.com/rUvSn7L.jpg

[mestevo]

That's awesome.

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[JWR3232]

In totally unrelated to simcity news, Steam is having a offline capable city sim sale!! http://i.imgur.com/rUvSn7L.jpg

That's is absolutely hilarious

[23]

What are these Sim city games about

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