The fact remains that because of the Kinect, Fable is no longer going to be a game where I can go where I want and do what I want when I want to do it, because it's now on rails. Using the Kinect for anything other than an enhancement to your game is a stupid decision and hands down the worst thing that's ever happened to the Fable franchise. Yeah, when you're making Halo you don't talk about the control pad, because you already know that it's a well designed, functional piece of equipment. The Kinect isn't. When you're making a sandwich you use a knife because it's the best way to do it. You could use a hammer but that doesn't make it a good fucking idea.
@Reuwsaat Despite what people believe piracy helps games. Devs just see the piracy figures and think "Those are all sales that we're losing". Which just isn't true. Those are people who otherwise wouldn't play your game, and who will now might buy it.
The Witcher games are absolutely amazing. I will never pirate a CD Projekt Red game because these guys genuinely deserve the support of their fans. Their stance on DRM is amazing, as is their attitude towards piracy. They focus on giving to the player so much that they WANT to buy the game, not putting so much effort into stopping people from stealing it that they ruin the experience. Every DLC since TW2 came out has been FREE. Including the 2.0 update which added like 6 hours of extra gameplay and cutscenes. They really are a great company.
With regards to the people who say that if people aren't prepared to pay for a game they shouldn't be able to play it, I say that's ridiculous. Why should someone shell out £40 or more on a game when it comes out? What if it's a crap game? Even more so on PC, since you can't return them. It sucks that people pirate games, but I know a lot of people who do, and if the game is good, they pay for it. Particularly if it offers benefits to people who officially own it, like MP mode. But with so many games coming out it just isn't feasible for most people to buy every game that they want to play, especially since a large portion of gamers are students who can't afford it.
TL;DR - Witcher devs are legends, more devs should follow their example of trying to be good to their customers and not charging through the nose for every little bullshit DLC - like CoD and Fable.
Piracy isn't the evil beast people make it out to be. It doesn't kill games. The people who pirate WOULDNT BUY THE GAME ANYWAY. And the pirates who would buy the game do if it's good.
There's nothing wrong with it. There's a rating system for a reason. Violence is a big selling point for a lot of games. I commit violent acts in games with the express understanding that it's just a game, and I would never do the same thing in real life. I don't believe it affects people in what they do at all and developers should be allowed to have total creative freedom in whatever they want to make, whether its a Mickey Mouse game or a game where I can cut someone into a million pieces and then liquify those pieces with my mind and bottle the juices to drink later for sustenance.
Wtf is he on about? He's asking why they're pushing it as fun. BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING GAME. Why don't you get in the makers of CoD and GoW and Halo and Battlefield and criticize them for advertising their games as fun? He's giving him shit for not including features that TOM wants in the game.
Having read Tom's editorial he was totally out of line, seems like he was just picking at what they said and trying to cast a bad light on this game for no reason. Of course it's not 100% realistic, real life war isn't fun, hence why I'm playing a video game and not joining the army.
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