Heroes of Might & Magic V Beta

[metadigital]

If I remember correctly, Judge's hate for Ubisoft comes from the company being responsible for PoR2. However, he also said that he hates the company because it wasn't responsible for the game.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No, it's the StarForce copy-protection they employ, I thought.

[Gorth]

No, it's the StarForce copy-protection they employ, I thought.

*Sigh*

 

As a rule of thumb, if I can find a no-cd patch for a game, I'll buy the game, if not, I leave it to rot on the shelf. If I had known that the patched Kotor2 wouldn't work with no-cd patches, I would never have gotten it in the first place

[metadigital]

Yes, but Hades is performing a boycott.

[Diogo Ribeiro]

I just don't get robbing a hard working developer of the chance at success because of the publisher.  When a game stinks, I blame the developer.  Sometimes the publisher rushes the product (ok, usually) but it always comes down to the developers skill.

 

When I buy a book, I don't look at the publisher, I look at the author.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Sometimes an above average to good title will slip through the cracks of gamer attention span because a publisher did not care to advertise it. This is most definitely not a problem with developers as they don't always have an active hand in that matter, and it's not accurate to blame a developer for this. Beyond Good and Evil's reception was rather poor because Ubisoft made almost no effort to promote it, despite being well received by critics. Another example seems to be Bethesda's treatment of Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, which looks like it isn't being able to make much of a name for itself even with reviews between acceptable and enthusiastic.

[Setzer]

The Starforce copy protection will not be used in the retail copy of HoMM V. Nival, just recently, had a change of heart and decided to do away with it.

[metadigital]

The Starforce copy protection will not be used in the retail copy of HoMM V. Nival, just recently, had a change of heart and decided to do away with it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am not sure if that will stop Hades from exercising his protest vote, after all Ubisoft use it on Chaos Theory ... "

[baby arm]

Like Setzer said

 

This is awesome news. I hope it boosts their sales like crazy.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

He's got a Pikachu avatar

[Daaave]

Pikachu ftw. (w00t)

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Yeah I'm going to buy one now. Even though I'll likely never play it.

[Llyranor]

Yeah, you should buy all the games that don't use Starforce that you will never play.

[baby arm]

And give them to me.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Mother says good taste should be rewarded. I'm rewarding him for his taste in Avatars.

[Llyranor]

Erm.... yeah. Start buying me games.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Erm.... yeah. Start buying me games.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Nice try.

[Llyranor]

[metadigital]

Like Setzer said

 

This is awesome news. I hope it boosts their sales like crazy.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Now Hades has to decide whether his principles would be best served by boycotting Ubisoft completely, or buying this game because they decided not to use StarForce ... "

[Judge Hades]

I am still not buying an UbiSoft game. PoOR 2 was so bad due to incompetence that I will never buy a UbiSoft or Stormfront game.

[Krookie]

I see your point, but they have released a lot of good games.

• Splinter Cell(s)
  
• Brothers in Arms (I know not many peopel on the forum like them, but I do)
  
• Rainbow 6
  
• Ghost Recon
  

And that's just some I can think of at the moment.

[Judge Hades]

Not my preferred genre.

 

In any case I will not buy a UbiSoft game just like I will not buy an EA game.

[Llyranor]

Red Steel might be worth a rental. Come to think of it, I haven't played a Ubisoft game in a long time, aside from the HOMM5 beta.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

I played Blazing Angels. I wish I hadnt, but not much I can do about it.

 

Ubi do publish quite a bit of stuff that would otherwise not reach these shores so that makes them worth supporting.

[Judge Hades]

No. No it isn't.

[Krookie]

Not my preferred genre.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Not really mine either. The only reason I like Brothers in Arms (other then the fact that I'm a WWII junkie) is the control you have over some of the guys. Personally, I don't really like CoD2's single player because of the run and gun action. The multiplayer is fun though.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

I don't like modern warfare. GRAW was decent but I didnt really enjoy it that much.

 

Ace Combat was very good but again I didnt really enjoy the modern warfare aspect. Blazing Angels was WWII but was abysmal.. Someones got to get the two elements right one of these days.