Mysteries of Westgate

[Jorian Drake]

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=637984

 

 

Well, not sure if this is new for you, but for me it is

 

It seems like MoW is already ready for a long time, but not released because it will include a new security system

 

 

 

...i hope to hear from devs that the 'security' won't be like that of Starforce...

Edited June 4, 2008 by Jorian Drake

[Tale]

It sounds like it'll be an Atari developed system. So definitely not Securom or Starforce.

Edited June 4, 2008 by Tale

[Jorian Drake]

It sounds like it'll be an Atari developed system. So definitely not Securom or Starforce.

just think about it: the game itself is already finished since 2007 winter, but not yet out because they wait for the 'security sumtin' to be finished aswell

 

 

EDIT: i know it wont be Starforce, but i fear similar 'effects'

Edited June 4, 2008 by Jorian Drake

[Xard]

great, just great

 

What, you-must-be-online sillyness wasn't ENOUGH back in NWN1 already

 

 

Way to fail here Atari

[newc0253]

i don't really mind anti-piracy measures in and of themselves: publishers are entitled to be antsy about protecting a product that's 100% digital &, while i understand that others have had serious problems with securerom, i've never encountered any problems with this myself.

 

what i find laughable are the endless rounds of delay caused to poor Ossian and Obsidian by Atari's insistence upon its new anti-piracy measures: we were originally told MoW would be within weeks of thanksgiving, then christmas, then early 2008, then until the next patch, then the next patch AFTER that, then as part of the Gold edition release, then AFTER that, etc, etc.

 

it's now June, for frak's sake, Gold has gone gold and is on the streets, and there's still no word when MoW will be available.

 

like i say, Atari are entitled to protect their product from being pirated, but it surely reaches a point where they loose all goodwill with customers for doing so. maybe this just shows that goodwill counts for very little: CRPGs are a market in which everyone who would have bought MOW last thanksgiving will most likely buy it in July or September or whenever it comes out.

 

but it's still a frakking shyte state of affairs.

[Starwars]

This is very old news, heh.

 

Word was given in the recent Westgate previews that they're aiming for June, however due to some delays of the 1.13 patch (which I think will contain the copy protection stuff), it wouldn't surprise me if that turns to July instead.

 

I'll likely buy it though. It really looks like an excellent adventure, and I'm sure it will be worth supporting Ossian for.

Edited June 4, 2008 by Starwars

[Xard]

...wait, if I patch NWN2 I get some **** on my computer even if I wasn't going to buy MoW?

 

WHAT THE HELL

[Tale]

...wait, if I patch NWN2 I get some **** on my computer even if I wasn't going to buy MoW?

 

WHAT THE HELL

You are aware that Neverwinter Nights 2 itself has Securom. Y/N?

[Xard]

...**** you Obsidian, **** you

 

 

Well, it seems to be your standard Securom which isn't problem for me

 

With normal I mean no forced connection to internet, no installation limits etc. stupid ****

 

Oh and it hasn't destroyed my computer unlike Starforce

Edited June 4, 2008 by Xard

[Jorian Drake]

...**** you Obsidian, **** you

 

 

Well, it seems to be your standard Securom which isn't problem for me

 

With normal I mean no forced connection to internet, no installation limits etc. stupid ****

 

Oh and it hasn't destroyed my computer unlike Starforce

...erm, i guess you mean 'Atari', not 'Obsidian'

[Xard]

Yeah

 

Sorry Obz, **** you Atari!

 

It's just I had some nerd rage reserves left from AP section

[SteveThaiBinh]

The latest news from Atari is that a July release is likely.

[Sand]

Who cares. NWN2 is old news.

[Tale]

Who cares. NWN2 is old news.

You're old news.

 

Semi Off-topic: I wonder if we'll have to wait 2 years before we see a 4th ed game.

Edited June 7, 2008 by Tale

[Pop]

We might not see any non-MMO 4th ed games. Atari owns the license, and Phil Harrison (of Sony fame) has said that they will be focusing on multiplayer endeavors and shifting focus away from "Big budget single player games".

[Kelverin]

We might not see any non-MMO 4th ed games. Atari owns the license, and Phil Harrison (of Sony fame) has said that they will be focusing on multiplayer endeavors and shifting focus away from "Big budget single player games".

That's too bad. Although online DnD needs all the help it can get

[Tale]

They'll have to do something other than an MMO. They've got until 2017 to exploit the license and I don't see them just producing a bunch of MMOs to fill up that timespan.

[newc0253]

i'm sure that Wizards would love to parley D&D into a profitable MMO but, man, how boring would that be?

[Jorian Drake]

i'm sure that Wizards would love to parley D&D into a profitable MMO but, man, how boring would that be?

You mean something else than DDO?

 

 

I would like a Forgotten Realms setting

[Whipporwill]

CRPGs and GMUDs are completely different types of game. It's distressing to see companies abandoning CRPGs to go chasing after the monthly fees that GMUDs bring. I take comfort in the fact that most of them will throwing money down a rathole because they don't know how to make a GMUD, but it doesn't change the fact that there will continue to be a surfeit of bad GMUDs and a shortage of good CRPGs.

[Tale]

We stopped calling them MUDs when they stopped being text-based.

[Whipporwill]

We stopped calling them MUDs when they stopped being text-based.

 

They didn't stop being MUDs, though.

[Gorgon]

It would be nice if they created a copy protection scheme that didn't involve always having the CD in the drive.

 

I just bought Sins of a Solar Empire, and it only requires online registration, no CD. It makes sense too since the virtual drive software can fool it anyway with the help of stealth programs.

 

Online banking requires an encrypted USB key, at least where i'm at, why don't they try something like that instead.

Edited June 7, 2008 by Gorgon

[SteveThaiBinh]

Mysteries of Westgate now has an official release date of 29th April.

 

Official release thread.

[Mamoulian War]

any info on DRM? I got burned by Bioware Premium Modules, don't wanna get burned again...