Post by Mobus on Jun 14, 2008 20:34:59 GMT -5
So here I am walking past the foyer when I notice my name on a very blank and generic envelope. Mysterious. Intriguing. The only clue as to what is inside are the words "Reward Headquarters" written in bold lettering in the top left-hand corner. That'll get your attention. "Could it be money?" I thought. I quickly dismissed that thought as being too optimistic. Obviously it was some kind of junk mail gimmick. So, knowing what is inside already, I stand by the garbage, ready to throw whatever it is away after confirming what I already knew. Obviously it was junk mail.
Wrong. Amazon.com sent me a $25 "gift" for using my credit card. Yey!! Points aren't just for video games after all! Level up! I win at life!
Upstairs I go. www.amazon.com /search Mass Effect
... Wut? It only has a 3 star rating? How can this be? The Xbox 360's version has a full 5 stars. It's like meh meh meh versus BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. I feel a disturbance in the force.
To the reviews.
Shoulda bought an Xbox after all, kid. Now you can't play the newest game from your hands-down favorite developer without pirating it.
Now certainly I could buy the game purely to support Bioware, and then pirate it to ensure I can install it as many times as I want, whenever I want. But I shouldn't have to pirate a game I buy legitimately. It's like marrying a woman and sleeping with another! No way. I refuse to do that to my beloved Bioware. She's much too pure for that. Better to live apart than to break her heart.
Game over. You lose. The guys in the suits beat you again. But what they don't know is what they are missing: my money. /rude EA
Wrong. Amazon.com sent me a $25 "gift" for using my credit card. Yey!! Points aren't just for video games after all! Level up! I win at life!
Upstairs I go. www.amazon.com /search Mass Effect
... Wut? It only has a 3 star rating? How can this be? The Xbox 360's version has a full 5 stars. It's like meh meh meh versus BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. I feel a disturbance in the force.
To the reviews.
Erich Maria Remarque (Magnolia, Arkansas USA) says:
"I was craving for a sci-fi RPG, and Mass Effect seemed like a great game... until I learned of the horrible DRM system that it incorporates.
Yes, this single-player game uses a draconian copy protection system where you need to be connected to the internet in order to activate. All you get is 3 activations before having to call EA Tech Support and beg for an extra one. So even though you are paying for it, you don't actually own your copy of the game. This is even worse than StarForce. At least with StarForce I could install and play the game without being connected to the internet.
Basically it means that you can NOT install the game when you want, or where you want. While pirates enjoy a painless gaming experience, all fair usage rights are removed from us paying customers. The whole online activation process is very inconvenient; especially in the future when the activation servers WILL go down, or when you will want to install the game on a computer that's not connected to the internet. I guess this is how EA likes to thank their paying customers.
Oppose this oppression of our fair usage rights (yes it sounds cheesy, but obviously that's exactly what EA's intentions are). Vote with your wallet by avoiding this game. There are plenty of other games (with minimal or no copy protection) to choose from.
"I was craving for a sci-fi RPG, and Mass Effect seemed like a great game... until I learned of the horrible DRM system that it incorporates.
Yes, this single-player game uses a draconian copy protection system where you need to be connected to the internet in order to activate. All you get is 3 activations before having to call EA Tech Support and beg for an extra one. So even though you are paying for it, you don't actually own your copy of the game. This is even worse than StarForce. At least with StarForce I could install and play the game without being connected to the internet.
Basically it means that you can NOT install the game when you want, or where you want. While pirates enjoy a painless gaming experience, all fair usage rights are removed from us paying customers. The whole online activation process is very inconvenient; especially in the future when the activation servers WILL go down, or when you will want to install the game on a computer that's not connected to the internet. I guess this is how EA likes to thank their paying customers.
Oppose this oppression of our fair usage rights (yes it sounds cheesy, but obviously that's exactly what EA's intentions are). Vote with your wallet by avoiding this game. There are plenty of other games (with minimal or no copy protection) to choose from.
Shoulda bought an Xbox after all, kid. Now you can't play the newest game from your hands-down favorite developer without pirating it.
Now certainly I could buy the game purely to support Bioware, and then pirate it to ensure I can install it as many times as I want, whenever I want. But I shouldn't have to pirate a game I buy legitimately. It's like marrying a woman and sleeping with another! No way. I refuse to do that to my beloved Bioware. She's much too pure for that. Better to live apart than to break her heart.
Game over. You lose. The guys in the suits beat you again. But what they don't know is what they are missing: my money. /rude EA
The headset was only $7 lol.