@jozzy said:
The online portion basically effects everyone. I left my computer for a bit while I was playing the game, and after a while I came back to a "Connection to server lost due to inactivity" message. It might not be a huge hassle, but it is just freaking dumb! I don't understand why people defend it, is it really that hard to be able to provide an offline character option for people that just want to play single player? I will be on a 9 hour flight at the end of may, and I can't play the freaking game?
Developers, getting lag when you are playing in single player just means that your solution sucks. It might be a stresstest and it might not happen in the released version but it just so WRONG. And I will bet you that it will happen at release and we will see a shitstorm that puts ME3 ending controversy to shame.
I was in at the end of a floor in a dungeon when I lost connection because they took the servers down. I had to redo most of that floor. That cannot happen in the full game. It'll be Assassin's Creed 2 all over again.
@Canteu said:
@Gargantuan: Well the difference there is, I am right, and you are wrong. Keep saying more games though, makes you look smart.
Oh, and Diablo is not a single player game, just thought you should be made aware.
I never played D2 online, and loved it. None of my friends were PC gamers at the time, all playing Xbox games and what have you, and no way in fuck am I going to play with randoms. It's just not appealing to me. There will absolutely be times that people play D3 singleplayer, and these issues affect EVERY game mode, even multiplayer. You can still get lag from the servers even if your connection to the people in the game is aces. you can still get ripped from the game in a multiplayer session even though your connection would be maintained without the middle man.
I totally plan to play a lot of D3 online because all of my friends are PC gamers now and I know a couple others planning on getting the game day one, but I know there will be times I play solo, because I want to enjoy the lore or listen to a podcast. There is no excuse for this, short of the game being an MMO that is defined by being online all the time and does not have a singleplayer option.
@Toxeia said:
@Canteu@Gargantuan Don't make me turn this car around. I'll take away your dessert.
If it's got a single player mode then it's single player. If it's got a multi player mode then it's multi player. The issue here isn't whether D3's one or the other but that some how being asked to be online, in 2012, is going to prevent the average player from enjoying a game.
Also, it's both. There's no distinction. Minecraft can be a single player game but you have to connect to a server for that, but that'd be super depressing.
It's NOT that being asked to be online, but rather that even when you are, you suffer from the issues of their servers. I had a perfectly good internet connection when my game went to shit because their servers were on the fritz. Yes, it's a BETA, but we know from experience that always online games are a fucking pain because those servers will eventually either die or go down.
Also, look at worldwide stats for people with internet, especially better than dialup. Plenty of people are without internet. Hell, I live in the states, but because I live in a big family, I only ge to use 50 of the 250GBs comcast allows us to use a month. That means I often run out of bandwidth especially in months were I have to download a 15 GB game, which is probably how big D3 is going to be.
Also, it just so happens I'm working towards an Active Duty career in the Marines, so that's yet another issue I have to face. The idea that it's ok because like, half of the planet has internet (which may be higher than the real number, or lower, I just threw that out there) is ridiculous. Internet is not everywhere, and there is no reason for there not to be an offline option. I don't care if I can't use the shitty auction house that will just be overpriced bullshit for twinks (it's a loot game, the pleasure coems from finding kick ass shit honestly, not buying it!)
EDIT: 30% of the world has internet, according to http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
That's a lot of the world that can't play Diablo 3. And that strikes me as pretty not ok.
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