" Yeah stick it to the little guy. Way to go fanboy.You freaking troll you are ruining my workday. "
... Wait, how does not liking the fact that he can't play indie games offline make hima fanboy and a troll?
Either you're fucking retarded and need to learn the meaning of thsoe words, or that was your shitty attempt at trolling and you should go back to gamefaqs.
I don't see this as trolling, and it's pretty valuable information in fact. Thanks for the heads up, but it's not like I ever planned on getting any indie games anyways.
"You cant play them offline. just a little tip to you guys that are tempted to buy sum cheap games . "
If you're always online, this isn't a problem. I'm always online. My internet service might go down on average once a year, for an hour. I can live without my indie games for that long.
I have bought loads. Some are great, some are shit. But the shit ones were still a laugh for a drunken night and only cost me 60 pence. I couldn't bribe a McDonalds employee to spit in my burger for that.
While having to stay online for these games is a serious drawback, I really think it's worth supporting these developers. There is a bunch of really good games on xblig and money is certainly spent better on this than on some crappy dlc.
Those games bypass having to be rated by the ESRB by qualifying as 'online games'. Honestly, for whom is this a fucking problem? If this is enough to put you off buying indie games then you're a pedantic moron.
It's a minor annoyance considering that you are supporting indie developers, and being offered some very good games for good prices (as opposed to Arcade and retail).
@9cupsoftea: I thought it was more of a DRM solution.
But anyways, the limitation does kind of suck, I hate any DRM like that. However, I'm willing to spend a couple of dollars here and there on games I may not be able to play in the future. I've spent less than $25 on indie games but I have some really fun games. Not the end of the world.
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"Those games bypass having to be rated by the ESRB by qualifying as 'online games'. Honestly, for whom is this a fucking problem? If this is enough to put you off buying indie games then you're a pedantic moron. It's a minor annoyance considering that you are supporting indie developers, and being offered some very good games for good prices (as opposed to Arcade and retail). "
When did it become a requirement to support indie developers? Half the posts in this thread bring up "supporting indie developers" like it's a reason I should be buying games. Last I checked, video games were an industry, not a charity. It's an annoyance to be linked to online, cause dig this, some of us have xboxes that aren't always connected to the internet. I know, it's incredibly shocking, but it's true.
I'm not paying almost a hundred dollars for a 360 Wifi adapter, and I don't like to keep my bedroom xbox online through the powerlines all the time because it means unplugging an entire powerstrip (since powerline bridges don't work on powerstrips,) thus I'll take it online, buy games, and take it back offline. If I can't play the indie games I purchased in my bedroom because they're offline (which is where I'd wind down playing indie games) then they're really worthless to me, aren't they?
@BrokenCage: So you're one of the very few people who is online just enough to buy games, but not enough to play them online. Fine. The other 90% of xbox users don't have such specific requirements.
I shouldn't have to explain why it's a good thing to support indie developers, and I didn't say it was a requirement either. There are awesome indie games for very cheap prices, most of which are also innovative and unique. If you support those kinds of ideas, and the people who make them, they will inevitably do bigger and better things. If you don't see the value in that, or if you don't see how supporting these kinds of games is good for the 'industry' and for you as a consumer in the grand scheme of things, then great, but a lot of people do care and do see the extra value in indie developers.
" @BrokenCage: So you're one of the very few people who is online just enough to buy games, but not enough to play them online. Fine. The other 90% of xbox users don't have such specific requirements. I shouldn't have to explain why it's a good thing to support indie developers, and I didn't say it was a requirement either. There are awesome indie games for very cheap prices, most of which are also innovative and unique. If you support those kinds of ideas, and the people who make them, they will inevitably do bigger and better things. If you don't see the value in that, or if you don't see how supporting these kinds of games is good for the 'industry' and for you as a consumer in the grand scheme of things, then great, but a lot of people do care and do see the extra value in indie developers. "
I didn't say it was bad to support indie games, I said it wasn't a reason to buy games. Don't try to twist my words and take a self-righteous stance here. I said, "You're saying support indie developers like it's the reason I should be buying games." Being an indie developer doesn't mean I should buy a game that I can't play at my leisure or at any place I should choose. I've got indie games, I've got Platformance and I maed a game with zombies, but I can only play them in my computer room where I usually play the major retail releases and online multiplayer. So that sours me on the games by default, regardless of them being indie developers. You talk like being an indie developer grants diplomatic immunity, and that's just ridiculous.
Edit: Oh, and I don't care if I'm the minority of Xbox users effected by this. I'm still effected by it.
" Yeah stick it to the little guy. Way to go fanboy.You freaking troll you are ruining my workday. "
... Wait, how does not liking the fact that he can't play indie games offline make hima fanboy and a troll? Either you're fucking retarded and need to learn the meaning of thsoe words, or that was your shitty attempt at trolling and you should go back to gamefaqs. "
Ignore him, I haven't seen him say anything non-trolling and productive yet.
Since indie devs have their own community for support, and only have to feed themselves (and their girlfriend/boyfriend/pet hermitcrab), they can take significant risks with game design that would be absolutely idiotic for large companies to attempt as an experiment. Much innovation is only available through risk.
Also, some of the better commercial games originally started as indie games or student projects; Portal is one example I can think of.
@afrofools: If we were talking about independent games in general, your post would be relevant. But we are talking about Xbox live indie games, none of which are as good as any of the games you mentioned, and if there are gems in there it would be hard to find them under such quality titles as Don't B Nervous Talking 2 Girls and Baby Maker Extreme.
" @afrofools: If we were talking about independent games in general, your post would be relevant. But we are talking about Xbox live indie games, none of which are as good as any of the games you mentioned, and if there are gems in there it would be hard to find them under such quality titles as Don't B Nervous Talking 2 Girls and Baby Maker Extreme. "
Oh yeah I forgot that the US has an Indie marketplace; however I do know about it. There are a few great indie games on their but they are amongst many terrible games, and therefore you will never find them so I get your points.
Thanks for the tip bro, but I've got internet. I'm all good.
Oh by the way, there's this neat thing called an ethernet cable, it's like $6 tops and you don't need a wireless adapter for it. It gives you internet.
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