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strewart
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I bought it today. In fact, I bought the special edition. The metal case is kinda cool, but for the extra price the contents aren't worth it... They will be easily available and free in a few weeks.
As to the gameplay? Well.... First, when I started installing it, it said it needed Steam before I could. I really really really hate Steam. I was loathe to install it. More so than when I had to get a stupid Windows Live account for GTA 4, which DoW 2 also needs. So anyway, I install steam, make an account, login, then go to continue the install. It tells me the release date is tomorrow so it won't install until midnight! That was a good 7 hours ago, at 5pm. It is now nearly 1am, I stayed up waiting even though I have uni tomorrow, and it still won't let me install. You would think it would be pretty damn simple to get the time right, and set the time for different regions, but I guess not.
Given the amount of trouble I had with GTA 4 before I could play it properly, I am really not looking forward to trying to get this to work, GTA 4 took a good 3 days of troubleshooting before I could even play after I bought and installed it. I really hate what the industry is doing to PC gaming, forcing us to register and sign up on the net. Security? Yeah right! They just want our personal details. You can already download fully cracked copies of DoW 2 even though it isn't out, so making us legitimate purchasers mess around with online accounts and stupid programs before we can play is rediculous, all it does is make me want to not give my money to them and just get illegal copies, they seriously work better and are easier to install.
If all I want to do is play single player, get into the single player campaign, and have fun against bots, then why the hell should I have to make accounts on the net??? Same with GTA 4. It is a very sad thing that EB does not let you return games that have cd-keys, since you could rip them off. If they did, I would be taking this right back to the shop and uninstalling Steam then downloading a copy that doesn't need any of that.
Securom is another big problem. Ever had the trouble where a game won't start because it says you have emulator software on your computer? My GF likes the Sims, she legitimately bought the second one and most of the expansions, installed it on my computer, and it wouldn't run because I had Nero on my computer. That is just a burning program, not a emulator program, she was trying to play it legitimately not rip it off. An illegal copy of the game would have bypassed that. In the end, I had to find an illegal no-cd patch to get it to run.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the game will be great, as was GTA 4, but it is very annoying the rubbish you go through before you can play a PC game these days. I bought the game, I expect to take it home, install it and play it. The sad fact is that it is well past the release date of the game here, and so far I have had to install a program I don't want, create an account I don't want, activate my registration key on the net, and for all my troubles I still can't play the game. If, instead, I had decided to download it this morning rather than buying it, I would be playing now. Hell I would be playing several hours ago and in bed now.
I can't speak for the gameplay, as I mentioned before I am sure it will be a great game, but I really can't recommend people buy the game for all the hoops you have to jump through to play it. PC gaming needs to improve dramatically or it will die, I think this is the last game I will buy aside from Empire Total War, which I already have on preorder.
As to the gameplay? Well.... First, when I started installing it, it said it needed Steam before I could. I really really really hate Steam. I was loathe to install it. More so than when I had to get a stupid Windows Live account for GTA 4, which DoW 2 also needs. So anyway, I install steam, make an account, login, then go to continue the install. It tells me the release date is tomorrow so it won't install until midnight! That was a good 7 hours ago, at 5pm. It is now nearly 1am, I stayed up waiting even though I have uni tomorrow, and it still won't let me install. You would think it would be pretty damn simple to get the time right, and set the time for different regions, but I guess not.
Given the amount of trouble I had with GTA 4 before I could play it properly, I am really not looking forward to trying to get this to work, GTA 4 took a good 3 days of troubleshooting before I could even play after I bought and installed it. I really hate what the industry is doing to PC gaming, forcing us to register and sign up on the net. Security? Yeah right! They just want our personal details. You can already download fully cracked copies of DoW 2 even though it isn't out, so making us legitimate purchasers mess around with online accounts and stupid programs before we can play is rediculous, all it does is make me want to not give my money to them and just get illegal copies, they seriously work better and are easier to install.
If all I want to do is play single player, get into the single player campaign, and have fun against bots, then why the hell should I have to make accounts on the net??? Same with GTA 4. It is a very sad thing that EB does not let you return games that have cd-keys, since you could rip them off. If they did, I would be taking this right back to the shop and uninstalling Steam then downloading a copy that doesn't need any of that.
Securom is another big problem. Ever had the trouble where a game won't start because it says you have emulator software on your computer? My GF likes the Sims, she legitimately bought the second one and most of the expansions, installed it on my computer, and it wouldn't run because I had Nero on my computer. That is just a burning program, not a emulator program, she was trying to play it legitimately not rip it off. An illegal copy of the game would have bypassed that. In the end, I had to find an illegal no-cd patch to get it to run.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the game will be great, as was GTA 4, but it is very annoying the rubbish you go through before you can play a PC game these days. I bought the game, I expect to take it home, install it and play it. The sad fact is that it is well past the release date of the game here, and so far I have had to install a program I don't want, create an account I don't want, activate my registration key on the net, and for all my troubles I still can't play the game. If, instead, I had decided to download it this morning rather than buying it, I would be playing now. Hell I would be playing several hours ago and in bed now.
I can't speak for the gameplay, as I mentioned before I am sure it will be a great game, but I really can't recommend people buy the game for all the hoops you have to jump through to play it. PC gaming needs to improve dramatically or it will die, I think this is the last game I will buy aside from Empire Total War, which I already have on preorder.
