explosiveegg

Heh. I'd pay money to watch that! I know! Quake 3 is in my oppinion one of the best multiplayer shooters ever created. To see a game with that big a stakes would be really fun to watch.

I dont think it looks too bad. I personally was the biggest fan of silent hill 4 though. Also I am happy about the new movie theyre releasing, I really enjoyed the first. I must say though, the Silent Hill game for the PS Vita looks terrible. Who thought it would be a good idea to make it a multiplayer only top down style game. That basically removes the horror concept instantly when you make it a top down style game.

-------NEW INTEL-------- Notch has proposed a solution, that I surely hope they wont refuse. He wants a 'Fight to the Death'! AKA, best of 3 on Quake 3, him against their lawyers. If notch wins, he gets to keep the title, if he doesnt he has to change it to something that is approved by bethesda. Would the not be fun to watch? (ps, this is legit, he did actually propose that) ------------ Also he announced that minecraft would be finished as a full game on 11/11/11... does that date sound familiar? *cough* same release date as skyrim *cough*.

I'm not saying it's fake, I'm saying the lawyers representing Bethesda are likely acting upon "Defend my IP" without really going over the details with the developers. This actually happens quite often with the lawyers representing Lucasfilm/Lucasarts. In fact, from Kotaku: "Reached for comment by Kotaku, Notch said he had to eat dinner first. He's also cheerfully Tweeted that he still loves Bethesda ("This is hopefully just lawyers being lawyers.") and is looking forward to the company's Prey 2. Just two month ago, Notch and Skyrim lead creator Todd Howard happily interviewed each other for Game Informer magazine. (Pictured left and watchable here). They seemed to get along very well. And Notch has even wanted to release the post-beta version of Minecraft officially on the same day as Skyrim, though he's since decided to bump it back a few days. All's seemingly going well with these two crews." -1 to Perception on your character sheet. Wouldnt you expect it to be zenimax that would do this stuff though.

Dang, I think the best I had was a lvl 70, and I played that non-stop... ... but yeah, that is the reason I find it such a good step. People are going to be selling and buying these items easier. This is cutting out the middle man, and now making it more accessible to everyone, while making blizzard some cash. It seems like a way to help everyone! ... and I really doubt they will have much ove a problem with hackers, if they manage to keep all those WoW players happy. On a side note: I really hope the cow levels make an appearence.

So it's fake? Just like everything else on the internet, I suppose. +1 to cynicism on my character sheet, yet again. It could get dropped. Notch actually posted one of the 15 page letter that the law team at bethesda sent him on the twitter. So its not fake... He then send them a message in reply, asking to speak with them. It may not ever make it to the court room, but that doesnt mean its not fake.

Agreed. Having played more than a few, yeah, there's a difference, and many just ignore the line that includes, or does not include, the "MM" part of MMORPG. MMORPGs - World of Warcraft Anarchy Online Everquest MORPGs - PSO Guild Wars Diablo, I guess If you're not running around seeing hundreds of others while doing your own thing, and I don't mean in a "lobby area", then drop the first M. Guess that is a better way to define it... ill keep that in mind next time i go to call diablo an mmorpg

Its bizarre though, theyre are a lot of words that can kind of be seen trademarked (the best example I can think of is how all the HTC Droid phones have to pay royalties to George Lucas, because he has Droid copyrighted). Yet the term scroll has been around for such a long time. Its silly stuff like this that really scares me, where the little guy cant move an inch without having lawsuits surround him.

I am not a fan of Bethesda's games at all, feeling they are one of the worst batch of talent out there (in comparison to many other companies)... ... and although I hate their games, I never had anything to dislike about the company themselves. I don't mind that they're creating crappy games, letting their servers get hacked, and in turn loosing lots of valuable customer data. As long as they dont have a negative effect on the game industry, or better yet, the consumers of this industry. The lawsuit comes into play over Notch (the head honcho of minecraft), having been working on a new game called 'scrolls', which is like a mixture of a role playing game, board game, and collectible card game. The problem is all 100% in the name. Bethesda is suing due to the fact that 'The Elder Scrolls' and 'Scrolls' are too similar, and demands that they change their games name. One thing that is really stupid about this as that people seem to only refer to their new game as 'Skyrim', not 'The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim', making the lawsuit unnecessary. One common theme around this story on various websites is that Minecraft and Skyrim are being released on the same day, and this may Bethesda acting out against it losing some of its shine. Although I doubt this to be true, it is still a possibility. The reason this upsets me is that I really hate when the big companies bully the little companies, this happened to my favorite energy drink called 'Freak' whom was sued by 'Monster' for stealing their style or design or something like that. Freak having weak lawyers, is no longer in existence. ...and supposedly this is just the start of Bethesda's legal department going crazy. More is supposedly to come. I wish LulzSec was never caught. I feel like Bethesda deserves another nice hacking after this bull. It seems like hackers are the only ones who can actually make a negative impact on a company, when they are being bad. So, that being said, now I have a fourth company to add to my hate list (Apple, Nintendo, EA, and Bethesda). I dont mind when companies try to make money, after all thats the whole point of a company, but I feel like this is completely unnecessary, and wouldnt effect Bethesda in anyway at all! This simply feels like the big guy trying to push down the little guy, just because they know they can win... Anyway... whats your thoughts behind Bethesda, and them suing Notch? Do you think its silly that a company can hold a trademark for a single word that has been around for such a long time? PS. Notch filed for the patient of the title Scrolls a while ago. -------------on a side note---------------- I didnt feel this was worthy enough of its own thread. Yet I found it very interesting. John Carmack (programmer of doom + quake), of id software, was talking about looking back at the atari 2600(having owned one as a kid), and although he doubts he will find the time to, would love to try and program a game for it. He also seemed rather intrigued by the people whom still do focus their skills on stuff like that. He mentioned this during quake-con, just a day or two ago, and I found it very interesting, seeing as I love his work.

I have. It's usually considered an MMORPG by people (mainly PSO fans from my experience) who think that four players is massive, let alone eight. Elder Scrolls is an RPG with millions of players... Elder scrolls (terrible game) isnt online compatible though is it? Thats why Im assuming Diablo 3 is an MMORPG, because it has loads of players, is an rpg, and is heavy on the online aspect. Also, I have never played Phantasy Star Online (I never had a dreamcast), the only MMORPGs ive played in my life were RuneScape, Diablo II, and some random independent one... Im really not to big into that scene. So are you just in a disagreement with it being called an MMORPG, because you are limited to the amount of players per World. Which im not saying is wrong, that might perfectly well mean its not techniqually an MMORPG.

I think it would be silly to expect an MMORPG to not be required to be online, after all that is what the 'o' stands for... and you can still use in game coins to buy the items, its not like most microtransactions, where the only way to get the good, is through paying real cash. Word on the street is that Diablo III requires an online connection even in solo mode. Plus, I have never heard of Diablo being referred to as an MMORPG. It's a fancy, real-time version of Rogue, at best. I really think they should jsut scrap the whole solo mode, but it will required a connection, to prevent mods. What else would you call it, its an rpg, with millions of players... Who doesnt call it an mmorpg?

This is also why I wouldnt give Onlive a try, the reserve the right to remove you game after 2 years, if they game isnt popular anymore...

This game is supposed to have the lack of mod support. I think after controlling WoW for so many years, blizzard should know how to prevent that kind of stuff. I think it would be silly to expect an MMORPG to not be required to be online, after all that is what the 'o' stands for... and you can still use in game coins to buy the items, its not like most microtransactions, where the only way to get the good, is through paying real cash.

In this day of age, the industry is all about making money, whether it harms the consumer or not. *cough* EA *cough Yet Blizzard has found a way to do this, that is mutually beneficial to both the consumer and their company. They have set up an auction house in this game. This auction house has two ways of paying for an item, through in game coins, or through real world cash. So basically, if you find a really rare item in game that you dont want, you can put your item in the auction house, to make real world cash! Im sure it wont total that much, well at first, but the higher level you become, the better stuff you will find, the more money you will make. The fact is that I would be playing this game either way, because I love the diablo series, and now I can make real world cash for playing! Im sure it wouldnt even come close to the amount of money being made at a minimum wage job, however, Im going to be playing this game for my own enjoyment anyway! (its kind of like an in game ebay, where you place an item, set limits and stuff, and then people bid on the item) Obviously Blizzard will pocket probably over 10% of the sale, making it beneficial to them as well. Along with this, the game is designed to use such a small amount of bandwidth, that it wont cost too much to for them to maintain. The thing is, people would have just sold gold and stuff on ebay or a website, thats what happens with WoW. So theyre just making it easier for everyone to sell what they dont want, whether their character class doesnt take it, or they want to go buy a cheeseburger. The only problem I see with this, is items actually worth something, will cost an un-godly amount of coins. Yet still, the point of an RPG is to work up, until you can afford something like that. I personally like to only use items ive found too, just because it has sentimental value to it . Also this gives people a lot more of a reason to try and hack the game... I personally think this is amazing of Blizzard, that is assuming that Diablo 3 is free to play, as Diablo 2 was (hasnt been confirmed yet). I hope more companies follow this trend of finding a mutually beneficial way to earn a constant revenue from their consumers. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think this is a good movement as opposed to the trend EA has started? Do you want to see more games do this? Is anyone else absolutely thrilled about diablo 3?

The game just isnt fun without the mmo aspect of it. This is the problem I have with games like Skyrim, If im going to take all this time to level up this character and make something I truly find bada$$, I want to be able to flaunt it, to make me feel like I am better than someone... when I obviously am not. --------------- Also for obvious reasons they could not merge the game so an account can be used both online and offline. This is kind of a way to make sure someone doesnt spend a lot of time on a character, and then expect to be able to bring that online. Causing them to get enraged an blizzard.