@Kitsune - same here, the D3 always-online requirement made me never play it, despite playing lots of D2. I hate always-online when I'm playing single-player.
@Kitsune Oh sure, there are exceptions to the rules, but as Chris pointed out, Steam doesnt encourage it and GoG outright doesnt practice it. If my internet goes out, or Steam goes down, I can still play those games locally offline
Joseph Lee
about 1 year ago
Aye.
It's not even about NOT having friends, it is about NOT having live-in friends WITH the same schedules as you, and enough of an overlap in interests/skills for them to play games with you.
Oh, and don't forget missing pieces for IRL games. >_<
And to think, publishers are trying to push cloud gaming as the future.
You're not even going to be able to access your singleplayer games when an outage occurs.
I still frown rather strongly on always-online requirements for offline single-player games. It's stupid and I hate it, even though it doesn't really affect me anymore.
@Teroniss It depends on the game, I guess. I remember when Diablo 3 came out I happened to be studying at a place where I had no way to have a moderately reliable internet connection; that pretty much immediately killed my interest in the game, even though I loved the previous two ones.
PC isn't immune to always on-line requirements for games. Any game that depends on a server is like that, and a few of the big game companies stick those requirements on single player games because it gives them more control. Thankfully Steam doesn't encourage that behavior, and GoG is against it.
Máté Kavalecz
about 1 year ago
Do you know what else do you need for playing chess with your friends? FRIENDS. That is way more unreliable. :D
