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[Angel Dust]

There used to be a time when battletech fans thought they were in heaven...
Then the console-entitlement-generation dropped in flanked by greed and snatched the game.

Gone are the days of wonder and excitement,
Now I can only shed tears over broken dreams and promises.

"yellowbird I see,
Grey Dragon hides wisely..."

[Karyudo ds]

Angel Dust, on 17 December 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

Then the console-entitlement-generation dropped in flanked by greed and snatched the game.

I think this actually happened in 2002, took a few years to feel the full effect. Welcome to the modern industry I guess. Though I agree, the Xbox effect has killed some of what made PC gaming fun back in the day.

[Darth JarJar]

Oh look, vassago revelling in someone elses discomfiture in the forums. That NEVER happens....

Edited by von Bremerhaven, 17 December 2012 - 03:51 PM.

[Vassago Rain]

Karyudo ds, on 17 December 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

I think this actually happened in 2002, took a few years to feel the full effect. Welcome to the modern industry I guess. Though I agree, the Xbox effect has killed some of what made PC gaming fun back in the day.

Hahaha.
No.

The consoleifcation, if there even is such a thing, happened when hardware stalled out with the 360 xbawks in 2005. We've seen so little progress in every field since, you can't really blame people for assuming games of a certain genre will stick to a certain formula - to the point where they were MAD THAT CRYSIS 2 WASN'T LIKE COD, GOD, ALL THESE CHOICES FOR MY BORING RIFLES AND NO LEAVING COMBAT ZONES, AND GRAPHICS! WHY CAN I PUNCH CARS AND HAVE TO SELECT MY GRENADES MANUALLY, MAN!?

But then again, we still get PC games that aren't like this, that takes risks. Sometimes, from people you'd least expect, like Square-Enix pushing for deus ex 3 to have modern PC grapics and every tech feature available.

[Inappropriate1191]

Hey, Vassago, this is kinda like that one topic you made that got locked. The tears of hardcore, purist, tacticool douchenozzles are delicious and sweet.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Angel Dust, on 17 December 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

There used to be a time when battletech fans thought they were in heaven...
Then the console-entitlement-generation dropped in flanked by greed and snatched the game.

Gone are the days of wonder and excitement,
Now I can only shed tears over broken dreams and promises.

"yellowbird I see,
Grey Dragon hides wisely..."

my sig becomes ever true for more than just weapons or items.

[Vassago Rain]

von Bremerhaven, on 17 December 2012 - 03:48 PM, said:

Oh look, vassago revelling in someone elses discomfiture in the forums. That NEVER happens....

You got that right. I had to listen to you all whine about tacticool it's a beta real man's battletech for half a year. Now that they're forced to use common sense, I am so squeezing all the value I can out of my 60 dollars.

[Karyudo ds]

Vassago Rain, on 17 December 2012 - 03:49 PM, said:

Hahaha.
No.

The consoleifcation, if there even is such a thing, happened when hardware stalled out with the 360 xbawks in 2005.

Oh really, so that Xbox Live that was around and integral for the 360 didn't exist in 2002. Interesting.

[Vassago Rain]

Karyudo ds, on 17 December 2012 - 04:01 PM, said:

Oh really, so that Xbox Live that was around and integral for the 360 didn't exist in 2002. Interesting.

The original xbox wasn't as popular as you seem to think. PS2 was.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Vassago Rain, on 17 December 2012 - 04:02 PM, said:

The original xbox wasn't as popular as you seem to think. PS2 was.

yeah the total lack of interest in the original xbox didnt spawn the 360; they just gave up cause there were no sales.

[Karyudo ds]

Vassago Rain, on 17 December 2012 - 04:02 PM, said:

The original xbox wasn't as popular as you seem to think. PS2 was.

I said XBOX LIVE, not Xbox.
Nor did I ever say it was popular, you assumed that. In fact the Xbox's popularity means absolutely nothing because without it's existence the 360 never would have existed in the first place nor would it have come equipped with the online system they had time to refine from lessons learned.

Of course we could just blame Atari.

Edited by Karyudo ds, 17 December 2012 - 04:10 PM.

[Karyudo ds]

Sifright, on 17 December 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

**** you,

My Atari STE, had some ******* great games.


Edit: if you were wondering thats supposed to be tongue in cheek.

I miss my 8 bit/ 16 bit days as well.

[Dakkath]

This topic is not constructive in the least. Closing.