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08/15/09
All these PS3 fanboys are still grasping at straws.
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Get a clue.
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Despite that ONE game that has little to zero online community (console wise) will be closed off.
If it were a PS3 or Wii title, it'd be closed all the same.
It's as simple as that.
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But anyway that game was great and to help the people wandering about the achievements, if you managed to get any in those 3.5 half years you are classed as 'god'
They were freaking awe full to attain to begin with. And for those who have/n't got a basic knowledge of this game who teams/countries fought for supplies and areas last team standing wins in those 3.5 years I would estimate 350 wars were won at the very least. If i remember correctly wars would be reset the following tues/weds of their completion with the firm/server maintenance.
I loved this game and would really of loved to have gone back to it but the community died pretty quickly and as the achievements were so hard to gain it lost appeal (for me at least) quite quickly.
My team playing skills were immense I was the Decoy, and with that title I created some of the most bizarre mechs. Ranging from full on human (mech) shields concealing my entire team behind me and me taking the full flack of enemy barrages to "WTF is that" style mech which has the liking of a large stick of rock multicoloured and everything :P
R.I.P Chromehounds, also sega you bastards you put PSO to sleep as well :@
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SCHTHACK SERVER
Get it here for free bro, youll be glad you did.
(and legal)
[www.schtserv.com]
08/14/09
Why is that someone comes up with an optimum set-up, that's all people ever use? Can't they come up with anything on their own? Or just do go with what they want?
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Because the problem is that unless you find a setup that works just as well you're always left with the niggling feeling that even though you're being different it'd be so much easier just to use that optimum setup.
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It's fucking awesome I'm hoping FROM SOFTWARE make a new one that is multiplatform.
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Yeah it was amazing. I liked that at the beginning everyone including myself had giant mechs that had 3 of the dual barrel cannons then after a year everyone had these tiny super armored mechs with their cockpits super protected that were impossible to kill.
I loved playing with my friend in the night map, I'd see him barely creeping over a hill then fire and the bright flashes would illuminate everything then 5 seconds later ....huuuuuge explosions.
That's another thing I liked it had best particle effects for explosions for any game IMO.
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Good times. Most of the folks I still talk to on XBL were originally from the Chromehound squad I was with. Oh, and it was the first time I got a Rep Down from someone. I guess they didn't appreciate running into a 'Double Double' RJ when they were running a hover pile spiker.
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My guess is that either A) SEGA is supplying their own servers which would explain this piss-poor news, or B) Microsoft charges companies for their server use and SEGA, in their ultimate quest for consumer satisfaction, said "fuck it" and told MS to shut them down.
But I do agree. Stuff like this makes us look like idiots that we're paying for online (well, I don't pay for Live, at least >_>).
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On a related note, how about we bring Steel Battalion back?. We get all this plastic crap, I'd gladly throw down $200 for a new controller and a current gen rendition.
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I thought that the whole point of Live was that the dev. didn't have to front the costs for online servers. Am I wrong, or is this a special case?
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I swear to god I wish i listened earlier, as its seriously one of the best online games ive played. It has the same live game that Endwar did last year, and really makes for some compelling online gameplay.
Then sure enough after starting to play, i got about 5-6 other friends on board to play also, and next thing you know, we just started up a new squad and have been having a blast.
Then the news... It sucks, and I really hope sega see the appeal of the game. I think that the game came out at a time when no one was really going to buy it. It would totally sell well today if it got some decent press. Lets hope sega makes a Chromehounds II
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Also, CH is not the only game with non-MS controller servers. Every EA game, Phantasy Star UNiverse, Final Fantasy XI and ENDWAR all have LIVE servers that can be shut down at any time.
You pay for GOLD for a Quality of Service matchmaking system that is mostly Peer2Peer...
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I swear, this whole "paying for online" bit makes less and less sense as each day passes.
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What happens when playing a regular game of CS and the server host fucks up or there is a problem with its connection? everyone lags or is booted. With LIVE, just ONE of lives features is that it will usually alleviate this lag through a number of ways (swap hosts on the fly, use others connection).
Also to people who bitch and complain about live being over simplified P2P, its not anywhere near that simple. There are many different services going on in the background that make live what it is. Matchmaking is only a small portion of "LIVE".
What about incredibly fast content server? (try downloading batman demo on PSN on thursday?) or how about voice/video chat through multiple games/servers? the 50 upkeep goes towards more then just a simple matchmaking server.
Enough with the bitching already... those of us who have multiple consoles usually dont mind paying 50 a year to make sure my game experience is bloody smooth. No offense to sony, but leaving PSN servers up to developers is a bad idea... some do it right (KZ) and some do it horribly wrong (SOCOM)... and there is no "standard". With XBL, everything is kinda set out by MS what has to go on, every game has a near lag-less experience. Where as PSN, the QoS is dependent on how much the dev wants to throw into their servers. Also means HIGHER COSTS for developers...
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I'm not trying to bash Live or anything (i do think it is a bit of a con but thats another matter) as i have a gold subscription but don't give the service more credit than it's due.
08/14/09
And all my other memories while your at it.
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