Seems like it's putting the cart before the horse to start promoting DLC for a game that needs a myriad of technical issues addressed for online play. Matchmaking and the network code is horribly broken. A little latency makes the game unbearable. No excuse for not including client-side prediction to smooth things out. Why are guitar solos so affected by lag? If this were my game, I'd be ashamed to release it so half-functional. #brutallegend
@Grandleon: I assume you're on PS3? The 360 version usually runs smooth as silk for me. Rarely ever have lag issues, disconnects, never crashes. Impressive really.
But I agree about the guitar solos. In the rare game I do have massive lag, pulling off guitar solos, is a bitch. Lag should never affect a guitar solo, as it hugely affects gameplay haveing to retry a solo 5 times in a row. #brutallegend
I doubt Sony is paying anyone anything for brutal legend dlc. I don't think enough people care quite frankly.
It has taken awhile, but the differences in strength between the 360 and ps3 are beginning to become more evident. Getting harder and harder to justify those xbl subscriptions. Its like MS were the only people on the block selling lemonade, but now a stand across the street is selling the same shit for free... #brutallegend
@Azures: I'd still pay for XBL. It's a great service, and with Netflix, Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm on it, it just continues to get better. You'll know what i mean, when Ps3 gets Netflix. #brutallegend
@ShaughnTr0n: Lemme ask you something. What is the point of having facebook and twitter on xbl? Seriously. I can turn my body and grab my phone, or turn a little more and use my computer. Offering social networking that is already everywhere is not an innovation to pay for. Period.
What's gonna be the justification in a few weeks when we get Netflix. Do you LIKE paying to access last.fm on your xbox?
@Azures: Holy shit, 6 new replies. My point was completely missed here. Too much fanboy love for me to even reply to any of this anymore.
The fact is, i don't mind paying for it. If you guys are that uptight about your cash, for a reliable online gaming service, then you can enjoy your Ps3's. I, however, will enjoy chatting with all my friends, and will continue to do so. #brutallegend
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If it were more missions I'd be hard-pressed to say no to the DLC, but in no way am I ever going to pay for more maps to one of the worst multiplayer components ever. I wouldn't even download this if I had the PS3 version. #brutallegend
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Yeah, even though it's free. The multiplayer mode is such garbage that I wouldn't waste the storage space on it. I love the game, but the non-RTS-that-is-really-an-RTS element really annoyed me. #brutallegend
@VicViper: Seriously what ever happened to the "benefits" of having a gold account? What's that you say? I can play a game demo 24 hours before the rest of the world? $50 JUSTIFIED! #brutallegend
@rich8606: difference here is that "exclusive" DLC is free where you still have to pay for it on 360... besides its not free forever did you read the post? sony gets sponsers for dlc and stuff every so often, i love it. #brutallegend
@dreamfall: If I'm honest I didn't care for most of the gameplay, particularly the repetitive sub missions. I honestly don't think gameplay is a staple of Shafer's games, his earlier (and arguably best) work was on point and click adventures which are fairly easy to make. Even Psychonauts was relatively simple and unpolished now I think about it. I'd still say his games are good, just not for the gameplay. Brutal Legend was no exception. #brutallegend
The PS3 is THAT desperate? lol
A simple piece of DLC isn't going to change much lol. Well, unless it's the Tales of Vesperia added I mean FINISHING content for the 360 that the PS3 is getting on release. (Patty etc) #brutallegend
@JJKujo: I own both 360 and PS3. It is things like this that DO tip which game I pick up. I grabbed Arkham Asylum for PS3 over 360 because of the bonus Joker levels, and the entire game looked/ran equally well on both consoles.
So yes, it can change purchasing decisions. It is the beauty of owning both systems-- you get the best of both gaming worlds. #brutallegend
@NeVeRMoRe666: You'd think they'd find great political success as an up and coming aide, but alas, even the banality of that kind of job requires at least a teensy weensy modicum of logic. #brutallegend
@Duin: Yeah, if JJKujo had any sense at all he would realize that the PSTRIPLEFAIL had started to become desperate when they released Uncharted 2- The PS3 releasing a slew of great AAA titles to counter the 360s library? Hah. Talk about being desperate. #brutallegend
@NeVeRMoRe666: I don't understand this at all... If you had a company that at first was getting screwed by a different company.... Then you lowered your price and found that there is a 300% increase in sales in less then a month wouldn't you grab that a run to the hills?
I mean I don't sit here an call microsoft a money grabbing, consumer raping, ad push beast now do it? #brutallegend
wow thats bullshit, hey EA and Sony maybe you guys should have told me this before, so i would have bought it for my ps3 instead. come on Sony if you do get exclusive stuff you gotta tell me before i buy the game, i mean i'd take free dlc over achievements any day.... #brutallegend
@Shashwat Singh: I don't think Sony is the one you should be blaming here. MSFT has already set a precedent for charging for DLC when the developer wanted it to be free. #brutallegend
@Uncensored: It states this in the article: "...the PlayStation 3 version of the downloadable content is free from the November 5th release until November the 19th...". Seems pretty unambiguous to me unless that was added after the fact. #brutallegend
Fucking Microsoft and their perpetual raping of the consumer. Thats it. Ive had enough of this. Im saving up for a PS3, just to spite the negligent fucks at Microsoft.
400 points? Thanks Microsoft, you money-grubbing whore. #brutallegend
@TheOmnitron: That was my initial reaction too until I read this point: "He doesn't explain, however, why the PlayStation 3 version of the downloadable content is free from the November 5th release until November the 19th" meaning that it's only free for a limited time only. Then, I imagine, it goes back to whatever price point it was suppose to come out as. To me, this means that either Sony had agreed to pay for the content for its users or it's something else on EA's end (maybe to increase sales on the PS3). Either way through, it would seem that Microsoft had opted out of whatever deal is underlying the promotion.
@mad_kai: Oh I get that. But that wasn't my point. My point is the fact that it's only a limited time promotion means that it was never meant to be free anyway and that rather than Microsoft having to enact fees on the content, someone else had to do something to make it free for the PS3. #brutallegend
@NeVeRMoRe666: they wont ever do that until you xbox livers decide to start complaining and taking some action... its great to complain on blog posts and forums but until Microsoft starts hearing directly from customers they wont change a damn thing. #brutallegend
@Cyberxion101: that live users are essentially paying for something that is free on another system at this point, another system that doesnt require dlc to be paid... it seems like it would be the other way around. #brutallegend
bought this and Uncharted 2 on release day, still havent opened this... still, i'll be downloading the DLC, heck, might as well, its free.
Not sure about others, but in the UK this was the first to carry the new ps3 box, looks better, I think... it does, but it doesnt fit in with my collection now. #brutallegend
@Vilhelm Smari: what? its a 360/ps3 game. there's no pirating. ps3 is getting it for free and 360 has to pay for it. but only temporarily. ps3 will be charged eventually. they're trying to rally more sales on the ps3. i guess it's not selling on the system. #brutallegend
@Vilhelm Smari: Nah. No way. The game industries usual stance on piracy is to reward the pirates and punish paying customers. That's how it has always worked. Not a good time to mess with the system man. #brutallegend
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or have i misheard? #brutallegend
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But I agree about the guitar solos. In the rare game I do have massive lag, pulling off guitar solos, is a bitch. Lag should never affect a guitar solo, as it hugely affects gameplay haveing to retry a solo 5 times in a row. #brutallegend
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And Microsoft was having none of it. #brutallegend
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It has taken awhile, but the differences in strength between the 360 and ps3 are beginning to become more evident. Getting harder and harder to justify those xbl subscriptions. Its like MS were the only people on the block selling lemonade, but now a stand across the street is selling the same shit for free... #brutallegend
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What's gonna be the justification in a few weeks when we get Netflix. Do you LIKE paying to access last.fm on your xbox?
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The fact is, i don't mind paying for it. If you guys are that uptight about your cash, for a reliable online gaming service, then you can enjoy your Ps3's. I, however, will enjoy chatting with all my friends, and will continue to do so. #brutallegend
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If it were more missions I'd be hard-pressed to say no to the DLC, but in no way am I ever going to pay for more maps to one of the worst multiplayer components ever. I wouldn't even download this if I had the PS3 version. #brutallegend
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Even though it's free? That's certainly harsh. #brutallegend
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Yeah, even though it's free. The multiplayer mode is such garbage that I wouldn't waste the storage space on it. I love the game, but the non-RTS-that-is-really-an-RTS element really annoyed me. #brutallegend
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A simple piece of DLC isn't going to change much lol. Well, unless it's the Tales of Vesperia added I mean FINISHING content for the 360 that the PS3 is getting on release. (Patty etc) #brutallegend
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So yes, it can change purchasing decisions. It is the beauty of owning both systems-- you get the best of both gaming worlds. #brutallegend
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Bravo! *starts slow clap* #brutallegend
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I mean I don't sit here an call microsoft a money grabbing, consumer raping, ad push beast now do it? #brutallegend
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Regardless it is still bullshit that Sony gets it free and those with it on the 360 have to purchase it, but tough noogies I suppose. #brutallegend
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400 points? Thanks Microsoft, you money-grubbing whore. #brutallegend
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MS should match all and everything that PSN offers- this is totally wack. #brutallegend
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Good luck with that... #brutallegend
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Not sure about others, but in the UK this was the first to carry the new ps3 box, looks better, I think... it does, but it doesnt fit in with my collection now. #brutallegend
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