The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Learn2Eel]

Microsoft have really sunk to a new low. Illegal marketing? Check. Bribery? Check. Damaging integrity of all gaming media? Check. But hey, MONEYZZZZ!!!

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F**k Microsoft. This is f**king bullsh*t.

So now every time we see someone doing a positive review of an Xbox One console/game/feature/etc, we have to call it into question because of this stupid crap. I hope Microsoft get stung for this badly, yes, they have actually BROKEN THE LAW.

[Psychosplodge]

That's unbelievably dodgy.
It's been one PR disaster after another for MS with the XBone...

[Kirsten]

the console just isn't ready for sale, it has so many different faults it is ridiculous. they must have rushed it out to compete with Sony, it evidently needed another six months minimum. more than 10% now have been returned to our store faulty. Microsoft are desperate to try and sweep it under the rug.

[ACE01]

I was about to say hurrah for PC gaming, but then...

it evidently needed another six months minimum.

I figured you could absolutely be talking about EA/Dice and BF4, sadly!

[Kirsten]

definitely. I have always been a battlefield fan, but the campaign in 4 is only about four hours long, and it crashed five times in those four hours. not even bothered trying the online yet, I will wait until it is fixed.

[ACE01]

I've not tried the campaign as the BF3 one was disappointing (or forgettable at least, I don't recall it...) and heard this one was shorter.

The first month and a half of BF4 I couldn't stay in a server. Complete write off. Since then it is better, but still not 100%, with spiky bits and crappy netcode. They should have put their resources into building the game(s) instead of the useless pile of nonsense that is Origin.

[Learn2Eel]

I've been lucky with Battlefield 4, only one game crash, only one server disconnect, one one massive lag spike, all in separate cases. But then, I've only put in like a combined 6 hours or so into the multiplayer, and two or so into the campaign. I'm going to start playing it more often now that I am confident with how it is working.

Hopefully the issues are resolved for everyone else in short time!

Oh right, may as well comment on the campaign. Fun, but.....so grating. Let's round down the character stereotypes basically. There's the mandatory African-American soldier who swears incessantly, talks about "the hood" and so on. Badly designed set pieces, incoherent and unnecessary plot. Whatever.

[Wolfshade]

UK gamers believer they're bumping into that country's mandatory ISP-level smut filters, courtesy of a filename that accidentally red-flags the purience-punting grumble-blockers.
It seems that users trying to download upgrades to the game League of Legends are stalling when they reach files called VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj and XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj. Both of the files include the sequence s-e-x in the filename: not so much a “false positive” as a “true positive by accident” combined with an extreme case of don't-even-mention-the-word Victorian morality.

[Psychosplodge]

UK gamers believer they're bumping into that country's mandatory ISP-level smut filters, courtesy of a filename that accidentally red-flags the purience-punting grumble-blockers.
It seems that users trying to download upgrades to the game League of Legends are stalling when they reach files called VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj and XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj. Both of the files include the sequence s-e-x in the filename: not so much a “false positive” as a “true positive by accident” combined with an extreme case of don't-even-mention-the-word Victorian morality.

Seriously?
They were told it was unworkable. Why do they never listen?

[eldargal]

Because politicians are addicted to moralistic bull**** crusades like this one? 'We'll save the kiddies from corruption by spending a lot of money on a bull**** filter which won't work'.