If you can't let it go, don't have it!
I'd like to hear that this is indeed a punishment for cheating.
befowler wrote:There's another Cracked article somewhere that talks about what cheaters in that old NES RPG game with Ness (Earthbound?) would experience. Basically all throughout the cheater's game the enemies would be tougher and more numerous. But if you got all the way through them and somehow fought your way to the final boss, equally overpowered, after 40-50 hours of gameplay, just as you were about to defeat him the game would freeze up. And then when you reloaded, all your save files would have been wiped. All of it was purposefully implemented to completely waste weeks of your life.
I don't know if From did something similar with the patch, but if they did..it would be awesome.
In an ideal universe, that would be true (and it would be great if it was). However, let's look at the facts. From is not some huge firm, so it would risk too much by doing something like "punish" glitchers. For example, Will Ferrell wouldn't have even thought of making a movie like Casa de Mi Padre towards the beginning of his career. Instead, he made that movie when he was already an established actor/comedian. Likewise, From (like any other video game developer) would likely find it more comfortable to wait until it is more established to pull a stunt like punishing glitchers.BIG TIME MASTER wrote:BrotherBob,
that is precisely the point! From is doing what they think is right, profit be damned!
I'd like to believe that there are people out there whose first priority is realizing their passion, second priority is sharing it, and then making a profit.
Let's take a look at Skyrim. It pleases most people in my opinion. It has made boatloads of money. It looks very different from CoD. Finally, it does have a large audience, which (I'm sure) includes a significant number of us.BIG TIME MASTER wrote:If Dark Souls was about pleasing everybody and making boatloads of money, it would look more like COD and certainly wouldn't have the mature (for a game at least) fanbase that it does.
I think From is entirely established! I mean, come on! There's a HUGE fanbase for Dark Souls players, online. With even MORE lurking, and even MORE offline. There's a crazy amount in DkS, and a lot of them don't have to glitch in order to enjoy the game.BrotherBob wrote:In an ideal universe, that would be true (and it would be great if it was). However, let's look at the facts. From is not some huge firm, so it would risk too much by doing something like "punish" glitchers. For example, Will Ferrell wouldn't have even thought of making a movie like Casa de Mi Padre towards the beginning of his career. Instead, he made that movie when he was already an established actor/comedian. Likewise, From (like any other video game developer) would likely find it more comfortable to wait until it is more established to pull a stunt like punishing glitchers.BIG TIME MASTER wrote:BrotherBob,
that is precisely the point! From is doing what they think is right, profit be damned!
I'd like to believe that there are people out there whose first priority is realizing their passion, second priority is sharing it, and then making a profit.
Anyway, glitching is cheating. Cheating should be punished. And the fact
that you got punished for trying to cheat and take a shortcut makes me
smile. Not laugh, really, but I am amused.
Anyway, glitching is cheating. Cheating should be punished. And the fact
that you got punished for trying to cheat and take a shortcut makes me
smile. Not laugh, really, but I am amused.
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