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goddog on 30 March 2012
sethnintendo said:
goddog said:
i saw this and i thought ..... F############## EA now another series i love that i will not buy the next version of. first C&C now this... i still rock to 4 though, got a friend into it the other week ... damn fun game and the mods oh the mods


To be fair C&C was screwed the second EA bought Westwood.


yea.... sigh i have like a running tally of studios i like they killed, maxis... pandemic...westwood... ect 



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goddog on 30 March 2012
superchunk said:
goddog said:


so you never game on a laptop when you dont have internet? i cant count the hours ive burned in civ/simcity/C&C off line ... single player off line is a must... multiplayer is a nice option and great for showing off, but single player is needed,

 

EA i know you wont, but set it up like minecraft ... id still pay up to 60usd for it if you did, and i hate you. man managing my own sim city server would be pimp, and till have a single player offline mode woooo

Nope. I don't own laptops... only game via home. The only long trip I've taken where I wanted portable entertainment, I bought a DS and a couple games. Sold them when I got back. If I take a job where I travel more, I'll have my smartphone with games/movies or I'll buy a 3DS.

Civ and SimCity take too long to play for me to want to do it on a laptop.... I hate using mousepad on those games and I don't memorize the short cuts keys.


always packa mouse so when im stuck in an airport i can break it out... portable are nice, but i awlays have a laptop on me, for work and combining in my gaming just makes it easier... the cell phone has reduced the amount i use it, but i find my psp far less used now, the laptop less effected by the cell phones rise... now i want loco roco on my htc rezound 



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lestatdark on 30 March 2012
sethnintendo said:
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Laptops are just as bad as tablets for gaming. Unless you actually hook up a real mouse and keyboard to your laptop.

No, they all have keyboards and mice! I know a trackpad isn't idea, but it works fine in many many games, just no an FPS or something. 

You can of course forget about this because you can conncet controlers to both. For my tablet, you can just connect a DS 3 and I have a wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The great advantage of a laptop is of course STEAM and the much better games avaliable for the platform (and mine has enough power to run even the newest games on medium at least)


I'm sorry I just hate the trackpad/ balls or whatever the hell is there instead of a real actual mouse.  Try playing SC (or any FPS, RTS game) with a trackpad then get back to me.  If you say you can then you are playing against dumped down AI or shitty players.   Hell, I'd probably blow up a laptop trying to play Civ on it with a trackpad.

I agree, the trackpad on any laptop really doesn't cut it for gaming, even for those simplistic online flash games. I've been gaming on laptops for the past 7 years and I always use a mouse for it.

Having said that, i'm much more comfortable with the Keyboard of a laptop than on a normal computer, especially with the one of my current laptop, as there's a very nice spacing between keys and a good depression feedback. Plus, my laptop can run any game currently released so I'm good with it. 

OT - It's a shame that SimCity is going with the Internet Connection to play way, but sadly that's going to become the norm in the future.



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Mummelmann on 30 March 2012
goddog said:
sethnintendo said:
goddog said:
i saw this and i thought ..... F############## EA now another series i love that i will not buy the next version of. first C&C now this... i still rock to 4 though, got a friend into it the other week ... damn fun game and the mods oh the mods


To be fair C&C was screwed the second EA bought Westwood.


yea.... sigh i have like a running tally of studios i like they killed, maxis... pandemic...westwood... ect 

To be fair; the Westwood employes were given jobs within EA. Making mobile games for the likes of N-Gage... What a glorious task!



goddog on 30 March 2012
Mummelmann said:
goddog said:
sethnintendo said:
goddog said:
i saw this and i thought ..... F############## EA now another series i love that i will not buy the next version of. first C&C now this... i still rock to 4 though, got a friend into it the other week ... damn fun game and the mods oh the mods


To be fair C&C was screwed the second EA bought Westwood.


yea.... sigh i have like a running tally of studios i like they killed, maxis... pandemic...westwood... ect 

To be fair; the Westwood employes were given jobs within EA. Making mobile games for the likes of N-Gage... What a glorious task!


i can only imagine that the forbarers of todays gamers, must have tormented E.A. managment througout thier youth and this is thier revenge



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Munkeh111 on 30 March 2012
sethnintendo said:
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Laptops are just as bad as tablets for gaming. Unless you actually hook up a real mouse and keyboard to your laptop.

No, they all have keyboards and mice! I know a trackpad isn't idea, but it works fine in many many games, just no an FPS or something. 

You can of course forget about this because you can conncet controlers to both. For my tablet, you can just connect a DS 3 and I have a wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The great advantage of a laptop is of course STEAM and the much better games avaliable for the platform (and mine has enough power to run even the newest games on medium at least)


I'm sorry I just hate the trackpad/ balls or whatever the hell is there instead of a real actual mouse.  Try playing SC (or any FPS, RTS game) with a trackpad then get back to me.  If you say you can then you are playing against dumped down AI or shitty players.   Hell, I'd probably blow up a laptop trying to play Civ on it with a trackpad.

Okay, well I can certainly play Total War games, as I don't really bother with the actual battles. But I do just tend to play turn based, or very slow paced games on my laptop, but it is CERTAINLY better than a tablet



sethnintendo on 30 March 2012
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Laptops are just as bad as tablets for gaming. Unless you actually hook up a real mouse and keyboard to your laptop.

No, they all have keyboards and mice! I know a trackpad isn't idea, but it works fine in many many games, just no an FPS or something. 

You can of course forget about this because you can conncet controlers to both. For my tablet, you can just connect a DS 3 and I have a wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The great advantage of a laptop is of course STEAM and the much better games avaliable for the platform (and mine has enough power to run even the newest games on medium at least)


I'm sorry I just hate the trackpad/ balls or whatever the hell is there instead of a real actual mouse.  Try playing SC (or any FPS, RTS game) with a trackpad then get back to me.  If you say you can then you are playing against dumped down AI or shitty players.   Hell, I'd probably blow up a laptop trying to play Civ on it with a trackpad.

Okay, well I can certainly play Total War games, as I don't really bother with the actual battles. But I do just tend to play turn based, or very slow paced games on my laptop, but it is CERTAINLY better than a tablet

I believe it would be possible.  I just simply suck at using trackpads because I have little to zero experience using them (I'v always had desktop computers).  I have never owned a laptop.  So if you play on laptop for a few years then I am sure one can get decent with it.   I would just plainly suck and get pretty annoyed.    You do win the portability contest though.



Munkeh111 on 30 March 2012
sethnintendo said:
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Munkeh111 said:
sethnintendo said:
Laptops are just as bad as tablets for gaming. Unless you actually hook up a real mouse and keyboard to your laptop.

No, they all have keyboards and mice! I know a trackpad isn't idea, but it works fine in many many games, just no an FPS or something. 

You can of course forget about this because you can conncet controlers to both. For my tablet, you can just connect a DS 3 and I have a wired Xbox 360 controller for my PC. The great advantage of a laptop is of course STEAM and the much better games avaliable for the platform (and mine has enough power to run even the newest games on medium at least)


I'm sorry I just hate the trackpad/ balls or whatever the hell is there instead of a real actual mouse.  Try playing SC (or any FPS, RTS game) with a trackpad then get back to me.  If you say you can then you are playing against dumped down AI or shitty players.   Hell, I'd probably blow up a laptop trying to play Civ on it with a trackpad.

Okay, well I can certainly play Total War games, as I don't really bother with the actual battles. But I do just tend to play turn based, or very slow paced games on my laptop, but it is CERTAINLY better than a tablet

I believe it would be possible.  I just simply suck at using trackpads because I have little to zero experience using them (I'v always had desktop computers).  I have never owned a laptop.  So if you play on laptop for a few years then I am sure one can get decent with it.   I would just plainly suck and get pretty annoyed.    You do win the portability contest though.

Fair enough, I am planning on moving to a nice powerful desktop anyway



Yakuzaice on 31 March 2012

I'm kind of glad in a way.  I already had severe reservations with the game ($80 for the full game, origin, no mod support at launch, hints of being a social game).  This just makes the decision to pass on it much easier.  This would be the perfect time for Ubisoft to pull their head out of their ass and build some goodwill with fans by removing the DRM from Settlers and Anno.



sperrico87 on 31 March 2012
Jumpin said:
I don't see the problem? How are you posting on these forums if you don't have an Internet connection?

bahahahahaha.