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Prepare to get pissed...C&C 4 requires you to be online 24/7.
Woverine | 1:28 AM on 07.16.2009 9 comments


hey guys just read this and though it was pretty ridiculous. Apparently in order to play Command and Conquer 4 you have to be connected to the internet at all times.... even for single player.

FTA:
"As of right now, you need to be online all the time to play C&C 4. This is primarily due to our 'player progression' feature so everything can be tracked. C&C 4 is not an MMO in the sense of World of Warcraft, but conceptually it has similar principles for being online all the time," Community Leader APOC wrote. No matter what mode you're playing, no matter what you're doing, if you want to play Command and Conquer 4, you're going to need to have a working Internet connection.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/07/forced-to-connect-eas-cc-4-requires-always-on-internet.ars

Good ole EA for ya! They even have the nerve to say that this game is shipping with no DRM protection.
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sohnvonben's Destructoid Blog
well not really, I just wont buy it.
10BobMarleys's Destructoid Blog
The list of reasons to game on a PC as opposed to a console shrinks every day.
Magnalon's Destructoid Blog
@bob
PC will always: read: always be king for FPS games. While Halo is charging you $10 per $10 to play the latest ranked maps, you can just get mods/free packs and play every FPS ever made right out of the box, with mouse/keyboard support.

RTS I can't stand with a controller either, but yea, everything but those two genres consoles give you a good experience, even if they nickel and dime free PC mods for $10 a pop.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Destructoid Blog
"PC will always: read: always be king for FPS games."

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

I bet you actually believe this.

Consoles are better than PC's in every single way, the list of reasons to pick a console over PC gaming just keeps getting bigger, PC gaming will never die obviously but its well on its way out and I for one can't wait till there's nothing left but MMO's.
10BobMarleys's Destructoid Blog
@Magnalon : That was true until the PS3 included keyboard and mouse support. Also, how will you mod a game like C&C 4 when it's so tightly locked and controlled?

These things used to be the reason to spend the extra money on a PC. Those days are quickly coming to an end.

Also FU for making me be on the same side as Nanbu.
Magnalon's Destructoid Blog
@Nanbu
Wow, someone has a horrible computer. Honestly, you're telling me you'd rather pay extra for free mods, in Live's case $50 a year, and a smaller community?

Tell the TF2/L4D crowd that the console community/support is better, and so on. There's no arguing that.
Daxelman's Destructoid Blog
I have a good PC, and I'd rather play TF2 on my PS3.

My TV's just sitting there, waiting for it.
Corak's Destructoid Blog
Another reason for me to not get this game, not that I was really planning on it anyway mind you.

I will say that I don't think PC gaming will ever die but I'll agree its on the decline. Its not out but certainly being handed its hat. I used to go to LAN parties a number of years ago, now all the guys I used to do that with are either playing games on a console or are playing an MMO of some type. Yes there are good games you can enjoy on the PC but for me my PS3 gets a hell of a lot more use for gaming than my PC does right now.
PhazonYoshi's Destructoid Blog
PC Gaming, IMO, is better than console gaming in every way sans party games (y'know, crowd round the TV stuff) and local multiplayer that isn't LAN party.

I. M. O.
I definately see why people disagree, it's easier on consoles, you don't have to care for your console in the same way, you won't get attached to the physical hardware in the same way, so when it inevitably dies (some sooner than others), you'll lose naught but money, so on. But seriously - give me a mouse, a keyboard, and the ability to go from remembering a game exists to playing it in under 10 seconds (thanks to either Vista/7's start search, or a keyboard launcher), and I honestly don't know what more I could want?

And don't tell me cheap. My graphics card was £20 (about $40 at the time), and... runs crysis at 60fps. I'm not going to mention which settings, but you get the idea, I don't give a shit about how good graphics are. Give my Yoshi's Island (playable in 4.6 seconds, I just timed me) over hyperrealistic grey and brown any day (Fallout 3? 10.6 seconds, counting load time. Not that it's grey, brown, and bloomy anymore, because bethesda are awesome and have made one of the best modding architectures ever).

PC gaming is harder, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. On topic, it's shit. But lolDRM, that totally works for stopping piracy, in an environment where a user can control every variable.


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