Like Maple Story, Command & Conquer 4 will require an Internet connection to play.
Expanding on a previous message board Q&A session by Electronic Arts Redwood Shores’ Jimmy Feasel, community manager Aaron Kaufman told Command and Conquer DEN readers that C&C 4 will require players to be online constantly, mostly because of the “player progression” stuff we’ve been teased with.
"As of right now, you need to be online all the time to play C&C 4," Kaufman told readers. "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. While some may be taken aback by this, we've been testing this feature internally with all of our world-wide markets."
Whoa. And you thought Starcraft LAN players got the shaft. Like Starcraft II’s LAN-lessness, we have a feeling this has something to do with DRM more so than uploading statistics to a server. We’ll check it out for you.
[via Joystiq]
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5:00 AM on 07.15.2009
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Being forced to stay online doesn't mean there isn't a single player campaign. Come on.
"While some may be taken aback by this, we've been testing this feature internally with all of our world-wide markets."
-Don't worry guys, they've been testing it........That's right. We have no need to fear because this is being tested. Does this mean that previous games weren't tested? Isn't this kind of a mandatory thing? He didn't even mention if the testing had been positive in a fact kind of way.
If you give gamers real reasons to support your DRM then we'll buy it. Some crappy excuse like what these guys are saying doesn't cut it though.
And why does the gaming industry think they're above the DRM line? Music and movies don't have DRM. In fact, pretty much every other product lets you sell it used if you so wish. So I'm pretty tired about video game companies thinking they're special on this subject.
You wouldn't have let this happen.
I'm sure it would start making a difference if your router broke, there was a problem with your connection, your ISP had some issues, Microsoft's authentication servers were overloaded, their network was down for maintenance or a hundred other things that stopped you being able to connect.
And I can understand that it would be a bad idea for a console game. But if your PC isn't connected to the internet, then why do you have a PC in the first place?
What makes me a dumbass about stating that Broadband is "always online internet"???
Do you have dial up or something?
Off you fuck dickhead.