Anarchy Online

[Tobias]

Anarchy Online(a MMORPG) is letting people download and play for free for a year if you sign up before Jan 15. I wouldnt buy the game myself, but you cant beat free entertainment. (free accounts terminated 1/1/06). Anyhoo, sign up and if you see a blue haired soldier named 'Anevan' pwning up the place, thats me.

[Tobias]

Link: Anarchy Online

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

WTF!? I posted this >_< I told Broli about it...

[Tobias]

Must have been during my inactive week then. =(

[The Not Cool Not Tapion]

It's on the same page, like 7 topics down.

[Tobias]

Shit. I wonder why it didnt show up as an unread topic. Oh well, Spread the word brutha!

[Broli]

After playing it for a bit, I can see why they're offering it for free. =\

[Amadeus]

Joined as Tapron. I like things that are free

[Amadeus]

And since I like things that are free, il be certainly getting myself this once it becomes available.

Sorry for posting again but its been over 5 minutes

[Tobias]

Originally posted by Broli
After playing it for a bit, I can see why they're offering it for free. =\

It actually gets better once you leave the noob island. But like I said, I would never buy it.

[Amadeus]

What bothers me about Game companies is they think the more will they raise the price of the game, the more will they earn. Well the harsh truth is the more they raise the price. the more piracy flurishes. In these days, there isnt a single popular game you cant get over the net and with the help of Bittorrent. Beacuse people dont have much money they revert to these. Of course, sometimes pirate games are of a lot less quality then their for sale cousins. Let me explain myself:

For instance, Halo 2. 5 million copies have been sold (at least at the beggining). The price for a Xbox version is 44,99$. Now imagine they would cut the price by two-thirds (15$). This would upmost certainly cause a rise of selling (x3 probably). True they would have the same profit....BUT they would crush piracy, beacuse the game would be so cheap people would rather buy better quality then get bad quality over the net. Heck even I can affor 15 bucks. I mean I do have a 45$ dollar scolarship, in these days, when they have to give me the money for the previous months, even 90$. Well ok, in truth I have a 90$ scolarship (In these days 180$) beacuse my mom takes half. But I still have a nice amount. The point is anyone would be able to afford such a game. With higher prices, come lower sales. Unfortunately, game makers dont realize that. And so I can only watch trough the glass of the store the copy of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
(70$)

Also pirate games have a nack of not supporting multiplayer. Can you imagine whats that like for a MP-focused game such as Battlefield or Unreal Tournament? Trust me when I say in those games, singleplayer is only added for a better look.

[Metal Teemer]

Pirated games not supporting MP? What the heck are you talking about? I have UT and Counterstrike, and they certainly support MP.

EDIT: And how exactly did that long paragraph explain how pirated copies are of lower quality?

[Tobias]

But... why did this turn into an argument over pirated games? Well at least were on the subject of games. Thats more than can be expected from this place.

[Metal Teemer]

We figured that since this was the second thread on the same topic that we'd just turn it into whatever we felt like. Plus, this is about a free game, and pirated games are free, ipso facto, this is now about pirated games.

[Raditzu]

Ya know... getting raped in an alley by a fat guy named Ramone is also free.

[Metal Teemer]

Originally posted by Raditzu
Ya know... getting raped in an alley by a fat guy named Ramone is also free.

It may be free, but in order for it to be considered a game, you'll probably have to pay. That's how Ramone feeds his family. Well, that and semen.

[Amadeus]

I didnt say ALL pirated games were of bad quality. But some are. Or have something missing etc.

TOPICS:

Pirate games:Well of such an old game as Counterstrike, i would expect to allow MP and yes MOHAA did work MP. But the newest Unreal certainly did not and call of duty and battlefield, which I hoped most to play online, didnt work. Unless there is a way to make them work MP.

Free games: Personally I think the best free game is RTCW:Enemy Territory. Its got all the qualities of the original RTCW online play and its got lots of goodies. Allthough there is a little number of maps, faitfhul users create more of them.

[Vegeta]

You just suck if your pirated games don't go online. =x

You must be getting shitty releases.

[Amadeus]

Well I dont know abotu Battlefield, i never got that huge patch....but at CoD it says Invalid CD Key

[Metal Koola]

a lot of games require a 'real' cd key to get multiplayer access, I know I had that trouble with Neverwinter Nights. I still have yet to buy that actually...