Comments on: the hunted http://toase.net/2006/03/31/the-hunted/ Love/Hate Video Games. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gatmog http://toase.net/2006/03/31/the-hunted/#comment-400 gatmog Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:26:45 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=362#comment-400 Yeesh. It's tedious to read past Tycho's superficial verbage to get to the point of what he's saying. It seems like an incredibly simple process to exchange user information between units, which is definitely in line with everything else about the DS's online functionality. But it doesn't make it any easier for someone that simply wants to try a friend's copy of the game because the Nintendo WiFi user data is stored right on the cartridge and will be overwritten. Yeesh. It’s tedious to read past Tycho’s superficial verbage to get to the point of what he’s saying. It seems like an incredibly simple process to exchange user information between units, which is definitely in line with everything else about the DS’s online functionality. But it doesn’t make it any easier for someone that simply wants to try a friend’s copy of the game because the Nintendo WiFi user data is stored right on the cartridge and will be overwritten.

]]> By: Brinstar http://toase.net/2006/03/31/the-hunted/#comment-399 Brinstar Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:51:01 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=362#comment-399 Tycho from Penny Arcade was able to transfer his player ID data from his old DS to his DS Lite. http://www.penny-arcade.com/#1143793200 Tycho from Penny Arcade was able to transfer his player ID data from his old DS to his DS Lite.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/#1143793200

]]> By: gatmog http://toase.net/2006/03/31/the-hunted/#comment-398 gatmog Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:10:13 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=362#comment-398 I wouldn’t call it "all flash, no substance" – rather, if I might make an esoteric comparison, I would call it a Guided By Voices song. Just when the guitar hooks and melody pull you in, the song ends abruptly. There is enough of a framework in this game to provide a suitable Metroid adventure, but it just wasn’t taken far enough. It was as if Nintendo expected the multiplayer to carry the entire game. And the multiplayer is good – just not <i>that</i> good. Aside from the standard disclaimer in the back of the game manual that basically says "copying software is bad" there is no indicator that you are purchasing a "license" with the game. It seems to me Nintendo is adopting the Xbox Live strategy: having a ubiquitous service that oversees online activity, ensuring that every game has an associated legitimate user (though I am not sure how it handles the unique IDs of the console itself and whether it treats the software and hardware as a set). It’s been proven time and again that simple CD-Keys and invasive copy protection software is not enough to prevent people from playing cracked copies online, so this hardware/software lock appears as the most logical option. I expect we’ll start to see the same type of enforcement in Windows Vista. I wouldn’t call it “all flash, no substance” – rather, if I might make an esoteric comparison, I would call it a Guided By Voices song. Just when the guitar hooks and melody pull you in, the song ends abruptly. There is enough of a framework in this game to provide a suitable Metroid adventure, but it just wasn’t taken far enough. It was as if Nintendo expected the multiplayer to carry the entire game. And the multiplayer is good – just not that good.

Aside from the standard disclaimer in the back of the game manual that basically says “copying software is bad” there is no indicator that you are purchasing a “license” with the game. It seems to me Nintendo is adopting the Xbox Live strategy: having a ubiquitous service that oversees online activity, ensuring that every game has an associated legitimate user (though I am not sure how it handles the unique IDs of the console itself and whether it treats the software and hardware as a set). It’s been proven time and again that simple CD-Keys and invasive copy protection software is not enough to prevent people from playing cracked copies online, so this hardware/software lock appears as the most logical option. I expect we’ll start to see the same type of enforcement in Windows Vista.

]]> By: Tony Walsh http://toase.net/2006/03/31/the-hunted/#comment-397 Tony Walsh Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:25:04 +0000 http://toase.net/wp/?p=362#comment-397 Sounds like a classic case of all flash, no substance. The issue of the locked-down DS/cartridge combo is troubling. Does the packaging give any indication of the "license" you are obviously paying for (as opposed to the product?). Sounds like a classic case of all flash, no substance. The issue of the locked-down DS/cartridge combo is troubling. Does the packaging give any indication of the “license” you are obviously paying for (as opposed to the product?).

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