Restricted Area's Jan Beuck interviewed

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:35 pm

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<a href="http://www.homelanfed.com">HomeLAN Fed</a> have <a href="http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id= ... nterviewed Jan Beuck of Master Creating</a> - developers of <a href="http://www.ra2083.com/">Restricted Area</a> - about the year in PC gaming and what he thinks the future holds.<blockquote>HomeLAN - Finally, is there anything else you wish to say about the past year in games and/or the upcoming year in games?
 
 Jan Beuck - The games market is more and more controlled by a few big publsihers which recycle always the same concepts with better graphics and - sometimes - a few tweaks. This makes playing games pretty boring for people that already played a lot of games (like me). I hope this gets better next year, but instead it seems to get worse. :-/</blockquote>Online distribution is the way forward, in my opinion.
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Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:26 am

Online distribution also has its flaws. Good for multiplayer games but you get screwed over needing an internet connection in order to play a single player game. Or that is how it is with STEAM at least.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:35 am

Why care if you have broadband, though?

Stop the useless whingeing.

Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:29 am

I don't have consistent, if any, internet access for four months out of the year, so yeah, it is a bit of concern for me.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:50 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:Why care if you have broadband, though?

Stop the useless whingeing.

Most people DON'T have broadband, and there are a lot of people who don't trust being at the mercy of massive corporations. In my opinion, STEAM is very big-brotherish.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:43 pm

Yeah it is, I never said it wasn't, but why bother?

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:17 am

S4ur0n27 wrote:Yeah it is, I never said it wasn't, but why bother?

not enough seemen on that avatar

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:19 am

Hey mismatch, stop spamming up the news forum please

kthx

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:55 am

You forgot "die", tea.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:09 am

Die, then.
But yeah, spam doesn't belong in the news forum. Keep things on topic...

kthxdie.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:43 am

Online distribution = less warez = less money in my wallet = bad

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:55 am

Online distribution = less game, more bureaucracy. No thanks.