I don't know how much clearer the ESRB could be. It has the general rating, the age group it suggests and on the back it gives a general outline of what kind of objectionable content the game contains.
The difference is where the money comes from! If this were a government group, then it would be getting money from taxes. Since it's an entity that was set up by private industry, it's funded by the fees it charges to rate games. This is a huge difference, because it means that the cost of having such a rating system is solely incorporated into the cost of games and anyone who doesn't buy games won't be paying for it (unless some big company is subsidizing it's game development with sales of other products... and I don't think anyone does that. Consoles themselves get that treatment, but not software.)[DOUBLEPOST=1380126991,1380126902][/DOUBLEPOST]
Can you show an example of how the Dutch system is better? Because I'm failing to see what more information the ESRB could offer than what it already has available.
From what I understand, PEGI is pretty much exactly the same thing as ESRB, except that individual countries who adopt it can legally enforce it (or not) as they choose.
What....
Kiss of death words. WIDE APPEAL. MASS APPEAL! DEM CALL OF DUTY PLAYERS WILL SURELY STOP PLAYING FOR THIS SHITTY LOOKING F2P VAMPEER GAME.
COD VAMPIREZ!
... and less people would be saying this if they'd try The Secret World. It's the best game that nobody is playing. Smooth launch, tons of content, fun PVP, unique setting and a one-of-a-kind skill system. That's not even getting into the awesome ARGs they run to expand the metaplot. There is nothing like it on the market and I love it for it.
Why is this video game set in the town where How To Train Your Dragon was filmed?
Doews FFXIV use "XP groups" where you farm day in and day out like in 11?
I had just came here to post this... Fuck Squeenix, fuck them with a rusty drillbit.
Hey hey HEY! None of that talk! Look how well that mass appeal thing worked out for XCom: The Bureau!
I believe that's Eidos Montreal, my friend Max works there and is on the project.[DOUBLEPOST=1380194491,1380194446][/DOUBLEPOST]
LOTRO was pretty solid.
If you remember the Secret World thread, I played it for months, so my knowledge is based on playing both. My problems with that game was the class system was bloated and required way way too much grinding to achieve any kind of real -class- though I did very thoroughly enjoy the world and the voice acting I was never actually drawn into it.
Nope, it has a main quest storyline where you can level from 1-50 solo if you like, with instanced dungeons much like WoW through in here and there that you can party up for using a LFG UI to make your party in a matter of minutes. There are also daily quests if you prefer a more direct approach to xp, there's a FATE system that plays like RIFT's rift system (invasions of certain types happening all the time. Either attack a huge group of npcs, fight a huge boss monster, escort an npc from point A to point B etc). So your leveling choice is varied.
It took LOTRO a very long time to get solid, it's launch was anything but. That's not even my biggest problem with it. For as pretty a game it was, it was terribly optimized for most systems, as is evident by almost 2yrs of complaints on the technical forums. Even if both those things were not an issue, my biggest problems with it was the evolving main storyline that left behind new players, it's poor party system for dungeons, and the biggest problem was it's lack of connectivity to the world. Your character literally felt like it was sliding across the floor while doing walking/running animation. It never felt like footsteps. For me, that's the kiss of a death for any PC game.
Yes and No, my good man.
