Probably, though that's about the same as saying that something's the best pet rental company in the world. It's a service in which I'm not even the tiniest bit interested.

... what are some deal breakers for you. if i get enough ideas ill make a poll....

The only reason I wouldn't at least pick up the game and try it if there was..... err.. i dunno really.

Not want to play?

A non-epic storyline, involving Sean Bean
A lack of levitation
Ugly characters
Removal of multiple armor pieces
Uncostumizable (lul) magic system

Also, I'd really hate if Skyrim were just to puke a bunch of cool stuff out, then have it over in like 20 hours...
That seems to be the trend with games these days. I want to be able to sit in my room for 3999 years playing it.

But really, that's just stuff that would make me not want to PLAY it. I'm still going to buy it, no matter what.

I trust Bethesda to make an awesome game, they have never disappointed me. So at this point there are no deal-breakers for me with Skyrim... :tes: (...unless TES ever goes online. Then my love affair with the series shall come to an abrupt halt. )

(...unless TES ever goes online. Then my love affair with the series shall come to an abrupt halt. )

The biggest thing is the system for fighting/ hits. I didn't like the way it was done in Morrowind, and I never got all the way through the game because I'd swing my sword so many times and hardly get anywhere. As long as they don't go back to that again, I'm pretty sure I'll like it. Oblivion's style is the one I liked best, and I'm hoping they don't change it too much from the style in Oblivion. Of course, there is always room for improvement, and I hope they change the right things....

I'll still buy it, though. I never let other people's opinions decide for me, if I haven't seen it for myself.

Steam is perfectly good as a digital game store & distribution method. I've used it before, and will again.


However, using an online service that you repeatedly have to access, to provide copy protection for a non-online, single player, purchasable in a physical store on physical media, game..... is somewhat absurd. (Not as bad as Ubi-soft's joke of a DRM system of the last few years, but it's up there).

Copy protection schemes need to be balanced between "inconveniences pirates" and "inconveniences legal users". The true high-level pirates won't be stopped by anything. (Ubisoft's draconian system was cracked within a week). But totally open releases have shown that lazy people will download stolen software just because. So yeah, you need some level of DRM. But even a basic level will stop the "casual" pirates.

Crazy high end DRM systems that screw up stuff for legitimate users only really exist to make the shareholders and company board feel good.

(And then there's the minor issues - like, automatic patching via Steam, instead of being able to install the patch you want. Example, one of the Fallout 3 patches broke modding. At which point, everyone using mods reverted their FO3 installs to an earlier patch. Which they could do, because it wasn't autopatched by some online system. Another issue is the paranoia of "but Steam can go out of business/go crazy/get hacked/whatever, and I won't be able to run my game! I still run decade+ old games on older systems because I just need the disk for copy protection! Someday I won't be able to run my Steam games! " :ahhh: )


So yeah... there's a number of issues there.


Personally, I'm really not a fan, but it didn't stop me from getting FO:NV (which used the stupid Steam system). So it's not a "dealbreaker" for me. Just a major disappointment.


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Yeah, that one would have a good chance of me skipping it. If I'm going to play an RPG that can't be screwed with, I'd rather go for something more linear with a stronger plot/story/acting/etc.

Steams never going to go out of business for financial reasons

ALCO (American Locomotive Company) was one of the largest producers of steam locomotives in America. They went out of business to a small company that never manufactured locomotives, nor even the streetcars they sold. "The big three" American locomotive companies, of which ALCO was included in, were demolished by a small company because they had no experience with building locomotives. No one saw that happening, but it did.

Never say never, some small company that has no experience in an industry might just come out of nowhere and flip it upside down.

And steam exlusive is a deal breaker for me as well. Its a great option, but if I have to use it for retail disks I won't buy it.

Steams never going to go out of business for financial reasons, just about the only thing that could make it go out of business at this point is the end of the world. Steam getting hacked won't make it so you can't play your game, beacuse it will survive. However getting your account hacked can, but they have a really good security system, so that most likly won't happen, but if it does, it's really easy to get your accont back. I have no idea why you think hard copies will last longer then a digital version. CD's corrode, get scratched or become obsolete. A digital copy is technically immortal. By the time the digital copy is incompatible ALL copies will be incompatible. Those fears are unfounded. However I do agree it makes no sense to have a single player only game that is not made by Value, or a Steam exclusive, to require Steam. I personally don't think it will, and if it does you guys have nothing to worry about.

ALCO going out of business was inevitable, because they don't use steam locomotion anymore. Steam provides a service that is in demand, and will always be in demand as long as we are in the digital age. They are also not public domain business so they can't be bought out. Also Bethesda would NEVER make it so you can only buy it on Steam, which is what Steam exclusive means. They would lose hundreds of millions of dollars because some people like to buy form stores or other direct download companies.

If Steam is declared a monopoly it could be forced to be broken up

ALCO going out of business was inevitable, because they don't use steam locomotion anymore. Steam provides a service that is in demand, and will always be in demand as long as we are in the digital age. They are also not public domain business so they can't be bought out. Also Bethesda would NEVER make it so you can only buy it on Steam, which is what Steam exclusive means. They would lose hundreds of millions of dollars because some people like to buy form stores or other direct download companies.