It's not such a simple matter to dismiss the issue by saying it's DLC. What's next, will they charge for patches and updates?
If not charge for them, then what if you don't have an internet connection, will they mail you the patches or do you get a partial refund because some feature in the game doesn't work right?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Trying Type-Moon's latest VN's demo, Mahou Tsukai no Yoru, I quickly noticed a strange, stupid, whining noise from my computer every time the game needed to do something more graphically intensive (yeah, it actually boasts quite impressive graphics for a VN). I removed a side panel and tried to locate where the noise is coming from. However, it was very difficult, to say the least. Nekomimi might have made a difference, but unfortunately my head doesn't sport a pair. Eventually I gave up and removed the video card, switching the monitor cable to the mobo's DVI port. Funnily enough Intel HD Graphics 4000 could barely run the game and not all too smoothly (that's some VN!), but the noise wasn't there.
From this I dare to guess the noise is coming either from the video card or the PSU. I suppose the next, and highly annoying, test has to be to relocate the PSU as far from the case as the cables allow, so that I can put my head between the PSU and the video card. That ought to tell, even with inferior human ears, from which direction the noise comes.
Just for clarity: I don't hear any such noise when launching some "real" game. It seems to be related somehow to the VN's very sporadic nature of needing more muscles. Most of the time, after all, just displaying text on a static background requires little power. It's only when something animated happens that the computer whistles.
For the record, i was agreeing with you, *gets hit by lightning*.Originally Posted by Animeniax
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. -Marie Curie
Sorry couldn't tell, though now that I'm re-reading it, it sounds like you're saying "pirate that shit."
As a homeowner, I feel your pain... coming home from work to some problem or other is always a bitch when you just want to relax. But still better than living in an apartment. And since I don't like you...
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edit: sigh, crappy office network. Mods, please combine.
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“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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