I don't like that, but I'm still refraining from buying the game altogether because of it's ridiculous always-online requirement. The predecessor wasn't like that, and there's no reason for the singleplayer segments of a racing simulator who enjoyed extreme longevity through modding, to be stuck on remote servers that can and WILL be shut down at some point in the future.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Since the sim racing "community" is extremely biased towards their favorite game, i see no reaction and lots of understanding from fans.

[–] Johnny_Flashbang@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I saw one comment on Steam: "I hope so because it really made no sense at all selling the game at its current price. I feel I didn't really pay enough given the typical cost of games".

Eagle Dynamics would like to have such fans in DCS.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fan is short for fanatic.

[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

Fanatec you say?

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ain't no way that's a real person, who tf could possibly type that out and click post without a moment of introspection

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Plenty of G*mers out there who would gladly just give their wallet over to their favorite developer/publisher. Even here on Lemmy. I even got downvoted for telling someone that no one was forcing them to buy the next new console when it comes out, and they replied that yes they will if their partner finds out about a particular new game. I was flabbergasted.

It doesn't surprise me at all. In fact I've seen other similar comments on other steam games that people like riding the dick of.

ETA: Comment in question

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unless you need a primer on how to discern literal statements from “functionally true” ones, which I honestly think is very unlikely, you should really try to be a little more generous in your interpretation of other people‘s words. They’re just saying their partner is going to be very excited about a certain game and want to play it, so there will be a bit of pressure to accommodate it and these problems are not enough to warrant making their partner unhappy. There are a lot of places for instance that I boycott, but if I’m with a group of people and they want to go there, I’m not necessarily going to make a big stink about it.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Eagle Dynamics would like to have such fans in DCS.

lol, poor lads. The effort they put in each DLC is astronomical.

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kunos has built a lot of good will in the community with the modability of AC and long term support for both AC and ACC. The AC Evo early access has been real clunky but they earned their fans and their understanding.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Will EVO be modable? Will it need always online to play singleplayer?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They've said it will be moddable in the full release and that they intend to create their own platform to host mods

[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Bethesda's storefront for paid mods that they tried out for Skyrim's special edition in 2023. Hopefully they don't pull a bait-and-switch on their players and it's just a platform for free mods.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are a lot of paid mods for the original AC, so I expect that will be part of it. However, I do think that there are two other reasons for the devs to want to host a platform of their own:

Being able to remove content ripped from other games, which will help keep them out of trouble
Giving users the option to automatically download the mods necessary to join a multiplayer game

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but requiring payment for a mod is the modder's decision for AC. For AC EVO, I'm concerned Kunos is going to make that their decision.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That needs to be taken with a grain of salt after this silent move.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago

I agree, although I think that they would understand how harmful a lack of mod support would be to the game. I hope they do, anyway

[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Link?

[–] Johnny_Flashbang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Sorry, fixed it :D