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Edited by Saxoclone:
3/8/2013 6:08:17 AM
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Destiny: Always Online
So as many of you may know, SimCity released this week. A lot of websites have said the game itself is pretty good, and it looks like it from the videos and demos I've seen. Unfortunately, its always-online requirement has made it [url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/03/07/simcity-team-adds-servers.aspx]a little bit[/url], [url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/03/07/simcity-fallout-continues.aspx]sort of[/url], [url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/08/simcity-burning-a-warning-to-microsoft-sony-and-all-publishers-on-the-dangers-of-always-online-drm]completely broken.[/url] For obvious reasons, people are in an uproar at SimCity, Maxis, EA, and always-online connections in general.
As we're all aware, Destiny also has a required internet connection. In my opinion, this requirement is justified for Destiny. Unlike SimCity, which can easily function as a single-player game without losing out on any gameplay features, Destiny (at least from what we've been told) must have on internet connection in order to access the multiplayer and co-op features that are the core of the game. Knowing this, I don't have a problem with the required internet connection. However, I am worried about the taste left in the mouth of the gaming community after the effects of SimCity and last year's Diablo 3. I fear that the mere mention of "always-online" for Destiny will now illicit a knee-jerk negative reaction, despite the necessity.
I think the safest thing to do would probably be to include a single-player offline option, but it's probably way too late in development for that, not to mention that it goes against Destiny's core concepts and I think it would show more innovative spirit to take the risk of being online-only. And above all, please hold a public beta to test server stress.
What do you think, community? Have recent "always-online" issues given you reason to be concerned with Destiny? Would you prefer that Destiny include an offline option? Or do you think Destiny should stick to being always-online?
Discuss.
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Edited by SilentJay585: 3/8/2013 4:26:56 PMThe Call Of Duty series has this in place for online and co-op modes so those that play that or play Halo should be familier with this and I agree it would be nice to have offline campaign but at the same time with online they can add to the story line with dlc's and extra content to extend the experience of the game and I also feel that should this game be completely online then so be it and it would be a better decision for story mode content and also easy play but as you said Spartan as Beta may actually be needed to make sure the servers can handle the stress of online multiplayer and online co-op and online campaign that or Bungie needs to just buy the best servers and or have dedicated servers to help with any possible lag issues. Overal even though I stated in and earlier post id prefer to wait to play the full game versus a beta I would support the beta for that it would help make sure the game flows properly on servers, I just would not play it as to not take away from my personal excitement to play the full game once it hits stores.
