eastcoast2895 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 (link from theforce.net) http://www.digitalanimators.com/2004/03_mar/news/pep3zxnk.htm apparently lucasarts is going to use gamespy for online games, i guess the browser incident with jedi academy won't happen again. i'm happy about this because my experience with halo that has a gamespy browser has been good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techmedic007 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 If playing through gamespyware is the only way you can play online i might have second thoughts about buying this game. Gamespy is loaded with spyware (mainly tracking cookies) that send back info to gamespy and IGN on what games your playing. Also if you dont use the paid version you are bombarded with advertising and have to wait for the timed advertising to stop before you can even log onto the main server. Not my idea of a good online game experience. Bad idea in my opinion. This is a good way to ruin a potentially great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacius1 Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 oh god, please no. it is definately good way to ruin the games online experience. I shouldnt have to register and screw around with anything before I can play my god damm game online. I never use gamespy, and I dont want to start. this really pisses me off, I hate having to register with some site that takes forever with numerous pages and loading before I can play. what a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingWookiee Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I tryed Gamespy once, didn't like it. Hopefully you'll be able to play it on All Seeing Eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Anne Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 I hate Gamespy too. I seriously, seriously hate it. I prefer ingame browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted March 25, 2004 Share Posted March 25, 2004 most likely you'll be able to use ASE as well.. i dont like the fact of gamespy beeing the standard one though the good thing is though, that you may expect 100% SDKs, and that sw:bf gets good consulting and beta testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast2895 Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 i think if they do use gamespy it will be like halo where it says "powered by gamespy" in the upper corner but is an in-game browser where you don't have to download gamespy (which i also hate), sign up, and there is no spyware with it to my knowledge because i use adaware and it never had anything from the halo install folder when i ran it after i installed halo. (the in game browser for halo powered by gamespy is what i was talking about previously) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Well, I certainly would not want to be forced to use Gamespy. I too have tried it, and while it was okay, I prefer to use ASE, or the in-game server browsers. As long as it's an option, then no problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wai_TungLeung Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I don't actually mind GameSpy, but then again I'm too laid back to care about anything. Anyway an ingame browser is standard these days, so no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntsman Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I usually just use the ingame browser most games have as standard. If I need to find someone in particular, I just use xfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Gamespy sucks. period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 i think x-box LIVE has its own servers and such. I hope, i dont want to have to go through a middleman like gamespy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Man, sometimes I feel invisible on LucasForums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 That's the price to pay for being an admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast2895 Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 just to say that i'm not disrespecting you Swoosh or anything, but my thread was started before yours if that is what you mean about being invisible on Lucasforums, again no disrespect just wanted to let you know that i was not ignoring your thread by creating this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Ah, sorry, I must not have noticed your thread prior to posting my own. Sorry for the simple mistake. Swoosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast2895 Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 nothing to be sorry for as long as we cool. anyways back to topic, has anyone else played a game with an ingame server "powered by gamespy" cuz so far all i see is people bashing the gamespy server browser program which i don't think will be forced on anyone. also rereading the article it never mentions gamespy browser and ingame browsers. all the article states is "IGN/GameSpy will supply LucasArts four distinct Software Development Kits (SDKs) toolkits that integrate with the company's games to provide matchmaking, community, administrative and networking functionality. In addition, IGN/GameSpy will offer LucasArts consulting and beta testing services. " it seems that lucasarts will be creating its own browsers and server programs just with the help of gamespy tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKing Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I don't mind games running in Gamespy as long as they have an in-game browser as well. Last year I got the Judge Dredd game for PC and you could only access multi-player through gamespy (no in-game browser) which meant nobody played in multi at all since it was too difficult for most people to work out. Pity, as the game had some potential on-line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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