Hehe, yeah, I can be a grumpy bastard sometimesOriginally Posted by abukii
, but I honestly don't think I'm overreacting. It's pretty obvious to me that this is just the first small steps down a very slippery slope, and the more Hell we raise now the bigger the chance they will think twice before doing something like this again in the future (Ok, not bloody likely since this is the second time already...). And it's not that I just hate commercials (well, I do), but it's the specific way they have been stuffed down our throats, and they couldn't even bother to implement it in a way that makes sense. I wouldn't have a problem with this if it was in-game billboards or holograms or corporate logos on the ship skins, but it's not. It's a forced commercial break between races that completely ruins the feel of the game. If the game was free, or cheaper I could even handle that, but it's not. I paid money for an ad-free game. End of story.
Edit : @Abukii : Just noticed you're from the US, so I guess you're a bit more used to commercials than I am. I have to admit that the first time I was in the US I was shocked at the sheer amount of ads everywhere. The problem is, that's not the norm, it's the exception. And when an American company cooks up an ad-delivery system like this and base their decisions on market research done in NY, LA and London there's bound to be friction, because they are forcing something they see as normal on a bunch of people (Europeans to start with) who don't. I'm not dissing the US or anything, I love it here (I'm typing this from my brother's couch in Jacksonville) and I spend a couple of months here every year, but man, it's great to come home and turn on the TV and not see an ad for a whole half hour
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