Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it
leaths:
I found the AP story. link
Dizzymental:
Quote from: jriggs on 2009 May 22, 15:04:57
I am going to post this here since I am not sure where it should go. I was on my isp homepage this morning and thy run scrolling news stories. In the entertainment section they had a story about Sims 3 and there was an acknowledgment from EA about the piracy and they had this to say-
"EA said the pirated version "is a buggy, pre-final" version of the game.
"It's not the full game. Half of the world _ an entire second city _ is missing," said spokeswoman Holly Rockwood in a statement.
Not sure what to make of it but I haven't heard anything else like this yet so there you go.
Thanks, this is what I've been trying to get across. I'm positive the torrent version has problems, both in the crack and the version. The replacement (the crack) for the TS3 file is, in my opinion, dodgy. I could be wrong but only time will tell. We'll all know for sure in a week or two.
Gelina:
Quote from: leaths on 2009 May 22, 15:12:57
I found the AP story. link
The article keeps referencing June 3rd as the release date - isn't it June 2nd in the US?
Jelenedra:
Video game stores are notorious for that, release date is X, but the stores don't release until the day after because they don't get their copies in until after 5 pm on X. Sometimes. Happens a lot to the Gamestops here. Either they get it a week early, or it is a day late.
Kyna:
Quote from: Dizzymental on 2009 May 22, 15:15:13
Quote from: jriggs on 2009 May 22, 15:04:57
I am going to post this here since I am not sure where it should go. I was on my isp homepage this morning and thy run scrolling news stories. In the entertainment section they had a story about Sims 3 and there was an acknowledgment from EA about the piracy and they had this to say-
"EA said the pirated version "is a buggy, pre-final" version of the game.
"It's not the full game. Half of the world _ an entire second city _ is missing," said spokeswoman Holly Rockwood in a statement.
Not sure what to make of it but I haven't heard anything else like this yet so there you go.
Thanks, this is what I've been trying to get across. I'm positive the torrent version has problems, both in the crack and the version. The replacement (the crack) for the TS3 file is, in my opinion, dodgy. I could be wrong but only time will tell. We'll all know for sure in a week or two.
See other comments about the second city. It was never going to ship with the game, and at this late stage it is too late for EA games to recall all the games (which are probably sitting in the back rooms and warehouses of computer stores) to add it to the game as it is shipped.
I think we'd all like to believe that this leaked version wasn't the real one, based on what we've heard about it so far - the bugs, the problems, the flaws, the removal of some of the best aspects of game play, etc. Unfortunately claims that it's not the "real" game are based more on wishful thinking than on the available evidence.
The bugginess isn't an argument in support of your point of view. The base game for TS2 WAS this buggy - just ask Pescado, who was the first to find and fix many of those base game bugs. Some of the EPs were even buggier and should never have been released in the state they were when released. Over the last few EPs in particular, EA's playtesting & quality control seemed to consist of: "let's release the game/EP, and we'll find about the bugs when the paying customers find them and tell us."
As for RELOADED doing a dodgy crack: you probably aren't aware of the fact that RELOADED have a good reputation in the pirating scene, and I doubt they'd tarnish that reputation by deliberately creating a dodgy crack.
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