Capcom Announces Unreplayable Game 535
Hatta writes "Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D for the Nintendo 3DS will be an experience that can be completed once per customer. Using a single, unwipable save slot Capcom ensures that a second hand customer gets a second rate experience. If you buy this game used, you will be stuck with the previous owner's progress, unable to start the game fresh."
Re:Book? (Score:4, Informative)
That would be William Gibson's _Agrippa_ a memoir of his father:
http://www.dissemination.dk/research/books/postcard-from-a-dead-future/ [dissemination.dk]
It contained aquatint etchings which would degrade when exposed to light and a _floppy disk_ w/ the text which would encrypt itself as it was displayed (naturally this has since been broken).
William
Re:Will anybody buy this lemon? (Score:5, Informative)
They're treating it as a success at capcom because Gamestop is paying 6$ for it used in the UK and in Japan.
Source. [digitaltrends.com]
Re:What about corrupted saves? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:First! (Score:4, Informative)
A more nuanced description of the save game system is here:
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/35476/Capcom_Used_Sales_Not_A_Factor_In_The_Mercenaries_Save_System.php [gamasutra.com]
Just keep in mind this isn't an RPG, where saved data prevents you from seeing the beginning. This is a shooter game where your high scores and unlocks are permanently saved to the card. I suppose it's sad that you can't restore everything back to its original locked state and get the pleasure of unlocking each item individually, but I doubt it's as bad as everyone fears.
Re:The Bickering (Score:5, Informative)
One important thing missing from the summary:
This is an arcade game were the save file only keeps high scores and unlocked content, similar to unlocking characters in a Street Fighter game.
Although some may prefer to unlock everything themselves, I can also see many would love to buy a used and fully u locked copy of the game over a new one.
This instance of the feature does not deserve any real doom crying.
Re:Siblings... (Score:4, Informative)
What part of Resident Evil sounds like a game that children should play?