EA and Battlelog interface: give a fool DRM, he will break his forehead
Surprisingly, EA's desire everywhere in its projects to stick in browser integration. Yes, from a certain point of view, this is more effective DRM for them, but ...
While participating in the alpha test Battlefield 3, I first used their Origin service and Battlelog.
I’ll take a single quote from the Topics Quotes and excerpts from Jeff Raskin’s book Interfaces: New Directions in Computer Systems Design .
1. When you start the game, the browser opens. If the first run - you need to install the plugin. (Glory to the Goddess that restarting the browser is not required, thanks to the developers for this).
2. Now we want to play on a single map with automatic server selection.
We click Quick Match * and ... no, the game window does not open. In the lower left corner a small window appears with a picture indicating the map. to which we will join. If you do not set the “ready for connection” checkbox, you must also press the button for a connection.
3. The fact that we last checked the checkbox - Battlelog does not remember.
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* - I could be mistaken in writing
Interested in the opinion of habrovchan, will this “revolutionary approach” affect your desire to buy Battlefield 3 (if you were going, and especially if you are an alpha test participant)?
And I am interested in the attitude towards the tendency to integrate this “revolutionary solution” everywhere.
While participating in the alpha test Battlefield 3, I first used their Origin service and Battlelog.
I’ll take a single quote from the Topics Quotes and excerpts from Jeff Raskin’s book Interfaces: New Directions in Computer Systems Design .
The computer should not waste your time or force you to perform actions beyond necessary.
1. When you start the game, the browser opens. If the first run - you need to install the plugin. (Glory to the Goddess that restarting the browser is not required, thanks to the developers for this).
2. Now we want to play on a single map with automatic server selection.
We click Quick Match * and ... no, the game window does not open. In the lower left corner a small window appears with a picture indicating the map. to which we will join. If you do not set the “ready for connection” checkbox, you must also press the button for a connection.
3. The fact that we last checked the checkbox - Battlelog does not remember.
')
* - I could be mistaken in writing
Why did you publish it?
Interested in the opinion of habrovchan, will this “revolutionary approach” affect your desire to buy Battlefield 3 (if you were going, and especially if you are an alpha test participant)?
And I am interested in the attitude towards the tendency to integrate this “revolutionary solution” everywhere.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/127348/
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