Battle.net is such a piece of ♥♥♥♥

[admiral1018]

Bought the Warcraft 2 Remaster edition the other day, which I was hyped about. Get home from work to play... "Error, lost connection. Log back into the Battle.net and restart the client."

Do that, same error. Reboot the computer, same error. Go onto the Blizzard forums and see that everyone is experiencing this error. No one can play right now.

This is a 30 YEAR-OLD SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Why the ♥♥♥♥ do I need any online connection at all for this? This version doesn't even have multiplayer, and all the saves are offline. I get maybe activating, but why just to play!?

I'm about 50/50 whether I should just refund the game. It's pathetic that my CD-ROMs from 1995 will still work, but the brand-new game I just bought (I mean "licensed") won't.

[peanut butter complexion]

all my homies hate battle net

[Skunk]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This is a 30 YEAR-OLD SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Why the ♥♥♥♥ do I need any online connection at all for this? This version doesn't even have multiplayer, and all the saves are offline. I get maybe activating, but why just to play!?

GOG is the solution to these anti consumer practices. But I don't think their version is a remaster...

[admiral1018]

Originally posted by Skunk:

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This is a 30 YEAR-OLD SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Why the ♥♥♥♥ do I need any online connection at all for this? This version doesn't even have multiplayer, and all the saves are offline. I get maybe activating, but why just to play!?

GOG is the solution to these anti consumer practices. But I don't think their version is a remaster...

It's not, and it likely won't be for many years. Would refund and get that edition in a second if it was an option.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

that's still a thing?
huh...
I would've thought they would've gotten rid of that crap by now.

[Silverlight]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

that's still a thing?
huh...
I would've thought they would've gotten rid of that crap by now.

I use it every day to play Overwatch with no issues.

[MinionJoe]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

I'm about 50/50 whether I should just refund the game.

Just keep it. There's no better way to tell Activision that it's OK to sell non-functional products.

[Silverlight]

Originally posted by Midori's Revenge:

Originally posted by Silverlight:

I use it every day to play Overwatch with no issues.

You can't play overwatch 2 every day and not have issues

It's not a perfect game- but I have been playing since 2016 and don't really feel like learning a different awful game.

[Unexpected]

it's criminal that beamdog, who remastered the classic dnd games, their platform is shuttering while battlenet survives the craziest drama

[Silverlight]

Originally posted by Unexpected:

it's criminal that beamdog, who remastered the classic dnd games, their platform is shuttering while battlenet survives the craziest drama

Microsoft bought them. I'm honestly surprised it hasn't all been moved to the microsoft store.

It's all on gamepass now.

[Hammer Of Evil]

blizzard moment

[saranacX]

I have fond memories of battle.net. But those memories are over 20 years old.

[admiral1018]

Originally posted by saranacX:

I have fond memories of battle.net. But those memories are over 20 years old.

Yep, as are mine. Want to see what Battle.net is like today? Watch dunkey try to play Black Ops 6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9cHgX49QLw

[saranacX]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

Originally posted by saranacX:

I have fond memories of battle.net. But those memories are over 20 years old.

Yep, as are mine. Want to see what Battle.net is like today? Watch dunkey try to play Black Ops 6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9cHgX49QLw

"This game was made by 15 studios and it can't even launch".

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by admiral1018:

This is a 30 YEAR-OLD SINGLE PLAYER GAME. Why the ♥♥♥♥ do I need any online connection at all for this?

To sell your data to other corporations.