Citing increased real-life criminal activity originating in the online space, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communication has placed a number of tight restrictions on massively multiplayer titles. These include bans on any and all advertisements for online games, as well as regulations forcing ISPs to shut off service to gaming cafes and retailers after hours.
More drastic is the Ministry's decision to stop allowing any additional online games to come into the nation until further legislation on the matter can be considered. Man, that's harsh! Why can't they follow China's example, and just regulate the content of these games instead of -- oh, wait. Vietnam is doing that as well. Awesome.
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Posted: Jul 31st 2010 12:40PM Dao Jones said
@Krow
My backlog is ridiculous thanks to Steam, but I keep hearing about Monster Hunter for the Wii and how fun it is. I have the one for my PSP, but never really got into it. I blame the tutorial being longer then my "shiny coin mentality" can handle. Still would like to give it a try on the Wii, though I am wondering how much fun it would be online if I don't have any other friends playing it.
On topic. Vietnam. Yup.
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My backlog is ridiculous thanks to Steam, but I keep hearing about Monster Hunter for the Wii and how fun it is. I have the one for my PSP, but never really got into it. I blame the tutorial being longer then my "shiny coin mentality" can handle. Still would like to give it a try on the Wii, though I am wondering how much fun it would be online if I don't have any other friends playing it.
On topic. Vietnam. Yup.
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 1:14PM DevilSei said
@Krow
Eh, MH3 is alright, beat the single-player, got to the Hi-rank versions of monsters, but petered out. People might want to try and argue they didn't cut content, but they did. Hi-rank armor used to look different from the low-rank, quite noticeably at that. And if the PSP was able to do so, why is it so impossible for the Wii?
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Eh, MH3 is alright, beat the single-player, got to the Hi-rank versions of monsters, but petered out. People might want to try and argue they didn't cut content, but they did. Hi-rank armor used to look different from the low-rank, quite noticeably at that. And if the PSP was able to do so, why is it so impossible for the Wii?
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 9:12AM ExplicitFunction said
@(Unverified)
Well if you don't like RTS you're not going to get Starcraft.
If you like RTS however starcraft is among the best, the fact the original is still played in 2010 speaks for itself. It didn't do much different but did do it well, the gameplay was solid and fast, the races were all nicely balanced.
I was always more of a C&C and Age Of Empires guy, but there is no doubting starcraft is a very good game, i just wish i wasn't crap at it.
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Well if you don't like RTS you're not going to get Starcraft.
If you like RTS however starcraft is among the best, the fact the original is still played in 2010 speaks for itself. It didn't do much different but did do it well, the gameplay was solid and fast, the races were all nicely balanced.
I was always more of a C&C and Age Of Empires guy, but there is no doubting starcraft is a very good game, i just wish i wasn't crap at it.
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 10:35AM ShadowXIII said
@(Unverified)
I don't either but its their thing and I think they have waited far too long for the sequel. Let 'em have their glory.
Hell, I'm pretty damn certain Korea has probably just outside of declared a national holiday knowing them.
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I don't either but its their thing and I think they have waited far too long for the sequel. Let 'em have their glory.
Hell, I'm pretty damn certain Korea has probably just outside of declared a national holiday knowing them.
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 8:43AM sortius said
Vietnam is still a very strict communist society, not that I have a huge problem with that or anything, but there's a lot of silly restrictions there. I spent a month travelling there and stories from expat and locals alike are of silly rules to protect the party. It's just how it is.
Nowhere near as strict as China, but not anywhere near as "free" as modern industrialised nations.
It's hard enough to get internet access there, so I think this kind of law making is really in line with the government there's policies with regard to outside contact. They don't have the firewall of China, but it isn't something everyone can have access to.
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Nowhere near as strict as China, but not anywhere near as "free" as modern industrialised nations.
It's hard enough to get internet access there, so I think this kind of law making is really in line with the government there's policies with regard to outside contact. They don't have the firewall of China, but it isn't something everyone can have access to.
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 11:03AM BananaBoat said
Hey guys! This guy doesn't have a problem with communism! GET HIM!!!!!!
*beats over the head with old glory and freedom*
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*beats over the head with old glory and freedom*
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 9:21AM Dashx747 said
I find interesting (and horrible) that dictatorships today are always aiming at video-games, in particular MMOs. It seens that they now perceive it as a form of threat to their system, treating it the same way they treat free press, art, internet or anything else that could be a place of discussion.
As a person that lives in a country that was a dictatorship 20 years ago (now we're completely free, thank goodness), I can say that having your freedom cut in any way is a real tragedy. And being denied even the right to play a game, to see a story, to talk to friends is absurd in every sense of the word. I hope this regimen, like any other one state that uses censorship as a form of control, ends soon.
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As a person that lives in a country that was a dictatorship 20 years ago (now we're completely free, thank goodness), I can say that having your freedom cut in any way is a real tragedy. And being denied even the right to play a game, to see a story, to talk to friends is absurd in every sense of the word. I hope this regimen, like any other one state that uses censorship as a form of control, ends soon.
Posted: Jul 31st 2010 1:11PM icyrainz said
Being a Vietnamese, I don't bother these regulations much. The Vietnamese game publishers nowadays take very silly steps towards MMO publishing. Buy a generic MMOFPS, MMORPG from Chinese or Korea, localize into Vietnamese, apply alpha test then beta test WITHOUT resetting characters after this then publish the game with lots of bonus, double exp, money .... Then after months, the game is forgotten even by the publisher, no events, no updates, no sh*t, then few months later, they announce that the producer no longer supports the game in order to stop operating this game. Many dozens of games are publishing by this method, even great games like atlantica, granado espada, runes of magic ... While the majority of games are free to play and gamers just have to add cash to buy items ,the publishers are just like vampires that absorbing money from gamers and as the consequence, only wealthy guys who spend tons of money in the game can survive in this era.
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Posted: Jul 31st 2010 6:59PM Evil Pikachu said
No more Phantasy Star Online for them! :(
Không có thêm sự ảo Phantasy Star Online cho họ! : (
Milk and cheese!
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Không có thêm sự ảo Phantasy Star Online cho họ! : (
Milk and cheese!
Posted: Aug 1st 2010 4:26PM Xfamxdomenator said
@Evil Pikachu
Lmao qtf is that, it dont even make sense
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Lmao qtf is that, it dont even make sense
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