So there you have it. There is a dim glow of hope at the end of the tunnel though, as EA is "actively looking into" finding a way to allow cross regional play while still eliminating slow connections.
Army of Two region lockout explained
So there you have it. There is a dim glow of hope at the end of the tunnel though, as EA is "actively looking into" finding a way to allow cross regional play while still eliminating slow connections.
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3-12-2008 @ 5:14PM
Canada? said...
"U.S., Europe, and Asia" what about Canada?
ps: It's the country above USA.
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3-12-2008 @ 5:23PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Yeah, they actually mentioned this in a couple of interviews before the release. So... reading is always good for information. Speculation is always more fun.
They did it because Europe sucks. ;)
The real interesting part of this story is why Asians can't shoot dead bodies. What's that all about? Just like the way that Germany handles video games, it's really interesting stuff.
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3-12-2008 @ 5:54PM
Richard Mitchell said...
"what about Canada?
ps: It's the country above USA."
How could I forget about America's hat? Fixed.
ps. I kid, I kid :)
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3-12-2008 @ 6:05PM
JakubK666 said...
Not the kind of explanation I was hoping for but well...you can't have it all.
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3-12-2008 @ 8:02PM
shane86 said...
You can't shoot corpses in Asia? wtf?
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3-13-2008 @ 8:23AM
Boff said...
Firstly, I'm always happy to play with myself ;o)
Secondly, why the fuck can't they shoot corpses? Shooting people who are still alive is the problem!
Thirdly, EA used a regional lockout after receiving so many complaints about Americans from the rest of the gaming world. It's actually labelled as a feature on our copies over here..... ;o)
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3-13-2008 @ 9:05AM
EvilWalksWithMe said...
This reasoning sucks. In New Zealand, we get the EU version, but we tend to get better connections in all other games with american or asian users... So by being part of PAL territory, we suffer with rubbish connection speeds. All regions should be able to choose where they play. Not all connections are equal.
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3-13-2008 @ 9:41AM
Ashraam said...
I've wondered about the corpse-shooting issue in the past, too.
Some game I played a while back (Bullet Witch, I think?) actually ended your game if you shot a corpse. I'm not sure what that's all about. Some cultural thing perhaps? Like, "One must always show respect for the dead" or something maybe.
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3-13-2008 @ 10:17AM
Boff said...
@#7 EvilWalksWithMe: Yeah you'd have thought AUS & NZ would be better off with the Asian territory, at least geographically speaking. You're about as far away from Europe as it gets!
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3-13-2008 @ 9:31PM
BowserUSC said...
Like others I'm curious as to what reasons there are for not letting you corpses in the Asian version.
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4-10-2008 @ 4:46AM
chiefda said...
Im australian and i bought the game and i only bought it to play with a American friend. I cant so this is just bullshit seriously i play every other game with him and i have no lag except maybe for Halo 3's co-op.
Taking the game back tommorow :(
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