Review scores were of my own making, so they were worth mentioning - LOL.
The only games I give 90%+ scores to are truly exceptional games like Morrowind, Deus Ex, Stalker, Gothic 3, Thief, Company of Heroes, Half Life, (just the original + episode 2), Fallout, Operation Flashpoint, Portal, Sims, (just kidding), WOW, (still kidding), etc. Yes, I know you may not think that some or all of the above are exceptional, but that just proves we live in a fascinating world, inhabited by people with no critical ability whatsoever, (just joking).
The thing that winds me up about people posting that they are never going to play civ again because they are impatient for a patch, relates to how obsessive said people are. If someone really feels that way, then they should post a comment, answer any replies they receive and then move on. There are any number of challenging and fun games about, so why can't the obsessive compulsive amongst us just go play a few of them, until the patch comes out.
Life is to short to check, but I would bet real cash money that most of the people who have posted that they will never play civ again, don't in fact move on, but instead keep posting complaint after complaint on this forum. I have therefore invented the following handy guideline on patch complaints.
3 or less posts = OK, you are annoyed, and you have something to say.
4 - 6 posts = Err, we got the point the first 3 times.
7 - 10 posts = OMG it's only a game.
11 + posts = zzzzzzzzzz
The largest developer on the planet is Microsoft, and even they can be slow to patch, and eventually they will and do stop patching their old products, so as to move on to the new ones.
BTS will play on your computer. It's not therefore broken, and it has been patched. Yes, there are flaws in it, but it's one of the most ambitious games on the planet, so such flaws are only to be expected, especially as it's not a stand alone game, but actually an add on / expansion to Civ 4.
There is no such thing as a perfect patch. There can't be, because for it to be perfect, it would have to satisfy every single one of the tens of thousands of players who have the game. So, no patch is ever going to satisfy everyone, and if any player really does have a huge problem waiting for the patch, and they can't solve their problem with a MOD or scenario, and they can't be arsed to make a MOD or scenario of their own that will solve their problem, then why can't they just move on to a new game, and come back later when the next patch is released?
Regards - Mr P
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System after a fourty years voyage. All contact with Earth has been lost. After Captain Garland (... )
about what they did to command and conquer..... ). Let's pray to Civ doesn't get there.....
