Agent Cooper
Lynch's Creation
Well said. The basic tactical gameplay as implemented in Civ V and the way the developers decided to design the harder levels in the game (more AI units) were on a direct collision course from the very beginning.At some point one of the devs must have said, "uhhh, this 1UPT thing doesn't really fit in a game where the map represents the entire world and the time scale is 6000 years."
I guess it was too late to change it by then, if they were even willing to consider it.
Well, some people appreciate developers who take account for future hardware as well. There are a lot of developers who do this: make a game that is still "current" tech-wise for years to come.
The elder scrolls series is the same way. You can buy a brand new state of the art rig and it will still make Oblivion look even better. All their games get released when the current hardware can't run it to the full potential. Its call scaling. I'm sure their new one coming out in November will be the same way, it'll bring all existing hardware to its knees. But the game will remain viable to the masses for the next decade to make up for it.
But, as all games developed like this, you'll get a bunch of people complaining about performance because they're too damn stubborn to turn down features until it does run fine.
That's just not good enough in my opinion and a poor excuse for explaining performance issues.
The recommended system reqs printed on the box should be exactly that: the hardware needed to provide an effortless and stable game experience. Nothing less.
Or let me ask this - say you buy a brand new car and after a week it breaks down once in a while and needs a small break before you can start it again and drive on.
When complaining to the dealer about this, he explains that the cars brand new engine technology sadly causes these breakdowns but don't worry. In a years time an upgrade will make the car run just fine - you just have to live with the problem until then.
Is that acceptable or would you return it on the spot and take your business somewhere else?