C3C Patch or Civ4 earlier?

Which level of C3C patching vs. Civ4 development would you choose?

  • Civ4 in November, 2005 and no C3C patch

    Votes: 12 15.2%

  • Civ4 in January, 2006 and a minimal C3C patch

    Votes: 14 17.7%

  • Civ4 in March, 2006 and a solid C3C patch

    Votes: 53 67.1%
  • Total voters
    79
Sorry, guys I voted no patch since I never did bother to buy Conquests.

I think they might get Civ 4 to us by this Xmas, 2004. Then we can have at least half the Civ4 patch by mid 2005 with the 3/4 patch in the form of an expansion pack by Xmas, 2005. Why waste time making the product better for an extra year when they know we will buy it as long as it has the Civ name on it? (As clearly pointed out by the shills).
 
I certainly hope they don't go that route.... it would be stupid to release a buggy product when they know they hard core fan club they have is crying for them to not do exactly that.

I, for one, would not buy it if released that early.
 
If they do not fix up the buggy C3C, I will certainly think twice before buying Civ4.

I'll would delay my purchase until I saw that Civ4 was clean.

I would rather see a clean Civ3 with an exapansion of additional scenarios and alternate Civ's.
 
Since C3C patch got on hold, not beacuse of Civ4 (as some here want you to think), instead because of Pirates and Civ3:Complete, games which I don't care about, I would choose Civ3 patch instead, regardless of Civ4 status.
 
The description of solid patch was additional features.
 
I think Civ4 could very well be released by the end of 2004 if they could. But, I think they learned from Civ3, and probably want an extensive (atleast a year) testing period.
 
Well, I'm pretty sure I've seen that they have been testing MP already, so you think they will delay 18 months from now?

I'd speculate it's mostly the graphics that are in the works to pretty it up. ;)
 
Chieftess said:
I think Civ4 could very well be released by the end of 2004 if they could. But, I think they learned from Civ3, and probably want an extensive (atleast a year) testing period.
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A year??? :sad:
Don't they know how desperate addicted people can get when you take away their drug :mad:
They should make Civ4 the best they can, but a year for testing? That's a lot, and they won't do it, since that costs a lot, and doesn't really make much money.
 
Hehe, exactly, Civ3 was hand me down code and that is why it had so much bugs, right?

So there would be no reason to have to test the new super code for so long.
 
I wan't to ask something as an ignorant that i am on issues of programing.For the full and good development of a game how long sould they dedicate?
I am asking for obvius reasons,if they were working on Pirates & C3C the last 1-2 years that means that Civ4 is just got started.So they sould probably need at least two more years before it's release.Isn't this right?
I personaly hope they do.
So Civ4 will be ready when it sould be ready,but a solid-final patch sould be released because i don't think that we have played enough C3C in the right conditions.Sure after four years of CIV3 we all looking forward to play a new game,but C3C was released just 8 months ago.
 
I agree that they should be working on fixes to a product that was just released a few months ago.

The question is, can it be defined what a defective product is, is the program unplayable, I don't think so. The game is playable and we just don't like the way the some of the game play has been changed, it is like playing within a bad set of rules.

Are they bound to fix/change the rules. Sub bug, AI armies, barbs, etc.....
 
Pounder said:
Are they bound to fix/change the rules. Sub bug, AI armies, barbs, etc.....
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Legally? No, you legally agreed that it was okay if there were bugs and things you didn't like. You agreed that you wouldn't hlod them legally accountable. (I'm paraphrasing the EULA).

Should they? That's a diffferent beast. I would like them to eventually fix the bugs in it.
 
Voted for the 3rd option, the fictional

"Civ4 in March, 2006 and a solid C3C patch"

I still like playing Civ3, and it would be a shame to leave it with the well known bugs.


See it also as a case of precedence for the gaming industry and for our behaviour: DO NOT BUY a buggy Civ4 if they did not even fix the predecessor to the end.

Do not let gaming companies get away with this policy.

One more thought: All assume that Civ4 will be better than Civ3. There are lots of examples where a series took a development to the worse, or simply was not as successful as the predecessor.

Lets fix a great game (Civ3) before bringing out a new Civ4 with lots of new concepts and features! We do not want to Civ4 to be buggy and get not fixed at all because Civ5 is coming 2 years later... :P.

This is why I say: First finish the job, and do it right.
 
Solid Patch - C3C/March 2006 - Civ4

I want to slow down the tech pace so I can lengthen the lifespan of my C3C.
 
As a fan of the Game of the Month, and appreciative of all the hard work the staff does, I'm in no hurry to see Civ4 (3 games of the month???). I'd much rather see C3C working as well as possible.

Plus, I like C3C (despite the bugs); it sounds like Civ4 may be different enough not to be quite to my liking...
 
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