blue3c said:
Are you kidding me. Really. I could care less if it is the holidays. The facts are that they have not patched the game to a working state for all who PAID good hard earned money for this. They RUSHED the game to production so they could sell more. Knowing the product was not fully tested. THEY DID NOT put out the first patch QUICK.
Well, I , for one, noticed that the gripe threads really dropped in number after the patch came out. Is the game still not working for you? If so, I'm sorry. There are a lot of fixes out there for people's numerous issues, which seem to have dwindled to "the game runs slow in the late game on big maps". And, for the record, the first patch was out in what, about 6 weeks? I'd call that quick.
blue3c said:
A person in these forums has identified and fixed more then they have. He is one person. They are a team and have taken money for this game. He paid money to have to work on a game. HMMMMMM.
I appreciate what Harkkonen did, however, I'm not about to download an unofficial patch. It's great that a lot of people are getting utility out of his patch, however, it seemed to me (from reading the related threads) that the patch is something he wanted to do. I'm glad he cared about the game enough to try to fix it- it's so much easier to sit back and rant or take cheap shots *ahem*.
blue3c said:
Give who a break. What was that again.
You are mighty quick to defend them. Do you work for them. Own stock. What.
No, I don't work for them, but I have to say that I have yet to read a post of yours on these forums that wasn't horribly negative, I'm just trying to understand, do you WANT this game to suck?
Do you have a job? Would you like receiving constant feedback that you're a hack, or a corporate cheat, or a thief, if something you did wasn't 100% perfect, the first time, every time?
blue3c said:
I asked a simple question.
The question you asked was in the spirit of criticism, not in the spirit of genuinely hoping that there is another patch coming out. How do I know this? I inferred it from your other numerous, game-ripping posts.
blue3c said:
you replied as if you have something to hide. Like maybe you work for them and feel guilty you put out such a terrible product. Like maybe just maybe you know the game should not have been released when it was. But you wanted to beat aoeIII out to the stores. Figuring you could just patch it later.
Well, you couldn't be more wrong on that, frankly. I don't work for Firaxis, Take2, or anyone associated with this game. I just don't like it that people come here and post uncaringly and with impunity about how bad the game sucks. And, for the record, AoE III came out in stores BEFORE cIV, so that part of your argument makes zero sense.
blue3c said:
Cause hey we are just gamers, what the hell. Its not like we work for our money right. What the hell, gamers always pay for unfinished crap. Then they do your work for you and patch, mod and basically finish the game. So it is 1000 times better then the crap you put out. And the best part is you can keep your name on it. Incorporating all the hard work by the gaming community to fix your crap into an official patch. That way you can say you did the work. But hey what the hell its your business model so why not stick with it.
You also know that you will have mindless drones following you. Supporting everything you do. The few that do complain, will be drowned out by the hundreds of thousands of drones you have created.
But hey your not really stealing the money, right. Its not stealing if you sell them unfinished untested crap. I mean they are the ones that are stupid enough to do all your work for you and pay you for that, right.
So we shouldn't be blaming firaxis for putting out a crap game, we should blame our selves for continuing to let them put this crap out. By buying unfinished products. By letting these so called game reviewers write glowing reviews on crap games. By watching the gaming industry pat it slef on the back with awards they awarded themselves.
Yah thats it, Cause what the hell, its our business model. Besides gamers are just to stupid to do anything about it. Right?????
Dude, take the tinfoil hat off and relax for a second. I've never understood the logic behind "we'll just put out a crap game, screw the consumer". It simply doesn't happen- that is a HORRIBLE business attitude, and one that conspiracy theorists seem to be all too willing to accept as plausible.