i remain furious over the way Mac gamers are treated. i have pretty much given up on even purchasing games for my mac. i hardly ever touch my PC, which i bought off e-Bay a while back simply to play games on, but have decided, that i will purchase PC games only. i detest using the PC, but lets face it, the Mac simply does not get the games, and when they do, they remain buggy, fixes and editors arrive late, or not at all. Then, we are left gushing over the few developers who port games to the Mac for fear they will cease doing so in the future. Hats off to Brad, i suppose, however, MacSoft promised an editor months ago. We were told that classic support was tossed out because it would hold up the editor and result in it not coming out until April, if then. So, where is this elusive editor that was supposed to be out by April 2002? It is not enough that these games simply make it to the Mac. Software companies need to be able to invest in ensuring that the Mac ports are every single bit as viable as the PC counterparts. The Mac games NEVER are however, and every single kid i know, knows this. So, regardless of how superior we believe the Mac is, and regardless of how sleek the OS is, i doubt Apple will ever manage to rise above the niche machine they have become. Once Steve Jobs leaves, i fully expect Apple to fold and go the way of Amiga. i strongly feel that this is strongly due to poor gaming. Kids are the grown-up consumers of tomorrow. Why pay twice as much for a machine that looks great, runs great, has a great OS and all that, but whose software is second rate. Regardless of what crap or how long we have to wait for updates, etc., we as a community accept it and gush with thanks that the software was merely released. In all deference to Brad and his hard work, i am angry as hell at MacSoft that i paid for a game that has been, from day one, only a lousy second rate copy of the PC version. Of course, Macsoft can say that not many people have purchased the game, they have only been paid so much to port it, etc., etc. Well, kudos to them. However, i am not about to praise them for their fantastic porting, or thank them for it. Porting companies need to take some responsiblity for the situation they have assisted in creating by providing such second rate, slow, porting. i've been playing the game on my PC, with all the bells and whistles for some time, and so has every other kid in my neighborhood. i am a firm believer that if you are going to do a job, and if you are going to agree on whatever sum in payment for that job, you are ethicly bound to provide the best effort you possibly can to it. This has not been done, or Brad would not be the only person working on the game. We would not be sitting here looking at our PC brethren speeding by us with such a cooler version. Games suck on the Mac and i blame companies such as MacSoft for this. i will never purchase from them again. And, i'm sure this will only reinforce poor quality work from them as more people decide the same. i am simply amazed that companies don't get the message. Do it right or don't do it at all.
tW. See our threads elsewhere for how to go about expressing displeasure direct to the publishers. The keyword is <community>.
