[quote who="cephalo" reply="104" id="2731007"]Nothing can be worse than ruining your reputation among your customers. I can't believe they didn't know this was going to be a sh*t storm.[/quote] A handful of vocal malcontents does not equal a ruined reputation.
[quote who="Pantasd" reply="102" id="2731002"]true works very bad when you have a lot city's units etc[/quote] The cloth map, however, works fantastic on low-end machines. I actually prefer it because it's easier to tell at a glance what's going on in your kingdom.
[quote who="niteshade6" reply="94" id="2730966"]I still don't remember feeling it was unfinished while playing it on release, but I guess maybe a lot of the things you mention (buildings not doing what they said) would not be obvious if you were just playing the game casually...[/quote] Except that there were a lot of obvious problems, too, like sluggish performance, out-of-memory errors, wonky sound bugs, units and cities randomly becoming unselectable, etc. [quote who="
[quote who="Cryptomancer" reply="82" id="2730924"]If what was posted on the forum is true, delaying the release of the game for another 6 months would have deprived Stardock of non-Impulse, retail revenues.[/quote] Worse than that, retailers would have refused to stock the game if it was released on Impulse first.
[quote who="OMGYouRule" reply="69" id="2730861"]He missed one word.... Flagshipped[/quote] Don't even go there. Elemental is better out of the box than Hellgate: London was after half-a-dozen patches.
[quote who="niteshade6" reply="60" id="2730823"]Well I didn't play Total War, but I certainly never felt Civilization was unfinished on release.[/quote] Civ 4 was in pretty rough shape out of the box. I remember one bug in particular that would mute the sound whenever a movie played, and you had to restart the game to fix it. Also, a lot of city improvements didn't do what the tool-tip said they would and some were just plain ol' broken. Performance was also a major
[quote who="Archonsod" reply="77" id="2730818"]They've went downhill over the past few years, but I never expected them to resort to borderline libel to generate interest.[/quote] Greg Vederman was the last of the "old guard". Place fell apart when he left.
[quote who="rossanderson48" reply="47" id="2730754"]I wish William Trotter were still reviewing games he was the best.[/quote] PC Gamer isn't the publication it used to be, that's for sure. Things went downhill fast after Greg Verderman left. He was pretty much the last of the "old guard".
[quote who="Renevent" reply="43" id="2730719"]And to be perfectly honest this is one of the worst releases I have seen in a long time.[/quote] I think it's par for the course to be honest. Very few PC games have a perfectly smooth launch these days. I think the only companies to consistently pull it off are Valve and Blizzard, and they're clearly the exception.
[quote who="Raven X" reply="64" id="2730583"]Gees. I hope Brad is keeping a list of all the review sites that are stabbing him in the back and makes a mental note to NOT let them review any future Stardock releases. After his craptastic review the guy even linked back to a bug report here on the forums as "proof" that the patch didn't fix something and brought back a previous bug. That guy's balls must be the size of two small cars parked side by side.[/quote] While I agree with
[quote who="Obiwan" reply="39" id="2730693"]would you buy half a car?[/quote] I've never understood why cars are the go-to analogy for video games.
[quote who="SapSnark" reply="29" id="2730630"]It does seem that there is a definite bias from the gaming "press."[/quote] There does seem to be a double standard where big-name releases from major publishers are given a pass for similar things that Stardock is getting slammed for. I think part of that might be due to the same reason that Best Buy broke the release date with impunity: Stardock doesn't have the clout to protect itself. I doubt that publications are paid-off
Also, I recommend unchecking "Enable Auto Turns" in the options so your turn doesn't automatically end. It's too hard to tell exactly when a turn has ended otherwise.
[quote who="owl208" reply="45" id="2730477"]This seems like a contradictory statement. You noticed the same things Nenjin did in your first hour of playing, then knock him for saying them because it is too soon after the release to be saying them. So my question to you is will waiting to say them change things? [/quote] No, what I'm saying is that it's all surface stuff that's maybe worth a mention in a review but can hardly be the entire basi
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="39" id="2730402"]So you didn't even read my review...[/quote] No, I read it, and it's all stuff I noticed my first hour of playing while I was still barely scratching the surface. For all its length, your "review" is actually quite shallow. [e classic];)[/e]
I know they're called "games" and all, but do people who play them really have to act like spoiled children?
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="42" id="2730346"] Instead PC gamer quotes Brad as saying "we think it's finished and if you don't like it, don't buy our games." Yeah, that's the one Basically, there were around 4 pages of back and forth between Brad and a few others ('Ben' is the only name I remember) talking about the stae ot the game. MANY complaints, about everything from non-intuitive UI, design choices, and technical issues. this turned into "the game was not ready f
[quote who="Nenjin" reply="35" id="2730366"]As it is, when Civ 5 releases, people aren't going to play Elemental because it's still trying to get up to its own standards.[/quote] Yeah, instead they'll be complaining about how broken, unbalanced, and poorly tested Civ 5 is. Trust me, it's going to happen. [quote who="Nenjin"]More like you saw the length and went straight to your "make a mocking post" button.[/quote] More like I'm justifiably suspicious of lengthy
I find it amusing that someone could write such a lengthy review based on two-days of play time. Yeah, right. [e classic]:D[/e]
[quote who="Star Adder" reply="7" id="2730024"]EACH and EVERY game is being reviewed upon it's release day version! *shakeshead*[/quote] There's a difference between reviewing a release day version and reviewing a new game on release day when you can't have spent enough time with it develop an informed opinion. It's pretty obvious from some of the more negative user reviews at Gamespot that they were eager to rush to judgment instead of giving the game a fair chance. "Ther
[quote who="gamecat_uk" reply="5" id="2729972"]My GF...[/quote] No offense, but she sounds petty. "Why does the game do X instead of Y?" really isn't a valid criticism if there's no good reason why it shouldn't do X.
It's ridiculous that anybody is reviewing the game at this point. There is no way anybody could have an informed opinion this early in the game's life.
No performance improvement for me in the 3D map. I have a very old system, so I wasn't expecting miracles, but it's still slightly disappointing. Oh well, good thing I love playing from the cloth map view. Seriously, I actually prefer it to the 3D map. [e classic]:D[/e]
[quote who="TLamming" reply="101" id="2728788"]The guy has a valid concern...[/quote] I thought it was petty. And stop using my avatar.
The man is offered a refund by the CEO himself, and he still wants to complain. There's just no pleasing some people.