a rant in defencedarkpsychosisMarch 18 2003, 01:27:27 UTC
The fact that PC games need patches is not an indication of any ineptitude on the part of the programmers who wrote the games. very long hours and exeptionally poor scheduling are more likly to be to to blame. as more and more is required from games more time is required to make then or more people. obviously the publishing companies, want the game as fast as possible at the minimum cost. result, layers of cluless managment often seperated by half the globe, bicker and squabble about how things they have no idea about should be done, while a bunch of overworked games programmers attempt to stay within an impossible and ever changing (and shrinking) schedule.
if people would just let those games programmers get on and do what they're good at you'd have better, cheaper, less buggy games.
AdditionallydarkpsychosisMarch 18 2003, 01:37:49 UTC
Additionally....... the reason you've never had the problem with a console game is because we have to pass through Sony/Nintendo/MicroSoft standards. basically they test it to death, if it works, they print it. if it doesn't they give it back to us. console games cant be patched, the many layers of management know that, and so cant use it as a get out "oh well we'll just patch it" .
as for Haegemonia, it probably came out in america after it came out here, so the programers had some time to fix the bugs they couldn't before the original deadline. we had the same thing with Big Mutha Truckers, the US version is generally a much better game, we've had about 2 months to just fiddle with stuff and make it fun, often a concept ignored or forgotten by the powers that be.
Re: AdditionallyhurtandwoundedMarch 18 2003, 01:49:25 UTC
I have a new plan for buying games: buy the PS2 version or wait till the forums say the PC version/patch actually works. Means I don't get the pre-order bonuses but I won't feel like I need to hunt the publishers down.
I've had problems with this for a while. I bought a game which simply wouldn't load without the patch-now I've got broardband, and the patch came out more or less as the game was released, so I wasn't personally too hassled by it. However if you haven't got internet access-which a lot of people still haven't, there is no way of getting the patches-unless a games magazine happens to include it, this costs money and quite a bit of it
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The problems aren't config based, the software is just more buggy than a roach motel. The AI is faulty, graphical glitches abound, following the plot causes the game to crash, a menu doesn't work...
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if people would just let those games programmers get on and do what they're good at you'd have better, cheaper, less buggy games.
BAH!!! Rant over ....... :-)
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as for Haegemonia, it probably came out in america after it came out here, so the programers had some time to fix the bugs they couldn't before the original deadline. we had the same thing with Big Mutha Truckers, the US version is generally a much better game, we've had about 2 months to just fiddle with stuff and make it fun, often a concept ignored or forgotten by the powers that be.
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