<r><QUOTE author="dragoniv"><s>[QUOTE=dragoniv]</s>(1) you can't patch a console game (for all intents and purposes), and the PC dev teams have gotten addicted to "no big deal, we'll fix that bug in the first patch release."<e>[/QUOTE]</e></QUOTE>

Bingo. That's IMHO the biggest factor. No console ...

<t>Oh, when comms come in, it tends to work more or less ok. I invariably hit the loop when _I_ start the conversation.<br/>
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Many thanks for telling me about hitting ACK again, instead of "Close". It looks like I might just be able to (finally) actually finish a SUDG game.<br/>
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<t>Well, as I've said, I clicked the checkmark about 20 times. It's an _endless_ loop. Clicking on "close" creates a new "communication ended" message, clicking the checkmark opens the comms again, closing it creates yet another "communication ended" message, and so on. Repeat ad infinitum.<br/>
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<t>As a fan of Steel Panthers and Steel Panthers World of War, _and_ of the star colonization sim genre, I was really looking forward to this game. Well, looks like I was wrong.<br/>
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Even in version 2.1, the game has serious problems. Especially in the interface area.<br/>
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<t>Sorry, I'll have to throw my vote with the "_no_ game is worth 80$ (including shipping) to me".<br/>
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I downloaded the demo. I liked it. I liked it a lot. (I play most games in single-player, anyway, so I'm not bothered at all that there's no MP. And the 50 turns, well, I can understand that ...