Gamespot Top 10

[philabos]

Just in case nobody has noticed, WWI made it into the top ten PC games at Gamespot.

[tgb]

You're kidding.

[Titanwarrior89]

Its got to be the worst game ever released with all the problems people are having getting it too run.  Including me!  But I haven't given up yet.

[Motomouse]

the worst game ever released

It is not that bad after all, at least it inspired me to play Guns Of August again. And I am enjoying that one quite a lot while I am waiting for the playable version of WWO. [;)]


P.S.
I am playing WWO anyway and I am enjoying it already. But GOA helps if I get to frustrated for the moment. But it tells, that I come back to WWO time after time [:)]

[Haplo_Patryn]

Maybe is not yet ready for market, but is one of the best wargames of this year. Patience is the best friend of the wargamer. WitP is maybe the best wargame i've ever played, but was unplayable until the 3rd patch.

I wish more good strategic games like WWI were released, althought they did in "bad shape".

[Erik Rutins]

Patience is the best friend of the wargamer.

Quite true, I think patience will be rewarded. However...

WitP is maybe the best wargame i've ever played, but was unplayable until the 3rd patch.

Not true, I'm not sure what created this impression. I was playing WITP in Beta not to mention the original release, with no problems. It was certainly improved by the first three updates, not to mention having bugs fixed, but I don't recall any that rendered it unplayable - and this process is still ongoing, as with many games of that complexity level.

[Haplo_Patryn]

When i say unplayable i mean that WitP, in its original release, had serious bugs. Maybe WitP was playable but not at 100%. I began to play six month later after its release because it had serious problems related with the playability and, like me, a lot of people waited some months for a better polish version before playing the great campaign.

Don't take offense, i was only trying to compare one great game (WitP) with another who could be a must have (WWI). [:)]

[Erik Rutins]

ORIGINAL: Haplo_Patryn
When i say unplayable i mean that WitP, in its original release, had serious bugs. Maybe WitP was playable but not at 100%. I began to play six month later after its release because it has serious problems related with the playability and, like me, a lot of people waited some months for a better polish version before playing the great campaing.

Don't take offense, i was only trying to compare one great game (WitP) with another who could be a must have (WWI). [:)]

No problem, but it's clear to me that if you didn't play it until six months after its release, then that's why you and I have different perspectives on how playable it was during that period. [;)]

[Stwa]

Not only were there bugs in WITP, it just was not finished. So that means the parts that werent finished were UNPLAYABLE.

All one needs for confirmation of this, is to simply read the interview (over at the Wargamer?) with Gary and Joel.

The scope of WITP was incredible and it just wore Gary out (as stated more or less in the interview). Sometimes I wonder if he was kinda goaded into doing it, because it was just hard to find a suitable sequel to Uncommon Valor.

I also think Gary liked the old UV map scale better, but at the time, AI turn processing also helped in determining a new scale for WITP.

[2ndACR]

I have played WITP since it was released........what parts were not finished and unplayable? I sure have not found any. Any game has bugs........some very big ones.........95% of the really big ones have been corrected in WITP long ago.
 
I do not think a single game has ever been released without bugs. In the last 15 years anyway. The more complex, the more chance for bugs.

[GShock]

Such games always take time to develop properly. As i said, many times i should add, having been a reviewer myself and knowing how long it takes to master complex wargames it is likely they just saw a glance of the game concepts. AGEod has also a reputation as credible dev house...the review was owed considering the long-term perspectives and where AGEod comes from but as to the reliability of the rankings and marks, there's no way they can have had time to master the game (even at this early stage) and consider its real value (which most certainly is higher than many think at this point in time and which will surely acquire points in the long run).

[JastaV]

WWI is one of worst PC game ever released!

The glamorous presentations and anticipations from AGEod have been fully disappointed!
The Game hit the stores, 2 months ago, in a pre-beta state, severely bugged, unstable and unfinished!
The complex game was release without a game-manual support: the paper manual included in the box does not even include basic rules. The electronic rules-book quoted in the paper manual was not included in the installation DVD because not yet edited!
But that all AGEod attempts to get out of thoubles by patch release have been frustrated.

I cannot say the way WWI got a so high score at Gamespot: probably they reviwed the game without even runnig it of they checked an optimized demo. No other explanation: bugs are the only thing getting out of WWI gaming!

[histgamer]

Got the demo with the last patch and the demo is basically a full version of the game for 15 days... IDK what your talking about Jasta but I have had two crashes in well over 10 hours of playing... For a game that they are still working on that is more than acceptable. The game was released and very poor shape but in my opinion its a very good game now that most of the bugs are gone. 

[Stwa]

ORIGINAL: 2ndACR

I have played WITP since it was released........what parts were not finished and unplayable? I sure have not found any. Any game has bugs........some very big ones.........95% of the really big ones have been corrected in WITP long ago.

I do not think a single game has ever been released without bugs. In the last 15 years anyway. The more complex, the more chance for bugs.

I can't remember everything now, but did you try to find the interview? Here are a few things that come to mind.

1. Many elements of the GUI...

2. Japanese production.

3. Tons of planned scenarios that just were never started or finished.

4. The Pilot stuff.

5. Auto transport (I think)...

[Stwa]

ORIGINAL: flanyboy

Got the demo with the last patch and the demo is basically a full version of the game for 15 days... IDK what your talking about Jasta but I have had two crashes in well over 10 hours of playing... For a game that they are still working on that is more than acceptable. The game was released and very poor shape but in my opinion its a very good game now that most of the bugs are gone. 

Thank goodness Ageod is the entertainment business and not in the CPU/GPU business, eh? [;)]

[Joram]

ORIGINAL: flanyboy

Got the demo with the last patch and the demo is basically a full version of the game for 15 days... IDK what your talking about Jasta but I have had two crashes in well over 10 hours of playing... For a game that they are still working on that is more than acceptable. The game was released and very poor shape but in my opinion its a very good game now that most of the bugs are gone. 

You do know the game is supposed to be complete when they publish it, right?

Not sure why Jasta decided to dig this up again but his criticisms are not unwarranted.

[JastaV]

ORIGINAL: Joram

You do know the game is supposed to be complete when they publish it, right?

Not sure why Jasta decided to dig this up again but his criticisms are not unwarranted.

Dig up again?
[:-]Indeed I'm just starting going after the issue, now!

I bought the game: I knew the troubles reported by first gamers and decided to keep WWI on my bookcase, uninstalled!
Now, two months later game release and many patching attempts I suppose I'm in the right to expect WWI is running:
That's not!
Yes, we had a possible increase in stability!
Uncompletes scenarios have been finished.....
Anyway the game is too far from matching all features enlisted in the box or stated at game official presentation on the net.

It's then to be pointed out it's not first time AGEod stops supporting own games improvements, before they reached a decent level: that to say stability and those features they stated when presenting a new game!

For sure my criticisms are not unwarranted!
I bought a game based over that was stated on the net and on the Game box!
I payed for it!
I expect to get what I payed for![8D]

BTW, my name is JastaV: do not know Jasta at all!!!!![;)]

[JudgeDredd]

I like it [:D]

[vonRocko]

ORIGINAL: flanyboy

Got the demo with the last patch and the demo is basically a full version of the game for 15 days... IDK what your talking about Jasta but I have had two crashes in well over 10 hours of playing... For a game that they are still working on that is more than acceptable. The game was released and very poor shape but in my opinion its a very good game now that most of the bugs are gone. 

Since when did 2 crashes in 10hrs. become acceptable to players? I can't believe people accept new games in such a condition. Companies continue to release broken products, and consumers buy it and make excuses for the company!

[&:]

[habakuk]

ORIGINAL: vonRocko



Companies continue to release broken products, and consumers buy it and make excuses for the company!

[&:]

Well, if this is what's really happening, everybody seems to get along pretty well! [:D]