ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
there are many know bugs.
just have fun with the game, and we will send out patches regularly.
Just had to respond on this point and concept.
Lol, are you serious? 'there are many know bugs. just have fun with the game, and we will send out patches regularly."
Here's my points about this game.
- Why release a game that is basically not polished and has many issues, known and of course the expected unknowns.
- The community has already waited about a decade, so one more year would be fine by me to have complete and polished product.
- have the purchasers of computer strategy games been lowered so much in their standards and morality that we're willing to pay top $ for products like these? It only hurts the reputation of the people/devs/tester (respect highly by the way) that have slaved so hard to make this incredible product a reality.
- if Matrix and devs had just waited to make this product the best it could be on release day (one more year.. idc), they could have bucked the trend of releasing products that are just not ready for prime time. The experience I had with HOI soured me for life with Paradox and how they abused its community with crap.
It's just baffles me why Matrix and this extremely ground breaking undertaking of MWitF would not just wait until they could shock the world with a product that is mature in all respects. The community would forever be grateful and the reputation of Matrix / Devs would be forever immortalized. I know there existed immense pressure to release MWiF this year, but weighing the pros and cons as a consumer (and some knowledge of product development), it just doesn't see worth the risk to the community and reputation.
I will most likely buy this game, although after many patches later, because I respect and want to contribute to development of these types of games and undertakings by developers. Although I will forever feel that MWiF was a huge opportunity to forever change the expectations / experience of computer games with initial releases of this magnitude. [:(]
Bless your hearts Matrix and devs for trying to do the right things, sorry I just don't agree with the premature release. All said, I will stay positive going forward and do what I can to contribute to the success (constructive form posts on game mechanics and bugs) of MWiF.
