Perhaps it's in the genre. Strategy games have many more design flaws that are fixable, than RPG's and FPS's.
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Re: Re: Re: money money money
Originally posted by ravagon
Hey! Don't knock ToT!
Some people (myself among them) are rather pleased with that one.
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Originally posted by OneInTen
If you look at some of the biggest name games ever, they had many patches.
Doom, Quake, Unreal, Starcraft, Diablo, Civ 2, etc etc etc. All had at least half a dozen patches.
How soon we forget.
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Why do companies do this?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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Originally posted by HisMajestyBOB
I blame developers who are impatient andwant the game out ASAP, regardless of the state its in. After all, EUII was forced out by Nov. even though it needed more work. Thankfully, the Paradox team really makes sure there games rock.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.
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Interesting thread, but what does it have to do with either Apolyton itself or its Community?"BANANA POWAAAAH!!! (exclamation Zopperoni style)" - Mercator, in the OT 'What fruit are you?' thread
Join the Civ2 Democratic Game! We have a banana option in every poll just for you to vote for!
Many thanks to Zealot for wasting his time on the jobs section at Gamasutra - MarkG in the article SMAC2 IN FULL 3D? http://apolyton.net/misc/
Always thought settlers looked like Viking helmets. Took me a while to spot they were supposed to be wagons. - The pirate about Settlers in Civ 1
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Originally posted by Zealot
Interesting thread, but what does it have to do with either Apolyton itself or its Community?
there might be more than 4 add-ons
expansion 1: scenario editor, expansion 2: scenarios, expansion 3: scenarios off the net, expansion 4: expansions 1-3, expansion 5: MP, expansion 6: expansions 4 and 5.
edition 1: original edition, edition 2: "limited" edition, edition 3: edition 1 with expansion 4, edition 4: original edition with expansion 5, edition 5: gold edition (original with expansion 6), edition 6: gold "limited" edition (edition 5 in a tin with cheap **** added in), edition 7: ToT
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Re: Tape decks anyone? - No thanks
Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
By this, I mean release a product, even though it's glaringly obvious it needs fixing.
I remember when you could fix problems/bugs/crashes yourself.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis
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