Pay again for SE4, Yes!

[gregebowman]

It's been a good couple of years since I've played Alpha Centauri (i'm glad someone finally mentioned what game they were talking about, 'cause I thought the name of the game WAS SMAC) and it's expansion. I don't remember there being too many bug issues or a balance problem. It played very similar to Civ 2, and therefore I was enjoying playing the game. Unfortunately, on CIV3, I was going to buy the expansion set, but unfortunately, Firaxis decided you needed a more powerful computer, so I didn't make the hardware requirements. But I still enjoy playing the original game. I download the ocassional patch, and I have no problems in playing the game. Now, it would be nice if all of the gaming companies would release bug-free products, or play test their games more extensively so they don't release stinkers, but this isn't a perfect world. But I must say that I haven't noticed any bugs in SEIV Gold, and I've been playing the game since April. I wish more companies would release their products like Malfador, and would listen to their customers more often.

[spoon]

Originally posted by oleg:
I am with Pax, Smax was a very good expansion pack. As to unfixed bugs, even SEIV has such an example:
If you are annoyed by "game unbalancing" OA preregeneration from turn 1, you MUST buy Gold, there is no fix for regular SE. So, does that mean MM pulled "furaxis" ? No !!

I think the only bug-fix in Gold that should have been applied to regular SE4 was the Player-Order-Determines-Who-Attacks-First bug. It makes multiplayer games inherently unfair, and, for my tastes, unplayable.