What do you think of the game?

[TexasHawk]

I am so very sorry that you have chosen to flippantly dismiss my observations (and those of others) as "pissing and moaning."

I kind of thought this forum was one where we respected each others' opinions, agreed to disagree and left it at that.

And such is your right. I was not referring to one particular person or issue; merely trying to quell some of the negativity around here. Personally, I think we should be glad that somebody still thinks there's a market for ultra-complex games that could never possibly be bug-free on the first go-round.

It just bugs me that *some* people (not you) come off on this and other forums as whiny, self-indulgent brats. Yes, the game has problems. Yes, it probably shouldn't have been released in this condition. All I'm saying is look at the design underneath - scrape the barnacles and rough edges away and I believe there's quite a game just waiting to come out beneath the surface. But I feel too many people want to do a point-by-point comparison to SE4 and judge the game as an 'evolution' rather than a 'new game experience.' On those merits, yes, the game will probably disappoint. But taken as a game by itself, with no history, and what it tries to accomplish, and the lack of boundaries it refuses to set on a player's strategies and ideas, it is a work of art, in my opinion.

And that's the whole point: IN MY OPINION.

[Possum]

woohoo!

Three cheers for whiny, self-indulgent brats! (to borrow a phrase from Tex's post above)

My attitude is, it's my money. I earned it the hard way, "by the sweat of my brow". And whether or not to spend it on a given product is my choice.

I'm not really a cheapskate. In the last 6 weeks, I've purchased Weird Worlds and pre-ordered Rising Star. But thus far, SE5 does not impress me as being worth my money.

If feeling that way, and saying so, makes me a "whiny self-indulgent brat", then so be it.

Three cheers for whiny, self-indulgent brats!

[scJazz]

At this point SEV isn't really a working game. It is a work in progress that promises to be a game. I'll buy it in a few more months when the promises turn in to actions. Until then I'm still enjoying the use of a working game called SEIV.

[aegisx]

I'm enjoying it. The patch should be out early this week which will be great too.

[Ludd]

I only have the demo, but I just don't know if I can get past that cluttered main screen. I feel like I'm trying to play the game while looking through a slot. Yes, I will buy it, patch it, add mods etc. but please, give me that nice, clean SEIV look!

[Suicide Junkie]

High rez mode helps a lot, since the fluff is a fixed size in pixels, but the view is rendered on the fly.

[Ludd]

Can those three 'boxes' at the bottom of the screen be modded into pop-ups?