SE5 bad reviews and problems.

[President_Elect_Shang]

Wow this is starting to get (ahem) stressful. I think this is the point were I would try to crack some pointless joke that has little to do with the topic. However I doubt even my pointless and dry humor would work. How about this? Let’s all take a little of President Roslin’s advice… someone must be the first to let it go. I left this forum once over the hostile attitude of members. Those members are long gone now. The state of the board is very open and peaceful, but in this matter of who is right and is the game broken I see the starts of another cataclysm.

So, can we just let it go and get back on topic?

[Suicide Junkie]

Starshadow:
That's exactly my point. Stop blaming US for what new people say. Give them a chance to have their rough edges polished off.
If the heat level is decreasing with time, things will probably end up all right.

[AMF]

OK, so, I spent a lot of time when SE5 first came out being dissappointed with, and griping about, the UI.

I see now that there are a bunch of patches out - and I'm willing to fire up the game again to give it a fair shake.

But before I get up the energy to do that I need to ask: has the UI been improved at all? My primary gripes with it revolved around not being able to see things on the main screen, and the tediousness of the ship design. Have these been addressed at all? I have read through much of the patch history but they're pretty sparse in their descriptions of what the UI changes have been.

Most of the other patch fixes sound great, but there are still some things that I didn't see there - but I am hopeful that MM is fixing them as well...the UI remains my main concern...

Thanks, for any info, in advance.

[StarShadow]

Suicide Junkie said:
Starshadow:
That's exactly my point. Stop blaming US for what new people say. Give them a chance to have their rough edges polished off.
If the heat level is decreasing with time, things will probably end up all right.

Define 'US'? On second thought, never mind. As I said before this forum no longer seems to be as welcoming so I'll be on my way. Sorry for the 'drama'.

[RonGianti]

StarShadow said:

Just a quick example:

posted by RonGianti (in the amazon reciew thread):

Frightlever - You are acting like a real piece of trash. What is up with you people? A game with a couple bugs. you and your cronies come and complain. Fine, point taken. Bugs acknowleged. Patches on the way. Heres a list of work arounds.

Hostile enough? This post is about the third or so of Ron's that is openly hostile, that I've read since SE5 came out. I've also read posts by others that were either openly hostile, dismissive, or in the vein of 'I'm tired of complaints'. It's a shame too, before SE5 this was such a welcoming community, unfortunately, it doesn't feel that way anymore.

My words were a response to Mr. Frightlever calling AT a "Complete dick". Calling AT a "complete dick" is not complaining about the game.

There are some posted complaints about the game. Most complaints are valid. This game, like all new PC games, has bugs. Unlike other games, many patches are on the way and there are workarounds even now.

A few times now, some users have said they feel like they are not getting a good hearing for their complaints and they are told to "shut up". I don't see this happening. I ask, "where, what?". My question is ignored.

A few posts later, the same person or persons says "no one is listening to my complaints and NOW people are hostile to me" Again, what do you want?

Then someone calls a AT a "complete dick" and somehow we are hostile?

I think it may be time I moved on from here and just played the game. I thought this was a forum for fans of the game, its really not much of that if mods are called "dicks" and I have to explain why I like this game every day.