MOO3 finished!

Baron Munchausen · #1 January 25th, 2003, 02:39 AM

I wouldn't buy it for at least a few months... Think of every other major game release you can recall. Were any of them successful immediately or were there a jillion bugs that had to be corrected before the majority of people could play the game and enjoy it? When you buy the first release of anything you are a beta tester.

Look at the "OT: Do Not Buy Warning" thread just posted here to day about SimCity 4. I bet there will be a similar thread about MOO 3 next month. Summer is likely to be the earliest that a 'non-beta' MOO 3 is available.

couslee · #2 January 25th, 2003, 02:50 AM

I agree baron. i also am waiting for player comments (not rag-mag reviews). With no demo, and all the delays, I choose to be cautious in this one. I try to not spend 50 bucks to beta-test a game. If they want me to beta test their game, then....well, you know (avoids rant).

Instar · #3 January 25th, 2003, 02:55 AM

as to the rag mag reviews, get PC Gamer
they are hard core gamers, and from my experience, they give a very fair and true game critique

Phoenix-D · #4 January 25th, 2003, 03:29 AM

I'll be avoiding this one. No demo + several questionable features in preview =no sale.

Phoenix-D

couslee · #5 January 25th, 2003, 04:41 AM

I got free subscription to computer gaming world, and after "round filing" the renewal over a year ago, and still I get it. it's really the only one I look at. Good bathroom reading. I have heard people say they all suck but this one, or that one. But it has been my experience, there is no more accrutate of a review, than the players who have bought the game, and felt strongly enough to post on a BB about it. I know some people hate a paticular game, when others like it. I am not talking about that. i am talking about bugs. I can decide for myself if a game is enjoyable, and no one can tell me that anyway. But if the game is broken, completly unbalanced, in desperate need of a patch, and missing key features, this will be apparent in short order by the sheer number of Posts about it on said BB. I don't mind waiting. I have been there/done that with getting a game as soon as it is released, and it turning out to be "unfinished". And all things being equal, I don't mind the wait. If they want more first-day customers, put out a demo.

Graeme Dice · #6 January 25th, 2003, 08:08 AM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
[QB]I wouldn't buy it for at least a few months... Think of every other major game release you can recall. Were any of them successful immediately or were there a jillion bugs that had to be corrected before the majority of people could play the game and enjoy it?

Let's see, a short list of major games released in the Last few years that are perfectly playable right out of the box:
Warcraft III
Neverwinter Nights
Medieval: Total War
Morrowind
Age of Wonders II
Freedom Force
Civ III
Starfleet Command III

MacLeod · #7 January 25th, 2003, 08:25 AM

NwN had a few mega issues with it's copy prot software that for a couple months could only be fixed by downloading a crack, or not updating past Version 1.18 (and thus being unable to multiplayer).
Think it was a fairly sizable group of the playerbase.

I do however have to say it's rather unfair to compare a game to an EA game without playing it first. EA is the MS of the gaming world as far as I'm concerned.

I rarely buy games without playing the demos first, with few exceptions. There's just no way to really know how the game will feel to you til you can play it.