SE5 gets some... "recognition"

President_Elect_Shang · #1 November 11th, 2006, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Santiago said:
"Unfortunately, you cannot strategically defeat game-crippling bugs, no matter how far along in the tech tree your research brings you."

I feel sick...

frightlever · #2 November 11th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Looks like an accurate review to me.

The metacritic summary of reviews so far:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...pace%20empires

The user ratings look like typical rent-a-shill comments because even the biggest fan of the game would say it's anything but a train wreck at this stage.

DingBat · #3 November 11th, 2006, 08:22 PM

Yup.

I had a great time with SEIV and was eagerly looking forward to SEV. The developer here has made a mind-bogglingly ill-advised move to release the game in this condition. Let's hope it's not fatal to the SE line.

Phoenix-D · #4 November 11th, 2006, 08:32 PM

Fright: we get that you don't like SE5. Why are you still here, again? You can be critical of a game without resorting to crap like "rent a shill". Some people have a rather higher patience than others with bugs and UI glitches.

Actually most of the critic's reviews are spot-on, with the exception of the Gamesradar one. (seriously. If your biggest SE peeve is the micromanagement, and that games take too long, you're reviewing the WRONG game.

)

Did anyone ever find out what was up with the 80% that turned into a mid-60%?

DingBat · #5 November 11th, 2006, 08:34 PM

Seriously, 80% is WAY too high for a game in this condition, regardless of any potential.

Is anyone here actually going to argue otherwise?

Phoenix-D · #6 November 11th, 2006, 08:38 PM

Not really. I'd sit it around 70-75 myself. Like I said, some places are more forgiving of bugs than others, and UI, while painful, isn't a death blow.

should point out that I haven't had more than a few of CTD bugs or other game-ending crap to deal with..that does color things a bit.

Raapys · #7 November 11th, 2006, 08:52 PM

I've not really had any game-breaking events. If it wasn't because of the combat slowdowns in turn processing with the latest patch, I'd probably give it about 75-80% with the Balance mod right now: the remaining issues for me are the UI, AI and fog of war issues.

However, as long as the slowdowns remains I really can't get myself to sit down through the long waits, so I end up playing something else most of the time. Hoping for a quick fix from Aaron.

Yimboli · #8 November 11th, 2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Phoenix-D said:
Fright: we get that you don't like SE5. Why are you still here, again? You can be critical of a game without resorting to crap like "rent a shill".

I get the impression that you're calling him a troll, but at the same time I don't think it's warranted.

Quote:

Phoenix-D said:
Some people have a rather higher patience than others with bugs and UI glitches.

You're not the only poster on this forum with that mentality. I feel, however, that more people (and I do not believe this microcosm to be representative of the space 4x buyer base) will fall into your lower patience threshold than we'd like to admit. I'm pretty confident in that assertion. I also think that Aaron needs to make games that tailor to more people than those of us that believe in the potential of the game, but I'm kinda going out on a limb to say so with my limited experience. I think releasing a solid game would do wonders for MM.

Phoenix-D · #9 November 11th, 2006, 10:41 PM

Actually I was referring to the two user reviews he was complaining about, not myself.

I'd knock off about 15 points between the UI and the bugs..

pujal · #10 November 12th, 2006, 03:33 AM

Ok we get it. 1.13 is playable though and a new patch is due out in less then 2 weeks, why are these threads still alive?