What do you think of the game? - Page 2

TexasHawk · #11 October 14th, 2006, 02:40 PM

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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 · #12 October 14th, 2006, 03:20 PM

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 · #13 October 14th, 2006, 03:48 PM

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 · #14 October 14th, 2006, 04:02 PM

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

Ludd · #15 October 14th, 2006, 04:16 PM

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 · #16 October 14th, 2006, 04:20 PM

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

Ludd · #17 October 14th, 2006, 05:24 PM

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

Suicide Junkie · #18 October 14th, 2006, 05:26 PM

No, but you could make them partly transparent.

Ludd · #19 October 14th, 2006, 05:49 PM

Okay, thanks, d*mn!

RonGianti · #20 October 16th, 2006, 10:51 AM

I spent the better part of the weekend playing 1.0.

Loving it, but its unplayable. The only reason I'm not disappointed is that technically I'm not "supposed" to have it, per Malfador. Today is the release day, the 16th. Thanks to Kwok and the other beta testers, I can see in the patch release notes that the issues I had over the weekend are now fixed in the soon coming patches.