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Originally Posted by Armistead
You can't trust an opinion from someone that must push the good aspects of the game
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What makes you think I
must push the good aspects of a game?
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Originally Posted by SSN*593
It's my fault--yes, I read your PREVIEW completely and I could tell some things were amiss, but to what degree was my real question. The only way to find out was to purchase the digital download and see for myself.
It came as a BOMBSHELL when I ran my first historical engagement. Attempted to tap a few good well known short cut keys (SH4) and NOTHING WORKED. Now panicked, I went straight to the F keys in hopes of jumping right into a few stations, and as you might have guessed, that didn't work either.
Was guessing/hoping that maybe someone from the dev team read your preview and had FIXED all that stuff for the final release. So it appears I got the same thing you did--a big surprise.
My main concern was why you didn't have a complete breakdown like me and raise the ALARM as it is justified here. DRM aside, we needed a functioning boat, not some cheesy pretty graphic slide show.
To sum it up: SH4 meets PS3 = SH5
I am NOT blaming you 100% Neal for my dissatisfaction. You did your job and you raised some good points, but had it been me writing the preview, I would have clearly stated that the next release is a clear deviation from previous games which has me quite concerned at this point, and should be redeveloped from the ground up to give us everything we had in SH3/4 and more.
Isn't that the whole point of continuing a great game? Give us the same plus more. I think the devs would have really listened to you had you demanded it. Didn't you have a ton of influence in the creation of SH4? If I recall, it was delayed a few times because you had concerns in it's development and what the SIM COMMUNITY wanted (?). Why didn't you do that with SH5 or did they, like you said, have a "black out" with details?
Your REviews are great and it will be interesting to read your final REVIEW of SH5.
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I pointed out what I thought about
buying SH5 on Day 1 several times, you may have missed that. And
about preordering.
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Feb 18: If DRM is a concern for anyone, as with the quality of the game, and your "hard-earned $50"© is crucial for your survival as a human being, they should definitely wait for reviews.
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I cannot demand that the devs or Ubisoft listen to me. It's not my money invested in the game development or my paycheck that depends on the game. I can offer my ideas and concepts, my feedback, if they want it. If they do not, that's their perogative. And to be fair, any one person on the dev team--artists, programmers, designers--is smarter than me when it comes to making a computer game. I really do appreciate when they accept input from me, but in the end, it's their game to make.
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Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky
Agreed 101%.
I have been [silently] sitting on the side line[s] reading a ton of reactions before I contemplate the purchase ... but jeez, Louise.
As time goes on, we all have to make changes to various things in life. But to go bonkers over a game? Makes me wonder.
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I'm frequently shaking my head over the tone and lack of sense displayed on these forums by some people. It's appalling that there are so many people in the world who simply go to pieces if a game does not meet their expectations. It's sad, really.
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Originally Posted by Factor
Sad but true. Developers seem to only cater to the ADD generation now. Simulation gaming, hell, PC gaming in general, is almost non existent.
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I would argue that the ADD generation covers a lot of people, older than me and younger. They are the ones who play a game for 2 days and then bombard internet forums with hysterical rants....
