I'm not one to say "I told you so", but even before SH4 came out...when it was in its early stages of development....I stated that Ubisoft has a bad reputation of pushing out games that aren't even good enough to classify as BETA. The name of the game is money. They put as much as they can into the game by a certain date then ship it...untested....bug-filled...and a poor definition of a simulation. Ubisoft is the ONLY one that I've purchased games from that have been so poorly thought out and implimented. Other companies have pushed out games that worked...everything worked...no glitches that required 2, 3, 4 or more patches to correct the problems that they didn't see because they didn't want to waste time looking for and correcting all the faults.
I waited over a year before I bought SH3, and got it for $14.95. This way, all the patches that Ubisoft decided to push out had been available, and the Mod people had come up with additions and add-ons to make immersion more intense and wonderful. but, even with Ubisofts less than stellar reputation, everyone goes out and before anyone had even seen the game, even before it's even available for purchase, everyone goes out and plunks down between $50 to $100 for a GAME. They see a few pretty pictures labeled as screenshots, and are flabbergasted and start pulling out their credit cards. The company is in the business to make money, so naturally they're not going to show you stock screenshots of the ghost crews, unflattering pictures showing the poor graphics due to having no AA, or anything else that emphasize the glitches and bugs. They're going to show you the few GOOD shots to make people go OOOOO, and AAAAAHHHHHH, and part with their hard earned money.
Depending on what Ubi and the Modders do with SH4, IF I decide to purchase it, it'll be when all the patches have been developed, tested, and the patches don't add to the bugs. It'll be after the modders have put out as many add-ons as they've done with SH3. It'll be in AT LEAST a year from now, when the price goes down to about $15 to $20!
Let the buyer(s) beware.
