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Jace11 · 03-30-07, 01:01 PM

I agree, this title SH4 takes the already unacceptable practice of releasing bugged products early to a whole new level. The game (or mod - as it seems to me) is half finished.

I can't think of any games in a worse condition... Not one..

TotalWar series are bad, GRAW was bad, HoI2 was buggy, but SH4 is a mess, a shocking mess, I am angry, disappointed but I won't be buying any more Ubi titles for a while.

I mean, they make a strategic decision money vs quality, they clearly chose money in this case, not even a happy medium, so future Ubi titles may well be similar. I was thinking about buying the next Brothers in Arms game... No way now...

They can get away with it a few times, but then their reputation will become sullied. Most people, including myself, expect and tolerate a certain number of bugs that slip through testing.

But this game looks like it was never tested. The photoshoped preview screens made me suspicious and the week before release I asked here about the resolution, everyone said "yeah its gonna run at high-res" hmmmm they were mislead.. on purpose methinks

So disappointed, feel so betrayed... its a shame cause the atmosphere of SH3 is there in SH4 it just gets ruined by all the bugs... Such a waste of effort..

03-30-07, 01:01 PM	#3
Jace11 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 683 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 1	I agree, this title SH4 takes the already unacceptable practice of releasing bugged products early to a whole new level. The game (or mod - as it seems to me) is half finished. I can't think of any games in a worse condition... Not one.. TotalWar series are bad, GRAW was bad, HoI2 was buggy, but SH4 is a mess, a shocking mess, I am angry, disappointed but I won't be buying any more Ubi titles for a while. I mean, they make a strategic decision money vs quality, they clearly chose money in this case, not even a happy medium, so future Ubi titles may well be similar. I was thinking about buying the next Brothers in Arms game... No way now... They can get away with it a few times, but then their reputation will become sullied. Most people, including myself, expect and tolerate a certain number of bugs that slip through testing. But this game looks like it was never tested. The photoshoped preview screens made me suspicious and the week before release I asked here about the resolution, everyone said "yeah its gonna run at high-res" hmmmm they were mislead.. on purpose methinks So disappointed, feel so betrayed... its a shame cause the atmosphere of SH3 is there in SH4 it just gets ruined by all the bugs... Such a waste of effort.. Last edited by Jace11; 03-30-07 at 01:34 PM.