Burn Witches! Burn!

[Flopper]

Originally Posted by privateer

Well, in all fairness?
You can blame Soldiers for loseing battles.
History proves that if you care to look.

Definitely of interest to me. I did a quick google search of "soldiers were to blame" and ended up with the same (fairly humorous) theme.

When were the soldiers to blame (and by soldiers I really am refering o the lower ranks) for losing a battle?

[Lord Justice]

Originally Posted by Flopper

Definitely of interest to me. I did a quick google search of "soldiers were to blame" and ended up with the same (fairly humorous) theme.

(and by soldiers I really am refering o the lower ranks) for losing a battle?

The old saying, Foward they cried from the rear!! and the front rank died.

[kylania]

I don't really blame the devs. They've made us some beautiful and amazing games, but in all fairness they have shipped a game made nearly unplayable due to bugs then failed to meet two promised patch release dates. As nice as they are and as much as you trust them, that's a pretty poor performance. Especially since at this point, we don't have any idea when the patch will be coming.

Combine this with the completely unacceptable level of quality, and poor support and utter lack of communication from their publisher Ubisoft and you're starting to get into pitchfork and torches territory.

Combine all of that with the most insane and Draconian DRM scheme ever, and... you get where we are today.

So, love them or hate them, the cards are stacked a mile high against the devs. Patch 1.2 needs to kick some ass and get into players hands very quickly or I doubt you'll see the community turn around much.

[Navarre]

Originally Posted by kylania

I don't really blame the devs. They've made us some beautiful and amazing games, but in all fairness they have shipped a game made nearly unplayable due to bugs then failed to meet two promised patch release dates.

And they have the experience of the SH4 development (some even from SH3) which bugs and flaws may occur in such a project and that the estimated schedule not fit but they make the same mistakes over and over again.
Either they appreciate the schedule always wrong or let it extremely shorten by the managers without protest. The studio in Bucharest is not an independent studio, it is Ubisosft and as Ubisoft they have to accept the responsibility for the game.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Navarre

The studio in Bucharest is not an independent studio, it is Ubisosft and as Ubisoft they have to accept the responsibility for the game.

Oh, they have accepted the responsibility for the game. But that's Dan posting on his own, I haven't seen anyone else from Ubisoft corporate be that honest---actually, I haven't seen anyone else from Ubisoft period. Their only official communications have been patch notes and announcements. No one is keeping us updated officially with what's happening.

Originally Posted by Reece

However, what I think is that the developers are under such a strain of pressure from the producers (higher up) that they give the go ahead knowing it's not ready but don't really have a choice in the matter, it must get frustrating when they are told to "wrap it up" for release!!

The odd thing is that Splinter Cell was pushed back several weeks to "polish it" and just today R.U.S.E. was pushed back to September to make it better. Given the state of SH5, wonder why that didn't happen here since SH5 is obviously the black sheep of the Ubisoft family given how much attention and press it's gotten, ie none.

[Adriatico]

Originally Posted by kylania

The odd thing is that Splinter Cell was pushed back several weeks to "polish it" and just today R.U.S.E. was pushed back to September to make it better. Given the state of SH5, wonder why that didn't happen here since SH5 is obviously the black sheep of the Ubisoft family given how much attention and press it's gotten, ie none.

Good brain usage...

As I said before... m a y b e it was "offline" GWX4 that should not take place of "DRM baby"... if it was announced for October2010 ?

Flame suite is on!

[captainprid]

Just out of interest, I would love to know the following, obviously I never will but it would be nice to know:

How many developers worked on the game
What was the production budget
What time restraints were put on the developers
What was the development budget compared to the marketing budget
What is the budget for further game development
and
How many devs are still working on the game post release


I think if you answer these questions, you will know who is to blame for the condition of SHV

[Reece]

Ultimately the blame goes to UBISoft for releasing a game in such a terrible state, if the developers said that it was ready then the developers are to blame! However, what I think is that the developers are under such a strain of pressure from the producers (higher up) that they give the go ahead knowing it's not ready but don't really have a choice in the matter, it must get frustrating when they are told to "wrap it up" for release!!
Even the patches can only go so far, and like any workers they're not going to work for nothing!!
Well that's just a guess but probably not far from the truth, IMO!
PS. And the type of DRM is totally the produces decision!

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by kylania

I don't really blame the devs. They've made us some beautiful and amazing games, but in all fairness they have shipped a game made nearly unplayable due to bugs then failed to meet two promised patch release dates. As nice as they are and as much as you trust them, that's a pretty poor performance. Especially since at this point, we don't have any idea when the patch will be coming.

Combine this with the completely unacceptable level of quality, and poor support and utter lack of communication from their publisher Ubisoft and you're starting to get into pitchfork and torches territory.

Combine all of that with the most insane and Draconian DRM scheme ever, and... you get where we are today.

So, love them or hate them, the cards are stacked a mile high against the devs. Patch 1.2 needs to kick some ass and get into players hands very quickly or I doubt you'll see the community turn around much.

Thats pretty much my stance on the subject too. If I never buy a UBI game again it will be because of their awful customer support.

You would think that when they decided to use something as contentious as their online DRM they would have added a few more moderators to their English speaking forums, but go there and all you will see is angry people getting absolutely no response to their questions. We found out about the patch delay from the German forums for Christ sake!

No I don't blame the devs at all - but UBI........