Im at a loss for words

Steeltrap · 03-04-10, 12:43 AM

Golden, that was classic. Had me laughing at a few points.

Makes me feel like I'm not missing anything at all through maintaining my DRM stance.

Can't say I'm surprised, either. Companies push out all sorts of crap because they know the gameplaying public will purchase them like a bunch of Pavlovian crack addicts. SH is no exception. Hell, they even put a turd on the plate they served and called it OSP, and still people lap it up.

We deserve every dreadful, buggy, poorly thought out, shabbily coded and overpriced piece of sheisse we get because we continue to consume them every single time. It's like we're Charlie Brown and developers/publishers are Lucy.

"C'mon, THIS time you can kick a goal - we PROMISE we'll deliver the ball right where you want it"

Of course, poor old Charlie ends up on his arse every time.

*sigh*

Bring back MicroProse etc etc, the devs/publishers who couldn't rely on patches so had to release their games in a fit state, and when machines didn't have the god-like graphics of today that are used as a smokescreen to hide how poorly finished the games behind them are.

Rant over....

Turbografx · 03-04-10, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Steeltrap

We deserve every dreadful, buggy, poorly thought out, shabbily coded and overpriced piece of sheisse we get because we continue to consume them every single time.

Bring back MicroProse etc etc, the devs/publishers who couldn't rely on patches so had to release their games in a fit state, and when machines didn't have the god-like graphics of today that are used as a smokescreen to hide how poorly finished the games behind them are.

Amen. I sure do miss me some of them who really cared about a quality product that THEY would be proud of and would play (SSI, Microprose, Dyanmix, Troika etc etc etc). Seems though that to stay in business you need to either:

A. Appeal to the common denominator.

B. Charge $60 plus for your product.

Of course today the trend is to combine both...

03-04-10, 12:43 AM	#1
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Golden, that was classic. Had me laughing at a few points. Makes me feel like I'm not missing anything at all through maintaining my DRM stance. Can't say I'm surprised, either. Companies push out all sorts of crap because they know the gameplaying public will purchase them like a bunch of Pavlovian crack addicts. SH is no exception. Hell, they even put a turd on the plate they served and called it OSP, and still people lap it up. We deserve every dreadful, buggy, poorly thought out, shabbily coded and overpriced piece of sheisse we get because we continue to consume them every single time. It's like we're Charlie Brown and developers/publishers are Lucy. "C'mon, THIS time you can kick a goal - we PROMISE we'll deliver the ball right where you want it" Of course, poor old Charlie ends up on his arse every time. sigh Bring back MicroProse etc etc, the devs/publishers who couldn't rely on patches so had to release their games in a fit state, and when machines didn't have the god-like graphics of today that are used as a smokescreen to hide how poorly finished the games behind them are. Rant over....