Recreational whining

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

No doubt, there are some bugs in SH4, but I agree; it's some kind of warped tradition for gamers to be poised to rush to a forum and whine about any perceived problem with a new game like it's the end of the world. It's almost like a contest to find something to complain about. Most will be playing and enjoying the game for months but their negative comments will scare off meek potential customers, hurting sales and the chances of publisher support and followup games.

It's human nature to concentrate on negatives. However, for all the bad items being raised here there are areas where people are very happy.

It's just that people will have to 'wade' through the bad to get to the good. I hope future owners of SH4 will not be put off.

I think the crux of the complaints are based on items/bugs that are fundamental to a subbing sim, these I can understand. The contentious issue about AA/AF, well IMHO having a good game that looks pretty must come second to fuctionality. I hope the functionality 'bugs' get ironed out because I can live with a game that is not as graphically pretty as the rest.