🚀 go-pugleaf

On Apr 26, 7:38 pm, sonof...@gmail.com wrote:
> Some of you may remember the posts about GPGNet at the following
> locations (for redundancy, in case of a ReputationDefender.com take
> down)
> -http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.games/brows...
> -http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.starcraft/browse_thread/thre...
> -http://groups.google.com/group/uk.games.video.misc/browse_thread/thre...
>
> I strongly believe in the use of Usenet as a whistle blower for
> corporations that scam and offer defective  products. Some of you may
> know me, I've spent a great deal of my time in the 90's reviewing and
> testing games, and took up a job with a major game development studio
> ever since.
>
> I believe that Gas Powered Games is ran by immature, unprofessional
> people who can't code.
>
> They are attempting to work together with Stardock.
>
> Now, let me get this right.
>
> Stardock. Gas Powered Games.
>
> Space, Hot air. A hot air balloon in space. Obviously, you and I both
> know, it won't work.
>
> Why not just merge North Korea with Iran.
>
> Yet they still will profit off unsuspecting people, even though their
> games have multiple flaws.
>
> Maybe I will go into the "Minidump" crash on Sins Of a Solar Empire in
> some other post. It's quite annoying. People play games up to 5 hours
> long just to crash. A stroll through the lobby of the game shows
> people with 100 games played, 7 wins, 3 losses. Meaning somehow, he
> got out of 90 games "early"
>
> You're going to have to agree with me when I say, their are tiers of
> game development. You got the $10.00 games on the island at Best Buy,
> you got your $30.00 games that are glitched and poorly maintained (GPG/
> Stardock style games) then you're premium, high-quality real games.
>
> Gas Powered Games and Stardock sold Sins of a Solar Empire and Supreme
> Commander for too much. The overall production and quality of the
> games, including game player, development time, and service all add
> up. You do not get what you pay for. These are $30-35 games, maybe,
> once they are patched of their terminal flaws that plague them because
> of outsourced, poor programming (if ever fixed).
>
> As my friend at Nintendo says, smaller, private companies like GPG and
> Stardock simply pocket the money, and forsake the people who wish to
> continue to play the game and want patches. Often, Gas Powered Games
> and Stardock skips important fixes that ruin the game and instead work
> on yet more overpriced "Expansion packs", which add to a game, which
> is already so buggy and prone to crashing it's useless.
>
> Their true profit is made with this thought. As they try to sell them
> in "combo" packages just above th $50.00 level with the price of the
> original software drops.
>
> Really, it's a big scam, a corporate conspiracy even. The developers
> have limited budgets, pay review sites to garner publicity and just
> fire away.
>
> Then again, this is just my opinion, as a game developer for one of
> the few leading game makers out there. You're mileage may very. Yet
> reality is, most people spend their money and just grow to apathetic
> (or in the case of Gas Powered Games, scared) to post critical
> reviews.
>
> Do yourself a favor - if you're going to use these games, Try before
> you buy. I'm not saying do anything illegal (i.e. downloading of
> bittorrent) but ask a friend if you can try it. If you don't have a
> friend playing, don't bother -- you're not going to make friends in a
> community of teens and fanboys.
>
> I do not expect this to change the opinion of zealous fanboys or
> somehow bring heart into the griefers that control these groups. But
> simply warn people: Try before you buy, or don't buy at all. Wait
> until the high-budget, god-like game makers release their game. :)
>
> And finally, this is simply my opinion of the matter. I am posting
> this anonymously because I am in fear of reprisal and harassment by
> the companies and the zealous players who spread hate through the
> company as a proxy.
>
> God bless, and don't forget (trolls and fanboys), get outside and
> exercise.

And by the way. The name of the game they are working on together is
"Demigod".