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Is it just me, or are Origin programmers just really lazy and stupid? The
reason I say this is because they hype their games as being
oh-so-high-tech and state-of-the-art-push-the-envelope stuff, but yet
their games really aren't all that much more spectacular than some of the
stuff already out. The only difference, of course, is that Origin's games
are generally slow and require the current top-of-the-line PC to run at a
reasonable speed. Origin likes to put big hefty system requirements on
their so-called state-of-the-art games, and I guess that makes them feel
special or something... that you need a Pentium to run their games, even
though they are EXTREMELY over-rated. Case in point, Cybermage. Huge 9 meg
demo. The game is pitifully slow on a Pentium 90 at high res with all
detail on. And what's so special about it? Graphics are nothing exciting,
and everything is still 90 degrees. Oh, but it's SVGA, so I guess that
makes it cool. So it requires a Pentium with 16 megs for SVGA. What a
joke! I can run Terminal Velocity on the same system (which IMO is more
fun with better grafx) and it's a lot faster, this is with only 8 megs of
RAM too. Why is Cybermage so slow? Hmm... maybe that the programmers
suck?? They are too damn lazy to write some clean and efficient code that
will give us nice pretty grafx AND good frame rates? This isn't something
new with Origin BTW. Do we remember Strike Commander and Pacific Strike? 
I do! They were terrible, and SLOW, and not very impressive at all. This
seems to be a continuing trend with Origin. Write games that require the
most expensive PC on the market, thereby undercutting a huge mid-range to
low-end market, and the damn games SUCK and aren't that great to begin
with. Why is this? Origin must think "well gee, it runs on a Pentium 133
so lets just leave it alone" instead of tweaking it and making sure that
it runs just as well on the slower systems. I guess Origin is just afraid
of hard work, they just want the money, that's all. Now I see Origin
hyping this new "AH64D Apache Longbow" sim. Supposedly, as rumor has it,
this will require a Pentium 133 (or P6) for full detail. Wow, that's neat.
I've seen GIFs. It doesn't look that damn great. I've seen Origin people
poking fun at I-Magic's "Apache" sim for being unrealistic and outdated.
HA! I have the sim and it's excellent. Best game I have played in a LONG
time. Gee Origin, maybe before you start talking sh*t about someone elses
product, you should MAKE SURE YOUR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RELEASED FIRST. Until
then, shut up. And what was the last really good game Origin has released
in the past 2-3 years? WC3? Lets compare the duds Origin has released to
the good games they have released:  Good games: WC3, Ultima 7 part 2
Crappy games: Strike Commander, Pacific Strike, Wings of Glory, Ultima 8,
BioForge, Cybermage, System Shock (some might argue with me about this,
but hey, the game was boring, slow, and the plot sucked)... etc etc
That's not a very good record. Looks like Origin is batting around .111 
which, even if you hate baseball, is a really bad average. Good luck in 
the future, Origin. I think you'll need it... but probably not, since 
you've got a whole legion of slobbering Origin groupies who will buy any 
piece of trash that you release just because it has your logo on it.


-Aaron


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