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Article #104435Re: X3 - AVOID IT RIGHT NOW
From: its_not_my_fault_5
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:32
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:32
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Yep second that brother. It's really got on my tits how they have the nerve to produce a game that is at the level it is at. I understand software is very complex (sheesh I am a developer myself) and I also understand that it is very difficult to take account of everyone's video cards/cpu combinations etc. However, it can't be sooo hard that it is impossible, because I have been able to run many games straight out of the box - such as HalfLife2, Quake4 etc. Jeez .... Alex broden wrote: > Its a pile of crap. Even if they patch it to 2.0 and beyond. Stuttered > on me with ALL details on LOW. > > X2 iam talking about. And if it still stutters on X3. Well that is > beyond Bullshit. > > Thye deserver all the bad feedback and abuse they can get. I got baned > off Egosoft forum for the 2nd time for speaking my mind. they don't > like you sayin bad stuff about their game. > > They dont listen and they create pile sof shit yet again. > > Oh well maybe they will listen someday X10 anyone ? > > > On 14 Nov 2005 02:24:33 -0800, its_not_my_fault_5@hotmail.com wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Please, before purchasing X3, take a LONG look at the forums on the > >site. I purchased my copy a couple of weeks ago and even after patch > >1.2.01 it freezes, stutters etc etc. > > > >Although the tech support on the forums is encouraging, they all too > >often resort to telling people that they have a problem with their > >machine, rather than the game having any issues. > > > >Many people upgraded to 1.2.01, found it was much worse than 1.2 but > >then found, to their astonishment, that the 1.2 patch had been removed > >from the site ! So there's no going back for them then. > > > >There are SO many issues with the game that the cavalier attitude of > >releasing the game because the distributors HAD to release it is > >frustrating and annoying. > > > >One example is the manual; when a poster stated that there are many > >options in the manual that are not in the game, the response they got > >(to paraphrase) was "the manual was for X2 and we changed it a bit - > >stuff got taken out but we had already brought the manual out so its > >wrong now" (this is added to the fact there is no *newer* manual online > >(although there is of course a FAQ). > > > >Posters have complained about trade descriptions; that the product does > >not work as advertised. Many users have several high end games, have a > >fantastic gaming rig, and yet Egosoft are still saying they must have > >problems with their machine. > > > >I do believe, by patch 1.4 or so, that Egosoft will have produced a > >great game, like X2, that will be enjoyable and played by many - no > >issues there at all. However, the process of releaseing a substandard > >game because of all of the graphics issues and incorrect manual will > >not go unnoticed. Next time they release a game, if another space-sim > >is being offered by another company then I will buy the other one. > > > >Bring on ELITE 4 !!!
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