If I understand your argument, HoI1 and 2 were flawed to at release, so it is ok if HoI3 is too? Since they eventually became good games, then inevitably HoI3 will too? Isn't this a bit foolish? After all, EU3:Rome was bad to start with, and stayed that way after many patches and an expansion.
Anyhow, if you believe this to be true, and have the patience to wait, the money to buy several expansions until the game actually plays half decently, well man that's great for you. This is not my case, and I will continue to voice my opinion, whether you like it or not does not interest me.
If paradox had advertised hoi3 vanilla 1.0 by saying : this game is broken ATM, the core features are screwed, the ai builds nothing but convoy escorts & transports, japan gets owned by communist china and GB can't defend against sealion... guess what? I probably wouldn't have bought it.
I agree that Paradox
should have held off release until the product was finished. That is not what happened and, if you look at their previous track record with HOI games, it should not surprise you. It seems probable that Paradox did not fully realize that the game was in the state that it was when it was released or they would have taken more time to perfect the game.
What I was saying is that people could save themselves headaches in the future by waiting until after a game has been released and reading the forums to decide when to purchase. I was also letting people know that if they are overly upset about the current state of the game that
Paradox has given refunds and that after they get their refund they can wait until the game is in a state that suits them before repurchasing,
if that is what they want to do.
Most of the games that Paradox comes out with
eventually become a games that the vast majority player have a very satisfying experience playing. I
may be wrong in assuming that HOI3 will be the same but I hope not.
I am not trying to tell anyone that they shouldn't express their opinion. I am simply saying that people should not
hijack a thread, like this one, that has
nothing to do with saying the game is in a shoddy state and use it to express their opinion of the game. Anyone who wants to complain about the game can simply make their own thread or post in a thread that
is about how poorly the game currently works.
And to go back on topic, yes it would sensible to release an expansion for free, IF this expansion, like NA was to EU3, is the only way to increase dramatically the performance of the vanilla game.
Why should I pay for code optimization? It shouldn't be crappy in the first place.
Wouldn't it be more sensible to simply patch the game to a more perfected state like Paradox is attempting to do currently rather than adding that patch to a free expansion that may or may not have problems of it's own.
