Count Ringworm said:
you bring it on yourself.
you stated "i don't know why paradox continues to make games on the same buggy engine". that implies that you think their entire line is buggy, but for some reason you love EU2 and HoI, which use the "same buggy engine".
you are most definately entitled to your opinion. but there is a fine line between giving your opinion and insulting the game creators. you mentioned on two occassions that the basic platform for their product is buggy and that their product is unusable (unplayable in your terms). what did you expect to accomplish there? how are these statements helping them "create better games," as you say? all you succeed in doing is adding to Johan and Company's frustration. they've already experienced enough of it to post about it. do a search and you'll see what i mean.
the problems you brought up are well documented. check the bug forum some time. your chief complaint regarding the partisans is even listed as being fixed in 1.03. many, many people play these games every day, and most actually have fun doing it. that would indicate the games, and this includes victoria, are most definately playable. sure, there are some minor tweaks to be made here and there, but is that really cause to tell them their engine is buggy and unplayable?
i think it is important to remember that paradox is under no obligation to produce patches for any of these games. they could stop today and say "we're done with any released games. all of our time will currently be spent on games in the works." i think it is important to respect the amount of effort they put into these games post-release, which brings me to my next point.
you want civilized? try presenting your arguments in a constructive, civilized manner instead of trolling for support of a faulty argument. sure there are things that could be tweaked/fixed. but that's what the bug forum is for. present the problem along with support of why you think it's a problem. blanket statements such as "well, the whole engine is buggy" don't help anyone. i've been frustrated at the game at times as well- but my lack of skill at the game doesn't mean it's unplayable.
you are entitled to your opinion, much as i am. but everyone else is also entitled to disagree with that opinion as well, especially when it's plainly inaccurate
well, this last post of yours contained some ideas that i can answer to.
you see, instead of saying "frag your friends in counterstrike, or whatever", writing that post was much better a solution
now, coming to your post:
*well, yes, i do believe that paradox needs to change the engine. and, yes, i do believe that it is VERY buggy. the only other company that makes so many patches is blizzard, but they don't really fix anything. they literally change the game
(or, so i am told by my friends who play blizzard games). this implies that they should change the engine (IMHO, of course), which, in my opinion, would make the prospective games better
*i never ever said that i didn't like victoria. of course, the term "unplayable" was a tad harsh
D), but that was because i had just lost war because of the annexation bug.
*as for "making the game better". this isn't the first time i got such answers from other users (ie. if you don't like viccy/eu2/hoi, simply do not play it, we don't want to hear what you've got to say), and i was being general. I'm aware that these bugs are reported (and in fact, i think i was the first one to post the annexation bug (before 1.02). if you check the bugs forum, you might find my name there.).
*i realize that paradox isn't under any obligations or whatsoever. but there were some things that has to be changed in order to have a fun (or, rather, more fun, since i'm (was before i uninstalled it out of frustration
) also one of the people who enjoy viccy). for example, I have only seen a unified germany once. same applies for italy. now, it is really frustrating to play as two sicillies, and see that germany does not form, since you have planned to be their allies and built up your relationships accordingly (happened to me, at least
).
* "trolling for support"? how nice of you to say that. if you read the post just before mine, you would see that the reason i posted the "buggy engine" post is because arentak already wrote about it. i was simply agreeing him. of course, if you decide to read my posts only in the whole thread, they won't make any sense.
i realise that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but i don't remember saying anything against that. and, i don't understand what you mean by "that opinion, which is plainly inaccurate". what opinion are you talking about?
