alanschu

I prefer the term "stick explosions"

Surprised you didn't hate it for it's patches for joystick problems, as well as sound issues.

I thought it was clear that we had gone beyond a singleton instance of requiring a patch. Given your posts, I'd say it was. This is a backpedal. If you pulled your head out of you butt and actually recognized the stuff that YOU post, as you've already recognized the inherent difficulties of a variable configuraiton machine. It seems rather than understanding it though, you would rather put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes, and write it off as "it's not your problem to build the games." Quality is subjective. Patch-free game != good game. I guess I'm just supporting (allegedly) "lazy" developers, but I'd rather play a patched game that I like over a non-patched game that I don't like. I supsect you're just one of those "OMG OMG OMG I have to have this now" type. In the future, you should make sure that there's no webcams watching you next time you're on the computer.

I dunno....I'm a big fan of TIE Fighter, but I don't know if it's just nostalgia speaking.

Ovechkin of course....

Then why was there criticism about Empire at War, which released a patch pretty much the day of release. I had beaten the game as the Rebels, and my roommate as the Empire, without the patch. You have stereotyped all games that have patches as broken. Even if that's not what you were intending to do, it is what you did. No, I typically don't buy games until I see how they are via demo, and have gauged the feedback from intial reviews. If this was the case, then why throw in the "I thought we were talking about PC gaming here." For the record, I employed the exact same type of purchasing patterns when I bought console games too. It's not that I don't buy games until I know there's a patch for them. I bought Half-Life 2 the day it came out (and beat it in the following week). Even still, it had patches for it....but it clearly wasn't broken. Game patch != broken game. Unless it's a game that I know I want though, I never buy it on the day they come out. Don't blame me because you just absolutely have to have the game the second it comes out. Well, I could say that you're encouraging the "bigbux" market that Microsoft and Sony want, which stymies creativity (this is in the words of software developers by the way). Except that most people here think you're full of it, call it into question regarding your credibility, and see it as nothing more than flexing some sort of e-****. If you only wish to play with half of a deck, that's your perogative. I'm a gamer, and I like playing good games. I doubt you'd get Civ4 anyways, as there's a patch that came out for it.

What does it mean that something "doesn't work." Now you're just trolling. Considering the amount of PC games I play....unlikely. The game would never appear on your radar if it wasn't cross platform. Oh wait I forgot, you're independently wealthy, own 500 GB Hard Drives before they are available, and spend over $10000 per year on video game purchases alone. Never said otherwise. But you persist on ignoring a game that has been patched. Your loss.

A pisspoor definition at that. 1 & 2) Buying a knowingly fatal buggy game, hoping for a patch was never in discussion here. We're talking about a patch already released. 3) "Likely" introduce? I think you're just looking for a reason to knock it with this one. Yes it's possible.....but given my experiences with patching, not common. How would you know, given you don't want to buy games that have a patch out.

I have never really understood the "knock" that PC gaming gets because of patching. If a game is a great game after patch...then it is a great game. The way some people are talking, they'd rather skip on a fantastic gaming experience than download a patch. Call me stupid, but I'm not one to adamantly refuse a good game because there is a patch. Yes, it can be annoying when a game is released and there are issues. If it's patched though, I don't typically care. Maybe it's just me

I think people underestimate Obi-Wan personally.

Yeah, I was a bit confused about that as well. Perhaps it was still the "single leap" stage of things? I remember in an earlier season where he saved Lana from the tornados, and he said to his Dad that it almost felt like he was flying.

I don't suppose anyone knows of a radio station (preferably in Edmonton) that is picking up the Canada-Russia game do they?

*waits for the violin* In other news, I am playing it and enjoying it. It is nice to see that the AI isn't completely retarded. When choosing it's targets, the fighter-killing corvettes prefer to choose fighter targets, rather than near invincible capital ships. Large fights with Mon Calamari Cruisers and Imperial Star Destroyers are a ton of fun. The wreckage floating through space makes it all worth while. I don't care as much for the land combat personally, though I don't mind it. The space battles is where I have all of my fun.

Err....all you really did was repeat what he just said Shadow.

They are rarely bulit on a stable foundation to begin with.

I like the "action sequence" music a lot. Seems especially fitting when zipping down a dirt road with a helicopter doing strafing runs on you. The Mafia really, really doesn't like me any more

No goalie puck of head incidents this year?

Hehe, fair enough. I was sad that Johnathan died. I liked his character.

Can Lana die? I don't know enough about the comic book, but I know her character is still alive in Superman III.

Hehe, that was a doozy of a game. So much fun. I never did beat it though, as I sucked at the game. Though I was like 8 or so.

Joy to us Canadians, who get to play that Russian squad in the quarterfinals.

For me, it takes at least a month (rather than each passing day) before my level of "wondering" increases. Video games typically aren't spat out overnight.

No.... Darque > Gabs "

Unfortunately....I did not see this block of text until after acquiring said game. Oh well. It's been fun so far.

Fixed!