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  1. A patch was just released. I'd tell you more about it, but apparently it's just a patch. There are no notes, no information, pretty much nothing. Oh wait, there was this: "This patch addresses issues with game installation, activation and some other minor technical problems. Just unzip it, replacing APGame.exe in your game folder with the one supplied in this patch." It's a good final push to show how little anyone cares about AP. Too bad. Could have been a classic too.
  2. Wasn't really going to join in this thread until that last comment about there being an acceptable number of bugs. . . . Really? I mean, I too work in the industry and I know how things generally go, and I can understand all sorts of development issues etc., but to call this an acceptable amount is a bit silly. Things like entire levels becoming unplayable because you had to reload and no way to fix it is not an acceptable amount. Acceptable are things that don't ruin the game as a whole or make the excited player sigh in frustration as he shuts off the game never to play it again. The sad part is that this game is actually fun when it is working. However, in its current state I can't recommend it to anyone...I really hope a few patches are going to be coming out, but given the repeated delays I'm more or less expecting this to be one of those games that is simply written off as a loss. It's too bad too, it has some really fun bits. I'm just one guy, but here are a few of the bugs I can't believe weren't resolved before release: - enemies disappearing from the level if you have to reload from a checkpoint - AI having no sensible visibility limitations and instant lock on when you are spotted. - AI almost completely ignorant of anything else going on around - Mouse issues which make navigating the world difficult if not impossible at times - Mini-games that weren't even considered from a PC players standpoint So far that's pretty much it, but it makes the game feel half-assed. I mean really...how long would it have taken to fix those few issues? Unless there's a major engine problem beneath the surface here preventing those fixes from taking then I'm pretty disappointed. I know sometimes fixing a bug is extremely difficult even when it seems simply, but these are pretty blatant offenders and I don't see how anyone could feel comfortable releasing with them present. Frankly it's a shame. edit: Just wanted to add that I'd rather see some horrible bugs that are rare than the sort we have here that seem to affect lots of people. I wonder how many of the issues we're seeing were already in the bug database and were just ignored when the gold master was run.
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