And then I went back through the thread and read some of the content. …
Ryksalmonson- some of what you have to say is on point and important to these forums (your game not working and having had patches dangled in your reach and then fall through).
Some of your angered talk alludes to being upset at the content that has been added (not being to your immediate satisfaction or intended direction), or the fact that there is talk of DLC…
If you had any amount of understanding for this (something five years of following a product might net you), you would understand there is a lot going on and gor a range of very important reasons.
I do agree it would be f r u s t r a t i n g knowing that solutions for your game install are out there but not veing delivered. (It really is on microsoft) the last minute bug catching that releasing a patch into the wild gave (the pc patch that had them fix the console patch), requiring resend for approval- was essential for their business to survive. (They need to reassure they are on top of it and have quality control).
That that has happened seceral times in a row (eg easter they had sent for approval yonks before easter weekend so all platforms could get it for the hols- unfortunately us pc gamers/testers identified issues and gave essential feedback for the product to improve. Yes it is a few weeks now of delay. In hindsight these things matter less, and is more a measure of individual gratification delay (an essential life skill).
I am not telling you to be happy about this. …
But we need to acknowledge that WH have teams working on many aspects of this game.
Some squishing bugs, some reimplementing features, some business planning - that DLC might not seem essential but how do you reward console players having to wait eight weeks for an improved game? I’d hazard giving valuable DLC at no charge to early adopters goes a long way…
Kinda like getting haircuts added.
We generally dont knock extra stuff for free. And that seems to be where the devs are right now- figuring out what the possible life of this product moght prove to be and therefor how much to invest further to it for it to succeed to the best level it can.
I am not going crook at cha or telling you that you are wrong- but I do hold some attitudal differences about it.
I just lost ten days of gameplay (all games) due to a steam hiccup. (Didnt have origin/gog/win store games to fall back on either)
Whilst I handled that alright (didnt fall to sexist or racist burns on my fellow humans), I know how miffed I get everytime I recall fighting with KCD for twenty minutes to eliminate screen shake (for me it was the game changing how it accepts multiple controllers and my mouse was screwing up the camera for my gamepad)…
That nausea inducing camera shake would piss me off especially if I knew the fix had passed cert and was then revoked due to other less hasslesome errors (that I might choose to live with).
A game for us, today/this second
VS
A company making games that have dissapeared from production…
I will take the later.
Games are entertainment.
Getting angry over entertainment, is like putting on thongs and a beach towel to go to work (seems backwards)(unless you’re a lifeguard).
Some perspective- our search for happiness doesnt preclude others feeling the same way.
I stand by your smarts- and believe if your skill set was best utilised here you could feel assured that a gix IS in the pipeline and is due. Not just for you- but for everyone.
Tgose shitty pc gamers (Im one) who get to beta test the patches. Its good when they stop showstopping bugs from hitting the console! Is it really bad (from a console gamers point of view) when they get stuck with issues?
It goes both ways.
This time not to your fancy.