03-23-2006, 10:54 PM | #3551 | |
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There haven't been any "official" reviews out yet.
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03-23-2006, 10:55 PM | #3552 | |
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lol....unfortunately there are no reviews for Maximum Football.
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03-23-2006, 11:08 PM | #3553 | |
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I should have looked at the sticky at the top of their forum.....
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03-24-2006, 01:22 AM | #3554 | |
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And who pissed in your Wheaties? If you're going to go to the bother of typing out Galactic Civilizations, it's obviously a HUGE saving of time to leave off "2". By the way, there's also a demo for Galactic Civilizations. You also score in the "missed the point completely" column for ignoring the point that Stardock is putting out a demo of GC2, and your example, is, therefore, crap. If you'd actually paid any attention to GC2 and read the forums, you'd find several instances of people having trouble getting the game to work, the lead developer trying to help them, and in extremis, said developer referring them to the support address to request a refund. So the no refund idea falls flat too. And for double bonus points in the same column, it's entirely relevant that Stardock is enjoying a huge success with GC2 and still recognizes the need for a demo when the whole point of the back-and-forth was whether a demo was necessary in the field. If you can't see that it's germane that a major small-development house believes that demos are a necessary evil, then what's the point? Just say that Denny's doesn't demo their new breakfast platter and have done. 4-nil. |
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Using Stardock's inability to get a game working as an example of their peachiness is probably not what you intended, but thanks for making the point that GalCiv appears flawed and bug ridden for some people too. |
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03-24-2006, 12:30 PM | #3556 |
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And with the flamewar, this thread is now complete.
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03-24-2006, 02:17 PM | #3557 | |
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No....it can't end this way, but I am too afraid to think you are right. Thanks for pointing it out a**hole!
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03-24-2006, 04:48 PM | #3558 |
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While I don't understand the escalation of anger between spcd and Brilling, I do want to say that there are competing business models with Matrix. TotalGaming.net is a great example of this.
I agree that at the current time, Galactic Civ II, doesn't have a demo and it somewhat (only somewhat) parallels with MF. However, if you check out the site that publishes their game, providing a demo seems to be more of a rule, than an exception. With all of the other games on that site, there is a demo. On top of that, there is no DRM. Plus I can pay $70 to buy $100 worth of games. If more developers start using TotalGaming, Matrix would have no choice but to change their business model. But I do agree that the reason they don't feel they have to do so is because they have wrapped up a lot of good wargames and at this current time, that is their best seller. But much like stock, if they don't diversify, they are are really going to suffer in the long term.
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03-24-2006, 04:54 PM | #3559 | |
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03-24-2006, 04:59 PM | #3560 | |
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For me and you, yes. But it just came out and impulsive people will purchase something if a developer or publisher has a good track record. In this case, the developer had a bad track record and the developer had a good one. I think most people thought the publsiher's track record would trump the other. Don't get me wrong, I don't quite understand the risk, but there are a lot of people hard up for a replacement for FBPro 98.
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03-24-2006, 05:25 PM | #3561 |
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[quote= Don't get me wrong, I don't quite understand the risk, but there are a lot of people hard up for a replacement for FBPro 98.[/QUOTE]
And apparently one persons response on being hard up for a replacement for FBPro 98 is to take 7 years developing a shitty game, and marrying someone like Jennifer... Of course for the unfortunate few, they are being offered a refund. Last edited by SunDevil : 03-24-2006 at 05:26 PM. |
03-24-2006, 10:12 PM | #3562 | |
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03-24-2006, 10:45 PM | #3563 | |
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Yes, you can. Stardock will give you a 75% refund within the first 60 days or so. "If you are not willing to work with technical support on any problems you are having, or request a refund even if you are not having problems using the software, we will issue a partial refund only. We will charge a fee of 25% of the original charge to cover processing fees." http://www.stardock.com/stardock/sds_returns.html |
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03-24-2006, 10:56 PM | #3564 | |
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03-24-2006, 11:00 PM | #3565 | |
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Thanks Blackadar, I didn't know that myself.
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03-24-2006, 11:01 PM | #3566 | |
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03-25-2006, 12:31 AM | #3567 |
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I don't recall anyone being Godwined in this thread, so it is very far from being complete.
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03-25-2006, 12:32 AM | #3568 |
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Dola,
It can't be a forced one in response to my posting to count.
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03-25-2006, 03:05 AM | #3569 | |
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03-25-2006, 11:35 AM | #3570 | |
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03-26-2006, 11:20 PM | #3571 |
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The AI seems to be coming along just fine. |
03-26-2006, 11:28 PM | #3572 |
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29 punts for 0 yards? Am I reading this right?
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03-26-2006, 11:30 PM | #3573 |
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I'm laughing more at the 35 completions out of 112 attempts for the winning team, and the 15.2 yards per carry on 25 freakin' carries...
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03-26-2006, 11:31 PM | #3574 |
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You have to give credit to the coach of Calgary. Even though he was ahead from the get-go, he didn't let that stop him from calling "pass" 112 times.
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03-26-2006, 11:38 PM | #3575 |
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What moron has a running game averaging 15 yards a carry and yet still kicks field goals and punts?
132 passes thrown, zero interceptions.... 137 plays run by Calgary in 36:08, that's... 16 seconds a play. I guess it really *does* save a lot of time when the wide recievers can teleport back to the line of scrimmage after a long downfield route. Hmm. |
03-26-2006, 11:40 PM | #3576 |
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Quarterback must have been calling his own plays...even if he tossed like, 7 TDs, that's a sub-70 rating. That Jim Brown clone in the backfild must be pissed.
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03-27-2006, 12:04 AM | #3577 |
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I don't think they should be showing anymore screenshots or videos. That's what got this thread to over 70 pages. Everytime I think that are at least reaching a corner, I see screenies like this. I am not surprised it is in the game. I am more surprised that people are proudly showing off these shots and saying how wonderful the game is.
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03-27-2006, 12:10 AM | #3578 |
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They must also still have some rounding issues since the total time of possession was 60:04.
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03-27-2006, 12:15 AM | #3579 | |
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Wait...so that was a screenshot posted by the MF guys? It wasn't someone trying to point out a bug or something? Wow.
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03-27-2006, 12:16 AM | #3580 | |
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Don't forget about the Canadian exchange rate and all...
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03-27-2006, 12:21 AM | #3581 |
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Wow, I knew the value of our stuff was going down, but if our minute is only worth 1.001 Canadian minutes, something is really wrong. Maybe we should start cracking down on illegal immegration or something.
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03-27-2006, 12:32 AM | #3582 | |
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03-27-2006, 12:40 AM | #3583 | |
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03-27-2006, 12:42 AM | #3584 |
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Now looking at the top portion, the stats look loosely realistic, but then when you see how many people rushed the ball, it boggles the mind:
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03-27-2006, 12:45 AM | #3585 |
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And yes, there is a problem with the game calculating punts, but I think the next patch (on Monday or Tuesday) is going to address stuff like this. At least that is what Erik said. Wow!
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Punts are the least of my worries when looking at that screenie...
-15 passing yards on 17 completions?
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Even getting sacked eight times that's one fucked up stat line...
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03-27-2006, 12:49 AM | #3588 |
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Yep at look at and completion percentage, especially when you pass it 85 times and yet you still have the time to rush it 33 times for 382 yards. I wish he would have posted how many people carried the ball.
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It looks like Ike Settles found a home in Toronto.
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03-27-2006, 12:51 AM | #3590 |
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But what is also strange is that with that horrible offensive performance, they were still able to have 7 field goal tries. Yet they make only one. How were they ever in field goal range?
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Here... now it makes more sense:
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03-27-2006, 01:30 AM | #3592 |
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lol.....so Ditka is even powerful enough to mess up the time of possession as well.
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Har!
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Was that the big Ditka or the Mini Ditka?
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03-27-2006, 02:54 AM | #3596 | |
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03-27-2006, 03:26 AM | #3597 |
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so my next question is.. when's the work on the sequal start?
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Well this old post explains a lot. I guess that's why he has been so reluctant on the U.S. Rules
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and here is the entire thread: http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...923#post620923
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03-27-2006, 04:23 AM | #3599 |
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I'm thinking David has no concept of how big the Canadian football target market is.
Put it like this: There's more hot girls in Wyoming than there are people who really, really want to buy a Canadian Football rules game. And you know what we call a hot girl in Wyoming? A visitor.
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Most people in Canada don't even want to play a Canadian Football rules game.
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