Quote Originally Posted by oaty
Probably didn't deserve second place, but third place for sure. Anyways if RTW is so bad why are you wasting your time on these boards.
Damn, this is exactly what I was going to say.

andrewt, how in hell can you put five games ahead of the Total War series when you spend so much time on the Org forums? If you prefer all these other games, either go annoy some XCom: UFO Defense forumers (if you aren't doing so already) or go outside and do something. Also, how in hell can you say that battles are not balanced and tactical? So, from your point of view, charging into a silver shield phalanx with urban cohorts will win you a battle? That's how it would be if the game wasn't "balanced and tactical". The people take the small problems in the game too seriously. I think people on this board only find the AI rubbish because they spend too much time playing the game and know how to exploit the weaknesses of the AI.

Grey_Fox, I think it is the "mainstream gamers" who are right, not you. I'll agree with you on films, but games are completely different. If you set aside the fact that Tetris is old and was addictive back when it started (which was only actually because there were barely any others games around back then), comparing it to nearly all modern games, it's complete crap. I don't have a clue why everyone thinks that how far back in history a game was made is a multiplier for its quality. But you need to wake up and realise that Tetris is just moving a bunch of blocks around so that they fit in gaps, nowhere near the depth, complexity and size (plus any other factor you can think of that makes a game good). The reason why it is the new, "flash" games that go up there is because in terms of fun and other things, they are the best to play. Graphics do form a lot of what makes a game good, but they aren't everything that these "new" games have that make them so great. What makes them great is perfection through time, which adds aspects to make the game better. Developers learn from the mistakes they or other developers make, resulting in overall better games.

Sorry about the rant, but I think there's something weird about the fact that people are criticising this decision. We should be celebrating!