Rate the game: the initial verdict of Orgahs

[Djurre]

The cavalry issue makes it rather unplayable to me. With the enemy cavalry being tanks, and mine being babys, every battle comes down to trowing in everything youve got. and waiting for the win.

that sucks. ill vote after they patch it. in 5 weeks or so ;)

[Zatoichi]

Well I'm happy with it so far. Yes there are some niggles, but I've had more fun in the first week with this game than I did with RTW. It's still early, and I'm keen to see what the patch addresses in a couple of weeks, but I'll go for a 9/10 so far.

Some of the issues that people are having don't seem to be impacting my current campaign too greatly, and I can overlook them and enjoy all the goodies and great atmosphere that CA have brought to this game.

[Whacker]

The cavalry issue makes it rather unplayable to me. With the enemy cavalry being tanks, and mine being babys, every battle comes down to trowing in everything youve got. and waiting for the win.

that sucks. ill vote after they patch it. in 5 weeks or so ;)

[Rant mode on]

OK, I'll start off by saying I'm not picking on you specifically Djurre, but I am going to use your post as an example to make a strong point.

Folks, PLEASE vote at this point in time! The community and most importantly CA *must* hear your opinions on this game as it stands right now!

The reason I state this is because of a very very big problem with the gaming industry right now, which is releasing beta/non-gold quality software to the public under the guise of "we'll patch it later." I can remember back in the day, when doing things like this was considered shameful as opposed to the status quo, and fans/gamers would give the publishing houses that did this unholy hell for doing so, and it actually affecting their sales by doing so! Please note that this is my now-firm assessment of this game, it was rushed out the door and in it's current state, is simply not what should be considered "gold" or "release" quality code. Also, I certainly do not blame the developers for this, this problem is usually driven by upper management. Further to add to my case, there are those of us who personally know game/QA testers. From my experience, these people are very bright and thorough, so the odds are that a bug slipped past them is slim to none, the most likely scenario is that the game was knowingly shipped with them. This is, unfortunately, becoming an industry standard.

Not voting and judging the game *now* is completely unfair to yourselves (your opinions must be heard, even if it is very low!), your fellow gamers, and to the businesses that we are giving our money to in exchange for a complete product. Don't sell yourselves short. I firmly believe that it is possible to offer firm criticisim in a professional and constructive manner, whilst still getting across a strong message and not "bashing" the company in general. "Bashing" is one thing, letting them have it for giving you a product that doesn't meet your expectations is another!

An example I will give is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the PC. When this game shipped, it was garbage, the game breaking bugs were so numerous that it was near impossible to play. It took Bioware and LA several months to fix it, but with the 1.03 patch the game truly became what it should have been to begin with, and was finally worthy of the honors, awards, and accolades heaped on it. The point being, it shouldn't have been released that way.

Please vote now and let your opinions be heard!

[Rant mode /off]