Was Medieval 2 rushed?

**TheFluff** · 12-07-2006, 07:45

I dont think MTW2 was rushed at all.

CA is like a music artist, sega is the record company

Gamespot, IGN and such are like MTV and VH1

A Demo is like a single (track)

CA is like a pouplar artist, allready has a few hits, sega is the new boss but still, the arist might have a great album and single but still might want more time to work on some tracks, but sega just wants the finished productand doesnt care if the artist is off temo or what ever (like a bug).

so yes, dispite my complacted analogy, i think the game wasent rushed but sega dident let CA work on the finishing touches, just like when someone rushes out a report and doesnt bother to double check it to hard. they wanted results and they dident want to loose fan intrest or have to dish out more money to promote it. So i dont blame CA, i think its just the industry is like this now and you'll just have to get used to buying subpar games and hopeing after you pay them they will patch it up and fix it.

**Fisherking** · 12-07-2006, 08:01

Good analogy Fluff

I don't think it was actually rushed. They may have missed or overlooked a few things but this is actually much better than most new released games...just shows you how bad most are

What have we sunk to!

The manual and lack of tech trees, maps etc is the greatest deficit, IMO.

Would we like changes? Sure but is it as buggy as RTW? NO WAY. This is much above average...I can't help that average still sucks.

**peri** · 12-07-2006, 08:03

Originally Posted by TheFluff

So i dont blame CA, i think its just the industry is like this now and you'll just have to get used to buying subpar games and hopeing after you pay them they will patch it up and fix it.

Why should we? If I but anything else that is sub standard I take it back. But it is not possible with a game. Passive AI is a major flaw acknowledged by everyone. It is because people accept this standard that companies can continue to produce games that are not finished. The civilization series has had 4 incarnations and countles expansions. That only gets better. I feel that we are no further forward here. Only the mods made RTW a truly great experience. Do we have to rely on enthusiasts' goodwill this time as well?