Was Medieval 2 rushed?

[Dexter]

.. rushed as all games ... despite the fact that it has sys requirements that the majority of players can not get .. i`m 23 and i have bought my pc *P4* only recently *september* ... had P* whit 733 Mhz .. good old machine still have it ... money is money after all ..
Remember Shogun ??? in the video options it had software and harware .. guess what i playd it for 2 years on a p 166 whit 4mb video and 64 ram ,... still whit good grafics .. now whit Rome+BI+Alaexander and Medieval 2 ... dont bother putting everything to high ... forget highest ... only if you have a video card like 256 Mb .. some 1Gb rad * its speed at least 400 MHz * but the higher the better ... sad ...
and most of the Games the "new" ones are rushed and bugged ... i guess i schould take out my 2.86 whit its 13 MHz and play Dangerous Dave ...
okok ... nostalgy is not to good ... at least the Graph if u have the system is worth the money ... to a point ...

[KristianSax]

Aaaah ... the good ol' days when the grass was greener, the sky was bluer and when the youth was not so spoiled.

You should keep in mind that when things (games among them) become more complicated, they are more prone to mistakes, bugs and errors. Most of us are spoiled by the development the games have gone through in such a short time.

I remember being so content with Digger, Alley Cat, Larry 1 etc. From every new game we expect so much more - for it to be more realistic and more fun - and when they don't deliver we are disappointed (I'm repeating myself, aren't I).

[Carl]

ll of these obvious bugs should have been detected on first play by even the most incompetent beta-tester, I can't fathom who CA hired for QA - chimpanzees?

I may be wrong here, so don't take this as 100% fact. But i've seen at least 1 post here saying they had been told that no beta testing actually took place, so even though these bugs should have been caught, they wern't becuase their was no bug cathcing phase.

Just yesterday I ordered a unit of Crusader Knights (60) to charge a unit of Town Militia (58). The knights were completely in formation, about 25 meters distant from the enemy. I right-clicked once on the enemy unit, but instead of lowering their lances to charge in... THEY FRIGGING WALKED!!! ... all the way to the enemy unit, losing 41 knights in the ensuing melee.

You need to double click, or hit (R) if you want them to charge. My way of making good charges in the demo is to march them at the enemy then when they are right on top of them right click and tap (R). They baerly slow down and seem to hit at full power. allthough I can't be sure TBH.

[Lorenzo_H]

I wouldn't call it rushed. Just because it has a few bugs doesn't mean it was rushed and should be tossed aside.

When have you seen a game that didn't need a patch or two after it was released?