dougsmithuk Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 First off, this is the WORST multiplayer system in the world!! I NEVER install gamespy and this game forces you to use it!! Why oh why cant I connect to my friends machines directly and bypass the who gamespy hell I refuse to pay to beta test the game. The developers seriously made a mistake releasing the game in its current state. I'm not talking about single player as I only bought this game to play against friends (who have also returned it!!). We have so far successfully had 2 games online. The rest either crash out, wont connect successfully, give an exception error or will just sit in the multiplayer lobby doing nothing!! By releasing it early in this state, the magazines have slated the game giving it a bad name already so the damage has already been done. I'm sure they will iron out the patches in the next few months, but by then most players will have given up and moved on - plus sales have been lost by people not buying it based on the reviews. Let this be a lesson to petroglyph at future releases - DONT USE GAMESPY!!!! LET PEOPLE CONNECT DIRECTLY VIA IP. In a couple of months the game will be in the bargain bins in stores so I will come back and buy it then as thats the price it should be - £9.99. I will buy it sooner if they: 1. Allow us to connect via direct IP, bypassing the POS gamespy system 2. Allow us to turn off pirates in multiplayer campaign mode - currently the battles are autoresolved and you never even get a chance to choose if you fight the battle or not, hence you end up losing all your units!! It doesnt even tell you what units you faced or what units you lost AFTER the battle either!! How can you send a second fleet to the planet to counter-attack if you dont know what units are there?!! 3. Turn on persistent damage to stop people from steam rolling over all the planets. I know you can do it as I have done it already in the ONE time I managed to get the campaign game to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi3112 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I haven't bought the game yet, I was planning to do that tomorrow, but I think I'll just wait 'till it's in the sale bin. Not just what you've said, but the other problems as well, and the copy protection program (I know what they use, and have had problems with that one before, and NO I'm NOT going to remove programs for just to run one game, and if it has some major issues that just makes it worse) that tends to mess up my system. I now consider myself lucky that I haven't had time to buy it yet. Because where I live it's not so easy to get a refund on a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gliviel Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Wow go get this game, i really enjoy it.... About the MP issues they will fix it in time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthMaulUK Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 There are no major issues with the game itself. The only problems are with multiplayer which are being dealt with DMUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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