Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Originally posted by: Modelworks
He makes some very good points.
Especially on the ease of playing a game on pc vs console.
I would love to see a 3rd party quality assurance lab that would test pc games before they were released.
http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=994
Why...this would prolong a release even longer...they are typically 3+ years from when they are ANNOUNCED, to when they decide to start some sort of beta...(which is a form of assurance IMO)...gold stage from announcement is typically 4 years +
Thats another thing they need to fix. This whole "5+ years in the making, 45 million dollar" bullshit. Most of those games suck ass when they finally come out.
They need to be more focused on the gameplay itself and start using older, already established engines when they decide to make it pretty.
These fucking morons need to stop complaining they cant make a profit because they built their own engine from scratch when there's already a dozen perfectly good engines that can be had at reasonable prices.
And they dont have to spend 4 years ironing out the bugs.
Thats what I kept hoping for with Knights of the Old Republic 3. Let them take something thats been around for awhile like Unreal 2 or Source, and then they can focus their attention on gameplay instead. It worked great for KOTOR 1 & 2. The more focus they put on graphics the more time they waste and the more likely the final product will end up sucking donkey balls.
Of course, its already been stated a hundred times you cant sell gameplay on a box. Only graphics. And since companies like EA are interested in ONLY money and have no concern for customer satisfaction, that shit will never change.