Even worse: games that run poorly on high-end systems
...and...
I played Sins on a computer which cost about $300 when we got it 5 years ago.
My main complain about sins... it run poorly on high end system... i have a dual Xeon 4 core, 16 gb ram, NV 8800 Ultra 768mb... but sins is not faster and have the similar limitation that the guy with a 300$ computer from 5 years ago...
In 2003, 6 year ago, the first desktop PC processor who support 64 bits was out... in 2005, 4 years ago, first Desktop PC processor with multicore was out... anno 2008 come sins, able to run it on computer from prehistoric time but not able to use the power of any cheap computer that you found everywhere... by example, here, in any big food store, between bread and salad, you can find low end computer at very low price... these low end computer have minimum two core and support 64 bits... Why Stardock have made Sins compatible with the recycled computer from some obscure place in the African jungle... in no way, the local guy with a few $$$ month income will buy the game...
Since Stardock have the source of sins, why not compile it for 64 bits... don't need to optimize the code, allow us only to go over the ram limit from 32 bits application...
And it become a must to be with Entrenchment... try a huge map with multistar... soon of later, you hit the ram limit ( 3gb for win32, 4gb for win64 using wow64 for emulate the win32 env )... yes, i know... entrenchment is a beta... optimisation will resolve it... but once optimised, it will not remain a lot of room for mods... and what about the 2 future other expension... they will use more ram too... with time, on any machine, we will need to use map 1vs1 with 5 planet only...
Sins budget was around 1 million $$$, in one year, the return was ten time this amount... sins is a real success, normal since it is a very good game concept and at these level, Stardock/Ironclad have made wonders... why not invest now some in the return money for a sins 2 engine... stop upgrade actual limited engine with micro expension who will make the game unplayable on any machine...