mdoan

My specific problem is with the game crashing; haven't actually defeated a single opponent on IC unless they crashed before I did. Other than that, there is the hosting issue. Inside the hosting issue, there's the fact that within the game, the only explanation they give you when your router ports are closed is either "Disconnected from Game Server" for joiners, or a neverending wait time if you're the host. There are other evidences of negligence, too, like a

The monk's post was definately wordy enough, but "adequate," no. And no, I don't make it a regular habit to bash games; but then again, I've never bought a game that failed on the fundamental levels this one does. It's more frustration, really, because the game IS a breakthrough creatively, and dances with total failure now because of a networking error. The monk's response was just more of the political bullshit jargon that posters like the OP have heard f

[quote quoting="post"]There are severe problems with playing games on ICO atm. literally, 100% of the random games i have played in the last week (around 15 games) have all ended in one of 2 ways: 1. A noob quits as soon as something looks bad for him, and the teamer is left unbalanced for the rest of his team 2. A noob quits as soon as something looks bad for him, but i finish off the team of AIs for the win anyway. and then it struck me why this happens

While his grammar is pretty far off, the original poster is 100% in the right, and conveniently placed any argument for or against the problems with Sins of a Solar Empire in a nice little saying: It says multiplayer on the box, and doesn't work. It doesn't really matter and no one really cares about what mistake or oversight caused the problem, because it is just that, an oversight, and a problem. If a company wants to stick a $49.99 price tag on a game, especia