Exitium said:
Excuse me? Someone can't hold a valid opinion that's different from yours without being considered 'controversial' or 'baiting'? Get a reality check.
In the end, I can't say it was a good run, because it wasn't. You fucked up.
If any of you readers are at a loss for words, I believe the word you are looking for is "pwned".
You all need to stop acting like a bunch of sad crybaby fanboys.
Why should Troika get a free blowjob while almost every other company we cover (Bethesda, Bioware, those idiots who made The Fall) receive a kind of response that akins us to abused former lovers?
Sweet. If only Troika showed as much dedication as Blizzard did to its products.
All that remains to be said is that there will be no more free rides for Troika. They'll have to actually work for a living now, to stay afloat if they haven't already drowned as I seem to think.
I'm willing to bet a lot of money that if Troika came out and mentioned how they donated money every single one of you dipshits who are condemning Bioware for their charitable actions would be lining up to suck some sloppy penis.
When all that's said, Troika is lazy.
It's just a case of Troika being lazy.
When I first played Arcanum, I tried to walk to the new areas without using the map. I did this for about 3 minute before I started to recognise repeating terrain. How fucking brilliant of Troika.
Speaking of more retarded area-related issues, I really don't like Bloodlines's "phantom locations" that dissapear from the taxi cab map after you've left the scene
What are you talking about? I don't like hub-based non-persistent locations. That's all Arcanum had anyway. Did you misinterpret my post about Arcanum's 'exploration'?
My point is that it was an illusion. You were just running in circles. You couldn't get anywhere by doing that.
The same can never be said about Troika, which seems more than apt at keeping a bad track record than implementing any changes to better their reputation as a developer.
Yep. People are always willing to pull out the "Troika is poor" and "Troika is too small" argument without realizing that Troika has several teams (3, if I'm not mistaken) working on separate projects and they certainly have more industry experience than Bioware ever did.
Translation: Activision is never going to release a patch and Troika probably couldn't care less since they wouldn't get much pay for fixing their screw-ups anyway. Go fuck yourselves, we already have your money.
Conclusion? Troika fans are fucking morons.
Just as Troika will be commended for not supporting its own games, rather than chastised. Welcome. Allo unt vilkommen to der Codex. Bienvenue.
"4. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Troika Studios)
The RPG part is really well done, especially the sidequests, but the combat is lacklustre. Somebody should mod the game, and change the main plot (so the endings aren't all based on the cab ride) and revamp the combat locations. "
(it's rex's top 5 games of 2004)
Oh, and read here:
http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... oika#86678
I'll put it in simple terms: they fired everyone because they screwed up how they ran the company and couldn't acquire any new publishing deals.
I'll put it in simple terms:
The only thing you know is what David Marsh apparently said, and leon's noncommital statement.
Otherwise, you dont know jackshit.
Bloodlines:
Bugs? Check.
no game has ever been launched without bugs, CHECK!
Environmental Audio that doesn't work? Check.
Not that I've noticed, or even heard others say
Slow loading times? Check.
Get a decent PC
Game-stopping bugs like getting stuck in the elevator? Check.
"like"? That's pretty much the only one that still exists.
Memory leaks? Check.
So do a hell of a lot of games that have received 5+ patches, Sacred's one, and that's had at least 8 patches and one expansion
Broken save game/load game feature? Check.
How's it broken?
Imbalance (Game is tipped towards combat-oriented characters)? Check.
Balance is illusory
Performance slowdowns regardless of what PC or graphics card you have? Check.
What a load of bollocks, what PC's and graphics cards have YOU tried it on exactly?
Lack of customer support? Check.
Ask Activision, in almost every game, it's the publisher that handles support
Lack of any future patches? Check.
Ask Activision, it's up to them to fund patches
Oh, yes, no one can think of any particular reason why Bloodlines sucks.
