Black & White Patch Update

i'm not going to buy another lionhead/molyneux(sp?) game unless it really is a killer. the only review i read of bw that i thought was actually good was firingsquads. the rest of the sites gave it like 90%+ on average! wtf is that, there is no way this game is a "classic". a rating that high means anyone will like the game and spend lots of time playing it. bw at best is fun for a week or so for most people and only fun after that for a select few(mostly the people that run the bw fan sites...).

I'm bringing it today to the shop and asking my money back because the damn game is not working for me. It just hangs after, say, 5 minutes or so. Pah! I'm getting Red Alert 2 instead because my girlfriend loves to play it by LAN. Sigh.

Why don't they release a patch which will fix MAJOR flaws in the game for 95% of people and then release another patch later that mops up whatever's left and adds new features if they want?

Do they really think this first patch will be the patch to end all patches? Surely some new problem will crop up, requiring another patch down the line. Why wait so long for the first patch?

I can deal with all the bugs apart from the savegame not working properly and the creature forgetting skills when you load. If they'd fixed these a month ago I might still be playing the game instead of waiting for the patch. (They should have caught these basic errors in bug testing anyway. Sigh.)

Sure, there's a fine line between releasing a patch every day and appearing to release a quality-controlled update which fixes all problems. It seemed funny that Tribes 2 patches were being released all the time for a while but I imagine the people playing Tribes 2 were quite happy to get the attention and try out new fixes. If the B&W people are worried about appearing to release patches which don't actually fix _all_ the problems, couldn't they at least release beta versions of patches for people to try out if they want, on the understanding that it may not fix everything and they will probably have to download more stuff at a later date? They released the game in a poorly tested, beta state; why have they suddendly started giving a damn about QA in the patching stage?

It's a real pitty as the game seems cool to me.

In ten days, we will find out that the people in charge of the B&W patch were the same people who were given the task of making the Unreal demo.

Good god, even ION Storm managed to get a patch out faster than this.

Though, from the sounds of their message, they might have finally caught a clue that they screwed the pooch. Too bad it's about a month too late and nothing they do will make me want to buy another product from them.

I want my soccer field, dammit!

The only reason I haven't uninstalled the game is because I'm waiting for this patch. If they take out the 'story,' add The Sandbox thing (you just do what you want to do), and take out all the villagers, I think I'll leave it on my system. Add sarcasim where you think appropiate.

I do want to see my creature dance to .mp3 files. Or in my case .ogg files.

What fucking protcal do they use that B&W wont work? CTP/PI?!?!

I know it's blasphemy to mention this here, but voodooextreme's review was pretty good.
The first 20 or so hours are great fun, then the interest just slowly fades...

I love B&W but about a month ago I stopped playing completely..


I'm going to wait until they finnish the game before I play it again.


for now, i'm re-addicted to CS.

Which ISP would that be? Casema?

(obvious Casema joke just for the sake of it,sorry)

Lionhead = losing customers by the minute

WTF do I care about the Netherlands?! Give it to the States, NOW!: P

I really abhor those lionhead fuckers. I think I'll go to E3 next year and punch Peter Molyneux in the mouth.

I'd care if I hadn't stop playing the game. :P

Eh..........ok