Saturday, August 02, 2003

Star Wars Galaxies

Ack! Unfinished. They relased the game too soon, and did not wait to shake out the remaining problems with server stability, fixes to professions and the economy, and my personal pet peeve - the combat operations do not make combat easy. For example, changing targets is difficult and sometimes impossible. A few months more work would have been ideal. Many players of such games have argued that they all are released with a whole set of problems. My argument is that the fact that such a thing is common does not make it acceptable. When one sells a product it should be complete, not merely slouching towards completness. Patches and updates seems to make game companies all to willing to put stuff out too soon, relying on patches and fixes to make it good later.

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