If you have any questions re: WotN, submit them here for the devs!

[Totoro]

No one is mocking the game but it's a no brainer that this game was rushed and quite possibly developed by a less experienced team

To me calling a game crap, is mocking. Then again, I don't know what kind of culture you live in.

[westyofoz]

Originally Posted by Totoro

To me calling a game crap, is mocking. Then again, I don't know what kind of culture you live in.

We are calling the state of the game crap, not the game. The game itself is great, great story, great game play like the other King's Bounty versions, love the new units and the Valkeries. The King's Bounty series is one of my favourite four series.

However, I hate the state of the game. It was released in a crap state. This thread isn't for reporting bugs (I did that elsewhere), this thread is for telling the developers what you think and I did. I am peeved off at the blatant unfinished product.

I am sick of crashes and having to replay bits I have already done. I am annoyed of having to continual save the game every few minutes because it crashes. I made it through the game a couple of times but I have also started a few games that I have had to abandon half way through because of various bugs, eg Loki. I had to manually fix the Icedragon bug, because the game was unplayable. If you buy a game you should not have to fix it yourself!!!!!

And I could go on. If you think this is acceptable than go ahead and enjoy your bug filled game. Some of us actually expect a game to be in a good state when sold to the public. I understand their will be some hardware bugs, that can't be helped. Broken quests, crashing animations, poor coding, etc, is just not good enough. I am not happy about it. I have better things to do with my time then stuff around on broken games. I am going back to play a game that does work and continue to be disappointed that 1C has let me down.

[Fatt_Shade]

@Totoro

They could have spend more effort on bugs before releasing the game but then the release would have been postponed.
It's also possible that they were aware that the game has many bugs but decided to release it anyway because players kept asking about the release.

I`ll just say why i cant accept game being released like this form my point of view : First was announced to spring 2012 and postponed for 10 months, and we guessed it will be in great shape in the end. And then when game come out we got this bug infested thing.
My personal affront was this, i`m engineer and if i made mistake at work there could be big problems for thousands of customers losing electric power, or something similar. And after something like that, i`m sure those customers would claim me responsible. Even more i`m sure they wouldn`t be one fixing those problems.
Then I look this release and 1C as professional programing studio, and question how the hell they could do something crappy like this.

As westofoz said here

I had to manually fix the Icedragon bug, because the game was unplayable. If you buy a game you should not have to fix it yourself!!!!!

can you name me one game that have players base fixing it since day of release so it`s playable. I for sure cant think of any title like that.

[Totoro]

Originally Posted by Fatt_Shade

@Totoro

I`ll just say why i cant accept game being released like this form my point of view : First was announced to spring 2012 and postponed for 10 months, and we guessed it will be in great shape in the end. And then when game come out we got this bug infested thing.
My personal affront was this, i`m engineer and if i made mistake at work there could be big problems for thousands of customers losing electric power, or something similar. And after something like that, i`m sure those customers would claim me responsible. Even more i`m sure they wouldn`t be one fixing those problems.
Then I look this release and 1C as professional programing studio, and question how the hell they could do something crappy like this.

As westofoz said here
can you name me one game that have players base fixing it since day of release so it`s playable. I for sure cant think of any title like that.

Players don't have to fix anything. They just seem to want to.

And of course devs are responsible for bugs. I also expect they fix them but I don't mind if they release unfinished product if they fix my product eventually.

[Mandea]

Maybe you don't pay for them. it's the only reason I can accept "but I don't mind if they release unfinished product if they fix my product eventually". Eventually may mean years. It's one thing to have a 0-day patch and another to have huge bugs one month later which is the case at hand.

[westyofoz]

Originally Posted by Totoro

Players don't have to fix anything. They just seem to want to.

And of course devs are responsible for bugs. I also expect they fix them but I don't mind if they release unfinished product if they fix my product eventually.

Well I suppose I didn't need to fix the bug myself. I could have just sat and stared at the product I bought in the hope it will work one day. I should not have to do either. Again if you are happy with bugs kudos to you.

I am playing another game in the meantime and will check back here on occasion to see if things are fixed. I just won't pre-order any more 1c games until until I can see they are releasing a better product.

[Totoro]

Originally Posted by westyofoz

Well I suppose I didn't need to fix the bug myself. I could have just sat and stared at the product I bought in the hope it will work one day. I should not have to do either. Again if you are happy with bugs kudos to you.

You can always ask for refund because the game is too buggy.

I am playing another game in the meantime and will check back here on occasion to see if things are fixed.

That's what I do and I have no problem with it.

Originally Posted by J.B.

Hi there,

if you are looking for a car, I've a new one to sell! It only has one front light and no clutch, no airbags, no front window,...but you can drive! And if you buy it, I'll fix the rest later.....eventually!

Ok, to be serious:

A computer game is nothing important for ones life, but can you give me an example for anther product, important or not, you would buy unfinished? A car, a flat, music (guitars 'n' bass will be released on an extra album later on), a meal in a restaurant (the potatoes will be served tomorrow...eventually), a DVD-Player, any insurance, a book (oh, the missing paragraphs and chapters will be published in a while) or furniture?

No other business with this release-strategy comes to my mind, but maybe you have an idea, because I did not get why you accept it in this case!?

I'm just curious!

Greetz

J.B.

On basic rule, I pay more attention to a product's quality depending on how important it is to me and how much it costs. In this case, not so much.
I'm just repeating myself but it doesn't frustrate me at all whether they release an unfinished game few months earlier and fix it in few months instead of releasing a finished game few months later.
I don't see why it should frustrate or bother you either. You still don't get to play it any sooner and you still pay the same price.

[westyofoz]

Originally Posted by Totoro

You can always ask for refund because the game is too buggy.

That's what I do and I have no problem with it.

On basic rule, I pay more attention to a product's quality depending on how important it is to me and how much it costs. In this case, not so much.
I'm just repeating myself but it doesn't frustrate me at all whether they release an unfinished game few months earlier and fix it in few months instead of releasing a finished game few months later.
I don't see why it should frustrate or bother you either. You still don't get to play it any sooner and you still pay the same price.

Since you think it so acceptable, how about you give me a refund and you can chase 1C for one.

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by Totoro

Players don't have to fix anything. They just seem to want to.

And of course devs are responsible for bugs. I also expect they fix them but I don't mind if they release unfinished product if they fix my product eventually.

Hi there,

if you are looking for a car, I've a new one to sell! It only has one front light and no clutch, no airbags, no front window,...but you can drive! And if you buy it, I'll fix the rest later.....eventually!

Ok, to be serious:

A computer game is nothing important for ones life, but can you give me an example for anther product, important or not, you would buy unfinished? A car, a flat, music (guitars 'n' bass will be released on an extra album later on), a meal in a restaurant (the potatoes will be served tomorrow...eventually), a DVD-Player, any insurance, a book (oh, the missing paragraphs and chapters will be published in a while) or furniture?

No other business with this release-strategy comes to my mind, but maybe you have an idea, because I did not get why you accept it in this case!?

I'm just curious!

Greetz

J.B.