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8 years ago
"Cynna;c-16254154" wrote:"Cinebar;c-16252929" wrote:
This we can agree about. He is much a live service CEO than anyone. And that is the direction of EA for all their games. I don't expect a person who has Sports games as his background to understand why some of us feel this live service doesn't actually work very well for the player (single player) of The Sims series. I personally can't stand this live service system. I would rather not be bothered by an annoying patch every month, but fix the bugs before something gets released and an emergency patch maybe, then leave people alone. Between TS4's patches and Origin patches I had enough.
This. So much, this!
I'm a mod lover. Since TS2, I have used mods to make the games into exactly what I find pleasing and entertaining for me -- getting rid of nuisances that I don't want and adding the flavor that I do. Yet, this constant patching has been a headache this time around. Even when patches include much needed fixes, they often break all of the mods and create other bugs as well.
Other than toddlers and some EP prep, the few updates to gameplay that we've gotten through patches haven't been important enough to offset the subsequent headache.
I wish that releases were more...careful. Bug test, bug test, bug test. Release as perfect a game/EP as they know how. This culture of release now, patch later is really turning me off. When games/EPs are releasing with patches on day one, or even week one, something is seriously wrong.
Yep.