Re: Today is the One Year Anniversary For The Release of Starfield

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:17:20 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
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On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:12:34 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
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Microsoft, fucking gaming in the ass since whenever they decided to
enter gaming.

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I don't think that the flaws in Freelancer can be blamed on Microsoft.
Yes, they published the game, but it's almost entirely the vision of
Chris Roberts (of "Wing Commander" and lately "Star Citizen" fame).
They rescued it after Roberts nearly bankrupted the company. The worst
you can say about Microsoft is that they only supported the game for
five years.

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Except Chris Roberts had a history with wing commander, and privateer
1+2, with no Microsoft influence, the stupid only happened after MS
entered the picture.

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Arguably that might be more to do with Origin than Roberts. After all,
look at Star Citizen. That stupid is _all_ Chris Roberts.

Is it though?  How much of it is the co-devs, and fan wants?

Look at the stupid they did with Mechwarrior after they got hold of it
with the 4 series.

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A lot of people like that one too. And "MechCommander II" was great!

A lot of people were happy to have anything mechwarrior, doesn't mean it
was good.

Mech 2 and 3 were vastly better.

I'll never hold Microsoft up as the pinnacle of PC gaming development.
They've done a lot of boneheaded stuff. But a lot of it seemed good
intentioned (if a bit self-serving) and they produced an equal amount
of worthwhile games as well.
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There's a lot of stuff I hold against Microsoft, but their games? Not
really.

They dumbed a lot of stuff down considerably.

Not to mention the developed for PC and x-box,, which really means x-box
and a bad port to PC with radial menus and other bullshit no 104 key
keyboard needs to put up with.

Xocyll