Hi. I have been putting a LOT of time and energy into a gigantic galaxy size game (I like the grandiose, you see) and have gotten to the point where I feel little can stop me from reaching a tech victory. So...I have been doing a lot less managing and doing little but hitting that "TURN" button until...guess what? THE TURN BUTTON DISAPPEARS...so I reload from autosave, try it again, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS.
I cant create more saves because of the memory bug associated with larger games, tho I have 2gb of ram (it says im out of virtual memory every time I save).
Meanwhile, the fan on my machine goes overtime because this game, simple as it SHOULD BE, taxes the crap out my video card, tho my apartment is at a modest 68 degrees.
I have had to tweak my machine because it runs with a dual core processor.
What do all of these problems/irksome quirks have in common? SIMPLE!
Too many bells and whistles...maxing out graphics, textures, sucking up all kinds of memory unecessarily (BECAUSE IT SHOULDNT BE THAT KIND OF GAME). I mean, come on! This is an adorable game, but its a game for gamers, not twitchers, not shooters, not kids. I would play this game if it had space invader graphics, for god's sake. But NO! We have to try to stay state of the art, competetive with the graphics, and looking snazzy and cool to try to sell games to more kids who would probably be best left to their shooters, rts titles, or rpgs. Meanwhile, folks like me have to learn the secret hand shakes, sprinkle holy water, or tweak and peak our already butch machines just to play the dang thing...and still, probably have to cut our losses and do something else when a big game just refuses to play anymore.
Before anyone flames me right back, I invite you to ponder the following questions: How much MORE cool game features for gamers would this game have if the time spent on developing new unnecessary graphics sleekness had been spent instead on cool STRATEGY GAME FEATURES? How many more options for espionage, diplomacy, or ground warfare might we have had INSTEAD OF
