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Johnny V posted 08-05-99 12:40 PM ET
Personally I have found Firaxis games to be the least buggy of any games I have bought. When I played Betrayal In Antara it by Sierra (I think) it crashed constantly. It even had a built in feature when you started the game after a crash a screen game up and said your last game crashed want to reload from the last autosave. It autosaved before each combat because it usually crashed in combat. So obviously they knew the game was so unstable when they decided to release it they added this restore because you last session crashed feature. I have been playing SMAC while I was waiting for the official patch to the Tales of the sword coast addition to Baldurs Gate. That game has a nasty bug if you complete more then a certain number of quests the game craters and you can't go on. I have never had a Firaxis game crash or have game stopping bugs.
Darkstar posted 08-05-99 06:23 PM ET
Johnny, I don't buy Seirra products. Too buggy. It's purely by accident that I buy them. Stuff that don't say the word "Sierra" on their packaging.
And when I do accidentally do buy a product of theirs and install it, it gets one try. If it crashes, its gone and returned to the software shop. Most can't pass a 5 minute play test, which continues to justify my bias against buying their products. And a reason that several software shops in the region put "as-is" clauses on any Sierra product. [Not kidding about this, either.]
That fact that anyone does, amazes me. But then, some people demand a product that runs on the level that they make. Some don't.
There are plenty of other games out there. And other things than playing games. Its up to you. But you and I vote with our wallets everytime we buy a product. Remember that.
-Darkstar
Johnny V posted 08-06-99 08:52 AM ET
I agree completely. I will never buy another sierra game. But I really haven't noticed any bugs in Firaxis games. I wish I could say the same about the software I write ;-)
Imran Siddiqui posted 08-06-99 03:41 PM ET
True. Every other game I have gotten recently (Baldur's Gate, SimCity 3000, Fallout 2) have ALL been buggier than SMAC!
Darkstar posted 08-07-99 04:32 AM ET
I can't speak for Baldur's Gate or Fallout 2, but I haven't encountered any bugs that I know of in SimCity3000. And it's a Maxis/EA product. Not a Sierra product.
But as I remember it, Imran, you haven't encountered any bugs in your SMAC. On transcend, you pay normal costs. No infinite range missiles, no problems with satellites. Well, you've heard the list. (I'm teasing you. I expect you will explain the problems you had with SC3K, Imran.)
-Darkstar
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Author	Topic: Then whose games would we buy
Johnny V	posted 08-05-99 12:40 PM ET Personally I have found Firaxis games to be the least buggy of any games I have bought. When I played Betrayal In Antara it by Sierra (I think) it crashed constantly. It even had a built in feature when you started the game after a crash a screen game up and said your last game crashed want to reload from the last autosave. It autosaved before each combat because it usually crashed in combat. So obviously they knew the game was so unstable when they decided to release it they added this restore because you last session crashed feature. I have been playing SMAC while I was waiting for the official patch to the Tales of the sword coast addition to Baldurs Gate. That game has a nasty bug if you complete more then a certain number of quests the game craters and you can't go on. I have never had a Firaxis game crash or have game stopping bugs.
Darkstar	posted 08-05-99 06:23 PM ET Johnny, I don't buy Seirra products. Too buggy. It's purely by accident that I buy them. Stuff that don't say the word "Sierra" on their packaging. And when I do accidentally do buy a product of theirs and install it, it gets one try. If it crashes, its gone and returned to the software shop. Most can't pass a 5 minute play test, which continues to justify my bias against buying their products. And a reason that several software shops in the region put "as-is" clauses on any Sierra product. [Not kidding about this, either.] That fact that anyone does, amazes me. But then, some people demand a product that runs on the level that they make. Some don't. There are plenty of other games out there. And other things than playing games. Its up to you. But you and I vote with our wallets everytime we buy a product. Remember that. -Darkstar
Johnny V	posted 08-06-99 08:52 AM ET I agree completely. I will never buy another sierra game. But I really haven't noticed any bugs in Firaxis games. I wish I could say the same about the software I write ;-)
Imran Siddiqui	posted 08-06-99 03:41 PM ET True. Every other game I have gotten recently (Baldur's Gate, SimCity 3000, Fallout 2) have ALL been buggier than SMAC!
Darkstar	posted 08-07-99 04:32 AM ET I can't speak for Baldur's Gate or Fallout 2, but I haven't encountered any bugs that I know of in SimCity3000. And it's a Maxis/EA product. Not a Sierra product. But as I remember it, Imran, you haven't encountered any bugs in your SMAC. On transcend, you pay normal costs. No infinite range missiles, no problems with satellites. Well, you've heard the list. (I'm teasing you. I expect you will explain the problems you had with SC3K, Imran.) -Darkstar