[QUOTE=Dopaminergic;316515]What forum updates?
Only valid point? Yeah, I don’t think so. I think you’re just trying to justify your wasted money.[/QUOTE]Maybe you didn’t notice it, but they are here on the forum. See those little 
images in thread lists? That’s a thread where they answered. Granted, they are more common in the tech support forum, but these general discussion threads are just impossible to keep up with.
As for me, I will have you know that I’ve been on these forums a long time, which certainly influences my reasoning. I’ll try to keep it in mind, thank you.
[QUOTE=Dopaminergic;316545]I disagree with you on most of what you’re saying.
What I’m comparing between the games is not apples and oranges. Both companies have the same need to communicate well with players and both companies have the same need to produce polished games. In both of these aspects with their recent releases, CDP is much better than SP. Again, TW2 has minor tech issueswhile Brink has deep game design flaws. Also, TW2’s engines and game mechanics are way more complicated and harder to code than Brink’s. Ever opened up and looked at what was going on through the developer console? It’s a hideous sight and illustrates a lot of bad coding going on.[/quote]I seem to have missed the fact that in your original post you complained about issues which weren’t ironed out before release. You are right that it is inexcusable, but then again you make the same mistake:
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[li]I personally only experience very minor technical issues that happen infrequently[/li][li]The sheer awesomeness of the game makes up for the small issues and then some[/ul][/QUOTE]See, there are issues in TW2 as well which should have been ironed out. If TW2 doesn’t install for some people, how is that less severe than game-breaking lag?[/li]No game is perfect. I happen to have very minor issues with Brink, and the awesomeness makes up for the small things and then some.
My point being: there is no way any of us can still look at this objectively because if you would list the issues, we’d assign a different kind of “severity” to them. (Actually, some links to previous posts where you list your pet issues would be helpful)
Until we somewhat agree on the severity, throwing terms like “minor tech issues” and “deep game design flaws” around just remains subjective.
As for coding, have you seen the TW2 engine or game mechanic code and do you have code statistics about it? Does it have a developer console or debugging log? How would you know that it’s more complicated than Brink’s subsystems which have to think about body types, armor, different speeds, weapons, abilities and class “synergies”?
Sadly I haven’t looked at Brink’s console, but printing warnings, errors and whatnot to a log file is not a sign of bad coding, it only is when the logging would not make the least amount of sense to anyone with knowledge of the engine. At any rate, it is not meant to make sense to a casual user, that’s why it’s a developer console.
[QUOTE=Dopaminergic;316545]SD could make a central blog, but they don’t. They could update everyday, but they don’t. This is my point and what I very much dislike. I would really love for you to show me SD posts on this forums. I’ve been here a lot and I haven’t seen any. I just see them banning people who talk about how they hate Brink.
I’m not happy to rant here. I don’t want to rant, I want to enjoy Brink.[/QUOTE]See above. They reply to technical issues for most issues posted, even though the official tech support is over at Bethesda forums.
Granted, a central blog or news post could link to common issues so they are just doing things inefficiently at the moment, but then again, what more could they regularly post than “we’re still working on it while poking ATI for updates on their failing drivers”?
