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Rebington · 08-07-2011, 03:43 PM

When is it ok to complain?

I'm a huge fan of the ootp series. Clearly the developers of the game work incredibly hard and genuinely care about the 'ootp community'. I've never minded delays in game launch, especially when ootp has had a great track record of being released almost without bugs.

However, ootp12 is the worst thing to happen to online leagues for a long time (ironic considering improvements to the online side of the game was meant to be a key selling point for the new game). The whole OOOL thing was released just not working at all, and at every turn experienced league commissioners have run into problems causing leagues to compeltely halt. A new patch comes out and and solves certain issues, whilst creating a whole new set of problems.

I'm sure some leagues have come through the transition from 11 to 12 relatively okay, but I know at least four long term leagues where interest has dwindled as commissions struggle to run regular sims. Meanwhile Fidel and a few other extremely helpful ootp board members try and make sense of the continuing bugs and problems.

I'm not sure the point of this post.. as it's not much different from other critical threads.

I think ootp is great value for money (eventually 12 will be too!) and I'm sure I'll keep buying the game - I guess it's just to say how disappointing ootp12 has been and that in my eyes the trust the ootp development team has built over the years is somewhat tainted by releasing a completely unfinished game.

08-07-2011, 03:43 PM	#1
Rebington Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 52	ootp12 killing online leagues When is it ok to complain? I'm a huge fan of the ootp series. Clearly the developers of the game work incredibly hard and genuinely care about the 'ootp community'. I've never minded delays in game launch, especially when ootp has had a great track record of being released almost without bugs. However, ootp12 is the worst thing to happen to online leagues for a long time (ironic considering improvements to the online side of the game was meant to be a key selling point for the new game). The whole OOOL thing was released just not working at all, and at every turn experienced league commissioners have run into problems causing leagues to compeltely halt. A new patch comes out and and solves certain issues, whilst creating a whole new set of problems. I'm sure some leagues have come through the transition from 11 to 12 relatively okay, but I know at least four long term leagues where interest has dwindled as commissions struggle to run regular sims. Meanwhile Fidel and a few other extremely helpful ootp board members try and make sense of the continuing bugs and problems. I'm not sure the point of this post.. as it's not much different from other critical threads. I think ootp is great value for money (eventually 12 will be too!) and I'm sure I'll keep buying the game - I guess it's just to say how disappointing ootp12 has been and that in my eyes the trust the ootp development team has built over the years is somewhat tainted by releasing a completely unfinished game.