To those of you who think I am "knocking" ww2OL only, you're mistaken. Read my post CAREFULLY!. I am just using WW2OL as an example. Many other software companies do the same thing, and they have been getting away with it for years! why? Because we let them, we are like sheep, with our tongues hanging out for the next great software adventure.
Along comes another company who gives specs, stats, what the game will need to run, what it will deliver etc. How many of you that have bought wW2OL had to upgrade to 512 memory? did it say that was the minimum requirement to run it? Did they tell you without the huge swapfile it won't run? Did they advertise framerates in the low teens?
No......they didn't, and neither did other companies in the past who have sloughed off marginally running software to the unsuspecting customer. Some will let you return software, some stores won't accept returns. My case is this and only this, deliver a quality product as advertised, why should people reading minmum requirements have to go out and perform upgrades because the minimums won't work? Not only did they pay for the software, but they paid for additional memory, maybe a new video card etc. and have spent maybe 200 dollars to make a 40$ game run marginally at best.
My complaint isn't with cornered rat alone, it's with the software companies who dupe the public, and the public doesn't demand better. If I spend x amount of dollars on anything, and it's advertised to have certain features, and operates easily with what I have, then I expect to get something as advertised. call me crazy, but isn't that what we all expect?
I'm no cheerleader by any means...but compare say the quality of aces high to ww2OL, I feel I'm getting my monies worth for aH, that's why I pay. I also think, and have stated in the past, that AH will be WW2OL before ww2ol is fully functionable. compare graphics, modeling, flight models etc. Note the recent additions of ships, landing crafft,etc. Read the news at the bbS rail roads are coming....betcha troops etc arent' far behind, and new terrains are being developed. And why do you think there is a beta DX8 version? If the new versions aren't working properly here, we get a patch almost immediately to correct it, and the players input is duly noted. You're supposed to get what you pay for, software, rent, electricity etc.
I hope that in the future software companies will be more prudent in releasing software that in my mind isn't close to what one expects, or is advertised. that's all I want, someone to sell me something that works in software, as advertised, and I'll be happy !
