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Just thought I would post my bi-anual "we need autopatching in this game already!" thread.
Here's the thing. This isn't a game that a few people are casually playing for a while before they move onto something else. BF2 is starting to rival Counterstrike for popularity. And the popularity has maintained itself over time.
But we are gettign to the stage where cheats are coming out, exploits are being found all the time that need fixed (this will get more common if popularity increases). I think EA/DICE should don't put in some sort of a framework were they can update everyones client and server automatically as they see fit.
Don't get me wrong, in terms of scope and gameplay, BF2 is technically superior to anything else out there, and the built in stats are wonderful.
But it still REALLY lags behind in terms of MENU/INTERFACE, PATCHING and POLISH. It needs a little more work.
Nothing would please me more than firing up BF2 and logging on than seeing an eggtimer "checking for updates" maybe a few bullet points "fixed this" "fixed that gun" "removed exploit on xxx map."
Waiting for POINT RELEASE 1.2....1.3..... it's just so .....QUAKE 2! Haven't we progressed in the last 8+ years?
This is a new age. Internet 2.0 and what-not. Yes, I've been spoilt by Steam. But plenty of other games auto-patch without resorting to a steam-like system. Plenty of games just have a simple progress bar for patches when you click "multiplayer" in game. It's just so much easier for the user.
Here's the thing. This isn't a game that a few people are casually playing for a while before they move onto something else. BF2 is starting to rival Counterstrike for popularity. And the popularity has maintained itself over time.
But we are gettign to the stage where cheats are coming out, exploits are being found all the time that need fixed (this will get more common if popularity increases). I think EA/DICE should don't put in some sort of a framework were they can update everyones client and server automatically as they see fit.
Don't get me wrong, in terms of scope and gameplay, BF2 is technically superior to anything else out there, and the built in stats are wonderful.
But it still REALLY lags behind in terms of MENU/INTERFACE, PATCHING and POLISH. It needs a little more work.
Nothing would please me more than firing up BF2 and logging on than seeing an eggtimer "checking for updates" maybe a few bullet points "fixed this" "fixed that gun" "removed exploit on xxx map."
Waiting for POINT RELEASE 1.2....1.3..... it's just so .....QUAKE 2! Haven't we progressed in the last 8+ years?
This is a new age. Internet 2.0 and what-not. Yes, I've been spoilt by Steam. But plenty of other games auto-patch without resorting to a steam-like system. Plenty of games just have a simple progress bar for patches when you click "multiplayer" in game. It's just so much easier for the user.
It's 2006. Users shouldn't have to do all that crap anymore. Gamers are more and more ordinary people, and not techy types who managed to make a boot disk for Doom or something on their home computer.
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