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[–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

Games having dodgy performance on release is effectively normal now.

It makes more sense to rate based on the gameplay otherwise 99% of releases would be 1 star.

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  • [–] 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    But how likely is any optimisation going to be forthcoming if there's no-one working on it?

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  • [–] -3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Now?

    The first video game I ever l played was Pong.

    Dodgy performance on release has always been the case. Would like to hear the tale of the Atari ET game?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Can't remember any particular performance problems with ET - it's no more flickery than any other 2600 game, sound plays fine, screen changes when you fall in a hole are prompt, all that kind of thing. Now, utterly bizarre and unintuitive gameplay, yes; it has that in spades. Also quite unfinished, but Howard Scott Warshaw only got five weeks to develop it so I'm prepared to point the blame at Atari for that.

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