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People don't like those reviews though. This is why youtube personalities are so popular as a review source. Reviews which try to give an wholly objective POV are really dull to read and often...

Evidence shows people don't read those reviews. Several websites tried this, people stopped visiting, and advertising revenue plummeted. Most people just want a number, that's why metacritic and...

Reviews are opinions. If you don't trust a reviewer or find yourself disagreeing with something they wrote, check a youtube video or write your own review. Don't complain of bias when your evidence...

It's a PC exclusive hybrid strategy game. The evidence suggests that financially it did as well as expected. Sega isn't exactly a fan of funding franchises that fail to meet expectations.

Someone doesn't understand how the rating system works...

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Probably due to time constraints. These kinds of things require balancing, additional art work etc. if they were to be player factions. Maybe they'll be done officially as Free-LC in the future,...

Which said issues?
Have you read any other threads on this forum? Or any patch notes? That would probably answer your question.

Until they have an AI trustworthy enough to be left in control if a player didn't want to control 40+ units this is not going to happen. You want a game to be tough, but not overwhelming.

Well, I hope it's good. Good games are good.

Individuals in the development team might 'trust you' 100%. But, there's no way a legal department would agree to the idea. You don't accept new ideas from individuals who are not employed by your...

You'd have to convince Sega's legal department of this. You'd also have to make sure those contracts were binding in such a way that no judge is going to look at them and think "This person was being...

Were those 'lots of things' linked to a specific individual or based on community feedback? Has the design been completely rebuilt or is it more iterative?

What I'm saying is copyright and IP law...

Open Alphas and Betas are different. These are for bug fixing. There's a reason why larger publishers and developers aren't out petitioning the fanbase to write their games and come up with ideas; it...

Jeez man, chill out.

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The reason there are mods is to modify the base 'game' to whatever you or the...

No, it still feels like it was designed by professionals. Just that it was released too early. Another 6 months to a year and they could have really fleshed out those features.

Not to knock him, but that game [Armada 2526 Supernova] he was working on had similar complaints that Rome II had; lack of polish, issues with the AI, stability problems and problems with the combat...

Go on...

CA are working on the mod tools right now.

Also, mod tools are not something that can just be thrown together. There are certain things that need to be considered and organised. CA doesn't own...

Nothing kills the general system, in fact it made the 'general system' easier. I don't have to worry about losing a family member and everyone is expendable. However, it does kill any 'role-play'...

Which features were presented as fact which are no longer present? Which advertisement or back-of-box statement proved to be absent? If you're talking about gameplay from pre-Alpha footage I think...

Kriss isn't 'denying facts'. It's not a building slot. It's a port. You can have the exact same amount of military/economic/cultural building in either city. The only difference is that one is a port...

As you should do with all marketing. 'I thought the beer ad would mean hot women would actually pay attention to me if I bought it!'

How much did it cost to produce? How mow much did they actually make? How much did they expect to make? Did it help garner additional attention to the base game which in turn, translated to more...

Yeah, it's been discussed. It doesn't provide much of a bonus, and what little bonus that is is often mitigated by the fact you're not really paying attention to the rest of the map.

There's a reason they mark it as Alpha. Things change. If it wasn't going to change it would just be the final product.

Modders will confirm their mods are up to date.

...well there shouldn't be really. If I don't march over the Alps and go through Sicily instead Cannae shouldn't happen; if I lose at Lake Trasimene it shouldn't happen; if I lure the Roman army to...

Because 9 patches in 6 months is hardly evidence of them moving away. So far they've been pretty consistent. They also stated that they wanted Rome II to have a longer tail, so I am anticipating...

Whether you think it will be fixed or not, they are going to keep patching it. The tail on this game is supposed to be pretty long, based on what they've been saying about DLC/Mini-Campaigns. I...

If you have the money and want it than get it. It's like $8, you've wasted $8 before.

You can get a refund for not accepting the agreement. But if you've already sunk a hundred hours into the game (as it is in this case I would presume) you aren't entitled. The agreement has to have...

We would have gotten a very similar game with very similar problems.

Well if we were talking about something more important; immigration, global conflict, economic reform, scientific studies etc. then no, I would not be happy with one company providing me with this...

Where would you get this information on player retention prior to Steam and why would you deem it any more accurate?

OP makes some good points about player retention. But CA may have been looking...

Don't leave empty building slots for more than one turn.

So...has anyone gotten a refund on Rome II? Or are we still talking in hypotheticals?

Umm, CA have done DLC like this before. Empire had plenty of it. Rome II sold pretty well and most of their DLC has been for free. Some people might want it, but none of the units are essential...

Consumer rights are actually pretty good here. It's based on the product you buy though. So if I were to buy a fridge, it would not be unreasonable to expect it to last 5+ years. If it lasts 2 and...