AgeOfEmpires
01-01-2008, 02:53 PM
My wife purchased an XBOX360 for me last Christmas. I played a few "budget" games on it here and there but started to get interested in a little serious gaming again when Halo 3 was on the horizon.
A friend at work showed me some of the early trailers of Orange Box, and specifically TF2. I was a little intrigued, but was intent on picking up a copy of Halo 3 on the release date.
Well, for whatever reason, I opted for Orange Box instead and got it on the release date, I believe. TF2 quickly became my favorite platform gave of all time (although the original Metroid runs a close 2nd for me). I have immensely enjoyed playing it....that is WHEN I have been able to successfully get into a game and actually stay in a game. The game is enjoyable enough that I've lived through the (sometimes often) frustrations of lag and the other problems.
This Christmas another friend of mine got an XBOX360 along with Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. After putting off the purchase of both of these games due to my TF2 enjoyment, I bought each of them to play with him.
Well, after a week of playing each of them online I've tried to come back to TF2. To be honest with you, I am having a tough time coming back after seeing two much more successful implementations of multiplayer. I've really had no problems with either Halo 3 or COD4 (other than the problems XBOX Live had itself a few days ago).
Come on Valve. You've got a better game, but I'm not sure who coded the piece that handles the multiplayer communications and game selection. I just cannot figure out (being a CS major and computer professional for over 20 years) why:
A) You would release a game with these problems in the first place
B) You will not AGGRESSIVELY pursue a patch ASAP to fix these problems
Yeah, I've read of the patch that is promised, but hasn't the game been out way too long for you to expect users to put up with this?
I am not someone who has a lot of time to play so I have to choose wisely how I use my time. With Halo 3 and COD4 in my library, it is just a waste of my time to spend too large of a percentage of time TRYING to find a TF2 game that I can connect to and stay in.
I do hope you get these problems figured out, and soon. Many forums are full of those that have given up on TF2 and moved on. I do not want to be in that category but I fear I cannot wait much longer.
A friend at work showed me some of the early trailers of Orange Box, and specifically TF2. I was a little intrigued, but was intent on picking up a copy of Halo 3 on the release date.
Well, for whatever reason, I opted for Orange Box instead and got it on the release date, I believe. TF2 quickly became my favorite platform gave of all time (although the original Metroid runs a close 2nd for me). I have immensely enjoyed playing it....that is WHEN I have been able to successfully get into a game and actually stay in a game. The game is enjoyable enough that I've lived through the (sometimes often) frustrations of lag and the other problems.
This Christmas another friend of mine got an XBOX360 along with Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. After putting off the purchase of both of these games due to my TF2 enjoyment, I bought each of them to play with him.
Well, after a week of playing each of them online I've tried to come back to TF2. To be honest with you, I am having a tough time coming back after seeing two much more successful implementations of multiplayer. I've really had no problems with either Halo 3 or COD4 (other than the problems XBOX Live had itself a few days ago).
Come on Valve. You've got a better game, but I'm not sure who coded the piece that handles the multiplayer communications and game selection. I just cannot figure out (being a CS major and computer professional for over 20 years) why:
A) You would release a game with these problems in the first place
B) You will not AGGRESSIVELY pursue a patch ASAP to fix these problems
Yeah, I've read of the patch that is promised, but hasn't the game been out way too long for you to expect users to put up with this?
I am not someone who has a lot of time to play so I have to choose wisely how I use my time. With Halo 3 and COD4 in my library, it is just a waste of my time to spend too large of a percentage of time TRYING to find a TF2 game that I can connect to and stay in.
I do hope you get these problems figured out, and soon. Many forums are full of those that have given up on TF2 and moved on. I do not want to be in that category but I fear I cannot wait much longer.