Romaq
08-13-2007, 04:54 AM
I picked up Caesar IV, and I will begin making my comments concerning SC:S in light of what I learn from Caesar IV.
In particular, I note the following issues revolving around the CD:
1) The calendar indicates this is the year 2007 C.E. (Common Era, as opposed to 2007 B.C, or 'Before Computers'). I have high expectations of SC:S including content. It would be disappointing if SC:S fit on less than three CDs. Which brings up the real issue: If your computer doesn't have a DVD reader, there's a good chance it isn't good enough for playing SC:S. Go with DVD media for your box release.
2) That same calendar that indicates this is 2007 also indicates some of us would really *really* prefer downloading the file of the game, same as you now permit with Caesar IV. I don't need no steen-keen box. Had I really looked at Caesar IV and found out I could have downloaded it, I would have. AND skilled the part about having to have the damned CD dongle in the drive.
Let me tell you something about me and CD dongles. At work I'm known as 'Grace'. That's not because I'm a she, but because of the artistic dance moves I perform as I slip on the floor, turn cartwheels and fall backside over elbow. I've broken my left pinky crossing the street. I've shattered my two front teeth at work tripping over a pipe. And I have three copies now of U2's Joshua Tree because I keep dropping and tearing the holy hell out of CD disks. Please for the love of Swan Lake don't make me suffer a CD dongle. If you do, I'll end up having to wait for the downloadable version to avoid having to put up with the dongle, or having to violate my license agreement by hacking that damned dongle out.
I figure it's unlikely TM has much if any say at all, and perhaps has a strict policy at EA of being 'pointy haired bosses' about CD dongles. But I figure it's worth stating my case that I get along with CD/ DVD media like a stack of bowling balls displayed in a china shop: something's bound to happen sooner or later, something bad.
Thank you for considering the plight of a man with two left feet and all thumbs.
--Romaq
In particular, I note the following issues revolving around the CD:
1) The calendar indicates this is the year 2007 C.E. (Common Era, as opposed to 2007 B.C, or 'Before Computers'). I have high expectations of SC:S including content. It would be disappointing if SC:S fit on less than three CDs. Which brings up the real issue: If your computer doesn't have a DVD reader, there's a good chance it isn't good enough for playing SC:S. Go with DVD media for your box release.
2) That same calendar that indicates this is 2007 also indicates some of us would really *really* prefer downloading the file of the game, same as you now permit with Caesar IV. I don't need no steen-keen box. Had I really looked at Caesar IV and found out I could have downloaded it, I would have. AND skilled the part about having to have the damned CD dongle in the drive.
Let me tell you something about me and CD dongles. At work I'm known as 'Grace'. That's not because I'm a she, but because of the artistic dance moves I perform as I slip on the floor, turn cartwheels and fall backside over elbow. I've broken my left pinky crossing the street. I've shattered my two front teeth at work tripping over a pipe. And I have three copies now of U2's Joshua Tree because I keep dropping and tearing the holy hell out of CD disks. Please for the love of Swan Lake don't make me suffer a CD dongle. If you do, I'll end up having to wait for the downloadable version to avoid having to put up with the dongle, or having to violate my license agreement by hacking that damned dongle out.
I figure it's unlikely TM has much if any say at all, and perhaps has a strict policy at EA of being 'pointy haired bosses' about CD dongles. But I figure it's worth stating my case that I get along with CD/ DVD media like a stack of bowling balls displayed in a china shop: something's bound to happen sooner or later, something bad.
Thank you for considering the plight of a man with two left feet and all thumbs.
--Romaq