Originally posted by mikhael
I played the game in the initial US release and with the first patch installed. The first patch didn't address the way the game looked, the way the game played, nor did it do anything to fix the horrible horrible story elements or to make looking at anything but the backgrounds bearable.
The only ship I consider massacred is the Boron Mako, compared to what the old Pirahna looked like back in XT. As for gameplay, well... if you don't like it, either give up on it or mod it. Option 2 is very nice indeed, as there's already a small army of people who redid the whole economy system, reivneted the weaponry, expanded the universe to four times its original size etc... but that's up to you.
And yes, the character cutscenes really suck, no holds barred. But for me, who wasn't lucky enough to enjoy Privateer and can't get his hands on either IWar2 or Tachyon: TF, the X-series is the pinnacle.
And what's with the horrible support? They seem to think that asking for a complete keyboard reference (as opposed to what's in the manual) is some sort of mortal sin. They were very, VERY rude in the email exchanges I had with them.
*shrug* Guess that comes with a) not being a veteran b) not being a "tickydisk" (to prove the validity of your game copy), but not all people are like that.
If nothing, ask me, I'm not that much of a veteran, but I've known the universe for about five years now...
Now, on the topic of SS2 spiders... they should be BANNED. Or incinerated at the very least.
