the failure of clod is a failure of US ALL

[Jatta Raso]

Originally Posted by Rowddy

lol the only thing that killed Clod is/was..... the bitching, the moaning, the trolls and the complaints. end of story (literally).

i hope there is s lesson to be learned here.
The lesson: Forum-moderation should ALWAYS be ruthless. If you cannot behave, you won't stay around.

Originally Posted by Fjordmonkey

The lesson: Forum-moderation should ALWAYS be ruthless. If you cannot behave, you won't stay around.

well guys... not to by a war, besides it's totally pointless at this point. but what killed CLoD was an unacceptable release state by even the lowest standards (on-line didn't work, off-line didn't work, UI didn't work, took months just to get sound on-line, game freezes till today, constant hang-ups, graphical glitches that disrupted gameplay, off-line features like commands and AI didn't work).

guess what, all those problems alienated both on-line and off-line players. worst even, gave it bad reviews, and that coupled with the steep HW requirements, gave CLoD the worst reputation in the market. to add injury to insult, the devs never gave the impression of being able to fix it.

so, as happens in RL, the faulty product killed itself. had it been a good release and all the bitching in the world wouldn't even dent it (there's plenty trash talk about halo you know...)

you guys just like to put this forums you hang around in the centre of your world and end up taking it for the world itself; stop looking at your belly buttons, UBI or 1C or whatever don't give a damn about what goes in here, devs lost funding because CLoD didn't sold well, technically it was a fiasco as big as they come, no matter how wonderful was its potential or the things it did right.

no one buys a car no matter how pretty it looks or how fabulous is its steering or brakes, if it always blows the engine 5 miles down the road.

but all in all it's a shame. i'm still hoping for a come back, but not dwelling on it any more.