what more do you want them to do?
Add more simulation - that's what VSTEP
should do. Some even call this simulator a "screen saver" (well, the graphics look good...and..?).
For now, I'm not a part of the fanboy-league here that some might think, and I don't really understand why some are so harsh to negative feedback? I suppose that some easily forget that we are customers, we are paying real money for something, and we don't want to be cheated.
Now,
cheated is a strong word and I don't feel myself cheated in this case, but very close to this, because I thought that Extremes was a big step ahead from the previous version, especially on the part called
simulation-
It is great that some continues to compare SS with FSX..in fact, if we look at the horizon trough time, the goal for VSTEP would be to develop a soft version of a professional simulator, as much as Microsoft took the step to develop a soft version of a professional flight simulator. "So far so good"...but..
The way I see it for now, is that VSTEP skips the simulation parts and throws it in a pro version and tell us to pay a great price for that one, a version that is not made for this group for customers, but for so called "professional training". But don't get me wrong here, because I don't want VSTEP to just throw a pro version in our faces and tell us "hey, there you go.. pro-version for reduced price". I just know that FSX doesn't cost as much as Nautis, and FSX mostly got it all (generally spoken).
On the optimistic side, there where so many expectations, wishes and demands for this simulator before Extremes, that if they keep this wheel spinning, we might end up with a great simulation product over time.
Anyway, on the other hand, the attention may fall a lot if VSTEP just makes some minor changes from version to version and hypes it sky-high to draw a lot of attention on a new version. I mean, what where you thinking first time when you heard the tittle "EXTREMES"?
Some might call this version "a flaw", and I'm almost one of those. There are dozens of suggestions about new features that was suggested by users of Ship Simulator 2008 far before the development of Extremes was announced. Before it was delayed people where almost going crazy just to get a view of what was coming. Now the whole thing is released. There where also some complaining about the activity at this board..oh yeah. Well..did Extremes change the activity? Sure...at the first day of release. But over time? Probably not..
Some may call this a rant, others may call it trolling, and others again may call it moaning. Whatever it is, it's what that must be written by those who pay the price for a product. A company that makes a product got to deal with their customers, whatever the customer might say about the product, good or bad. There is no room to improve a product if there is no room for product reviews.
So for this time, I'll say "Thank you VSTEP. Hello VSTEP???" (and that doesn't mean that the world is falling a part). It's just another regular customer that will think twice next time VSTEP got another "extremes" version under development. I'm not so impressed of what VSTEP made this time, some may just call it "a screen saver" and I agree with that. It's eye candy, visually perfect but badly simulated. Those are the words of how I see Extremes, and I'm probably not the one.
Well, keep on rocking..
(And to fanboys..please don't claim this place as only yours. It may get a little bit overheated from time to time . Kudos to the mods
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