Is anybody else getting really tired of all the buggy games coming out on PC. I mean, it's expected that there will always be a few games with problems, but this is getting ridiculous. I have a stack of games sitting here, that I either can't play because they constantly crash, or are at the very least unstable.
Crysis Warhead - can't play more than a few minutes without a system hard lock
Sacred 2 - CTD every three or four minutes
Left 4 Dead - Crashed constantly, until I found out you have to turn on multi-core support
Fallout 3 - Random crashes. I didn't have it near as bad as some people, but there are/were a lot of people having problems.
GTA 4 - Where do I begin, did they even bother to test this before they released it?
Now, I know there will be the usual "everything runs fine for me" replies, so good for you, but there are a lot of people having problems with these games (and many others I'm sure I don't have listed here). Were it just me, I'd chock it up to there being something wrong with my system, but there are a LOT of threads out there by people having the exact same problems. Luckily, some people have been able to find work arounds (see L4D) to fix some of these issues, but it's still absurd that we're having to do that. I don't ever remember so many games coming out with so many problems as there have been in the last few months, and I've been gaming for 20 years.
I'm not really sure what the deal is. All I know is that the last five games I've bought have had major issues, and three of those I just flat out can't play. I'm fortunate that I make good money these days, or I'd probably be really pissed right now. I feel sorry for the poor kid who has to save up his allowance to buy a new game, just to get home and find out he's SOL. I don't mean for this to sound like a rant, just an observation of the poor quality control I'm seeing lately.
And before anyone says it, yes I've stability tested my rig. 24 hrs of orthos and furmark is pretty stable in my book. I even installed some older games like HL2, Far Cry, Crysis (the original) and had zero problems with any of them.
Crysis Warhead - can't play more than a few minutes without a system hard lock
Sacred 2 - CTD every three or four minutes
Left 4 Dead - Crashed constantly, until I found out you have to turn on multi-core support
Fallout 3 - Random crashes. I didn't have it near as bad as some people, but there are/were a lot of people having problems.
GTA 4 - Where do I begin, did they even bother to test this before they released it?
Now, I know there will be the usual "everything runs fine for me" replies, so good for you, but there are a lot of people having problems with these games (and many others I'm sure I don't have listed here). Were it just me, I'd chock it up to there being something wrong with my system, but there are a LOT of threads out there by people having the exact same problems. Luckily, some people have been able to find work arounds (see L4D) to fix some of these issues, but it's still absurd that we're having to do that. I don't ever remember so many games coming out with so many problems as there have been in the last few months, and I've been gaming for 20 years.
I'm not really sure what the deal is. All I know is that the last five games I've bought have had major issues, and three of those I just flat out can't play. I'm fortunate that I make good money these days, or I'd probably be really pissed right now. I feel sorry for the poor kid who has to save up his allowance to buy a new game, just to get home and find out he's SOL. I don't mean for this to sound like a rant, just an observation of the poor quality control I'm seeing lately.
And before anyone says it, yes I've stability tested my rig. 24 hrs of orthos and furmark is pretty stable in my book. I even installed some older games like HL2, Far Cry, Crysis (the original) and had zero problems with any of them.