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This is simply taking advantage of an industry that advocates half-assed games. It's easy to advertise the game like it's perfect, get people to pre-order it, release it without the necessary parts, and fix it up later on. I strongly disagree that this is a good idea. A reputable team like Firaxis know that some testing should have been done prior to release. Whatever testing was done was not effective enough to impress me. In fact, since the patch I've seen more problems. I actually had to force the game to close so I could get out of it. This was not a problem before the patch. It's lazy game development and shows that the industry (not assisted by Valve and/or Steam) advocates easy release of games. I payed $70 USD to get a game that was functioning fine, but the release of a patch which I had no choice to download led to the man-hole being revealed. Nice job Firaxis.
How long do I have to wait before the game works fine? Is it okay to pay this money for a game experience which is disappointing? Such an experience reminds me of when many people payed $60 USD for Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, a game that was not only unfinished, but rushed to completion. Luckily this case is only lazy, and disappointing to the point where I'm wondering whether I should even give them a second chance.
To be honest, I couldn't be bothered waiting for the game to fixed before buying it. I watched some YouTube videos and noticed how there was some disappointment in luxuries (like being able to name cities) being absent (as well as the presence of some unfair tricks (e.g. Spain's ability)).
Luckily I bought the game before it was patched so I can notice how awful the patch was. The game was not broken beyond being playable, but it almost is now.
