+Vanguard is failing hard, just as predicted!+ Oh god come on. I was a hater too and flamed the forum all about VG sucks and such. Play it now and you will be disappointed how good it actually became.
In many respects, we are on the same page, Aphex26. Vanguard's release was atrocious; I bought a new computer to play Vanguard on and it performed terribly. Today, I am on Ultra High detail and Highest Quality settings.
If I resubscribed and the game did not improve, BELIEVE ME you would know about it! LOL.
EDIT: Btw, I NEVER shop at Best Buy. I ironically had a similar problem with Vanguard! I purchased the early release, and I lost my receipt for the copy. I obviously brought the box to the store (mine and my brother's, whose receipt I had). Well, they refused to provide me a copy of the game, although I had the early release box! I was so frustrated! I refuse to shop at Best Buy; I over-payed for Command and Conquer 3 because of this. I will drive out of my way to avoid shopping at Best Buy for everything. LOL.
They did the same thing to me and a friend when we pre ordered TBC. Never pre-oredered in a store before, had no idea what we were doing. The guy at the counter said to just bring the boxes in and we get the game. No mention of the reciept or anything. Unfortunetly my friend put the pre-orders on his CC along with a game for his brother in law. The reciept went with him to Canada and stayed there. The kid behind the counter told us, and I quote, "tough luck, you should have saved the reciept."
Very bad thing to say to a red head with a very short temper. Thankfully a woman behind the counter found something more productive for the kid to do, then spent half an hour searching thier records to find our reciept. I told her manager that was near by that whatever they pay her it isn't enough, she was a shining example of how you handle a customer.
Originally posted by Lucifrank Very good points. I don't understand why designers insist on using the term "open sandbox" as a replacement for "underdeveloped" or "lacking content."
Maybe because 'sandbox' doesn't mean that? Sandbox refers to the fact that the world is static (like WoW or EQ) and the players can do things like add buildings.
this one is great. i freed myself of Vanguard a few weeks ago, but when i heard this story from a personal friend, i just felt compelled to return to these forums to share it.
my wife's brother is head of security at the Best Buy in my city. during a conversation he had asked me if i was still playing Vanguard. I said no. he said he had a funny story about a customer that got pretty steaming mad while trying to return his copy of Vanguard for a cash refund. the Best Buy customer service wouldnt refund his money because the software seal was opened. the customer, standing there with his little daughter, starts freaking out and cursing about how he got ripped off. i guess it was pretty disruptive and so my brother-in-law goes over to calm the customer down or ask him to leave the building. to get the guy out of the place, the store manager offered to give the guy store credit. lol so the guy accepts the credit but doesnt leave. he walks around shopping with his daughter. five minutes later he comes to the checkout counter. what does he have? a copy of a Hello Kitty video game for his daughter. l m f a o.
even swap, downgrade, or upgrade?! hello kitty > vanguard?
a priceless and true story. enjoy
Okay, first off the guy probably bought it for his daughter so while shes adventuring he could adventure with mommy. Mw ha ha. Second - naming your workplace and this event can trigger suspicion, so I'd bleep it out man. Companies look and track forums, posts, blogs, etc. Yeah....It's so not cool...Third - what if that was YOUR money? I mean, hell, the man probably wanted his money back because heck, times are tough man. $50-$60 for a shitty PC game like Vanguard is simple proof that the economy is dead and it's corpse is being REALLY abused...
I can understand why the Manager made the call to give him credit, yet at the same time if you relent to customers because they throw temper tantrums it only emboldens them to continue doing it. I call this types of people coddle clients.
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Morale of the story: People who want to play games like Hello Kitty or that other one with the cartoon graphics, shouldnt be buying Vanguard .
The OP said the man bought Hello Kitty for his daughter. I have a daughter. We don't play the same games. If there is a moral to this story, however, it's that sometimes children have better judgment than their parents.
Or their parents behave like children.
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In many respects, we are on the same page, Aphex26. Vanguard's release was atrocious; I bought a new computer to play Vanguard on and it performed terribly. Today, I am on Ultra High detail and Highest Quality settings.
If I resubscribed and the game did not improve, BELIEVE ME you would know about it! LOL.
EDIT: Btw, I NEVER shop at Best Buy. I ironically had a similar problem with Vanguard! I purchased the early release, and I lost my receipt for the copy. I obviously brought the box to the store (mine and my brother's, whose receipt I had). Well, they refused to provide me a copy of the game, although I had the early release box! I was so frustrated! I refuse to shop at Best Buy; I over-payed for Command and Conquer 3 because of this. I will drive out of my way to avoid shopping at Best Buy for everything. LOL.
They did the same thing to me and a friend when we pre ordered TBC. Never pre-oredered in a store before, had no idea what we were doing. The guy at the counter said to just bring the boxes in and we get the game. No mention of the reciept or anything. Unfortunetly my friend put the pre-orders on his CC along with a game for his brother in law. The reciept went with him to Canada and stayed there. The kid behind the counter told us, and I quote, "tough luck, you should have saved the reciept."
Very bad thing to say to a red head with a very short temper. Thankfully a woman behind the counter found something more productive for the kid to do, then spent half an hour searching thier records to find our reciept. I told her manager that was near by that whatever they pay her it isn't enough, she was a shining example of how you handle a customer.
I hate Best Buy.
Not really when:
my tastes > your tastes.
I'm sorry, but there is none greater than:
It's the new 40K MMO from THQ
DO NOT F**K WITH HELLO KITTY
Maybe because 'sandbox' doesn't mean that? Sandbox refers to the fact that the world is static (like WoW or EQ) and the players can do things like add buildings.
Think it a pretty common thing.
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The OP said the man bought Hello Kitty for his daughter. I have a daughter. We don't play the same games. If there is a moral to this story, however, it's that sometimes children have better judgment than their parents.
Or their parents behave like children.The Old Timers Guild
Laid back, not so serious, no drama.
All about the fun!
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An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it. - Jef Mallett