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Mac OS X  |  Games  |  Action / FPS  |  Battlefield 1942  |  Great Game, but a crappy porting job by Aspyr

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942

Defeat your enemies using various weapons.

Version:  1.6.1d

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Great Game, but a crappy porting job by Aspyr

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Contributed by: Brad Dolman Friday, April 08 2005 @ 01:01 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 6-12 months

I gotta say, I love BF. The game is really diverse, fun, and addictive. However, the Mac port, by Aspyr, is dismal. It is probably the most buggy program I've ever bought and, considering how much it cost, that's very disappointing.

Me and several friends bought BF as soon as it was available for the Mac (the very first local shipment, actually). That turned out to be a huge mistake as it was all but unplayable for the better part of a year until the latest update. Obviously, we were the beta program because it would crash everytime I played it within an hour.

Anyway, alot of those bugs seem to be *finally* worked out with the latest patch but it always crashes a couple times during a couple hours of playing time. It seems I always stop playing when I get fed up with re-loading the game... not when I'm tired of playing.

I've send a few support requests to Aspyr and found there support to be the absolute bare minimum required. The last time they took 4 days to respond and, when they finally did, only told me to remove the BF install and re-install again. Genious.

Anyway, would I buy it again? Damn it, I probably would (while clenching my teeth tightly). Will I ever buy another Aspyr product? No.   
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Great Game, but a crappy porting job by Aspyr - slboettcher

I have never, ever had a single crash with this game on my G4/G5 desktops and my 17" PowerBook.
Not sure why you're having troubles, but this game has been very solid, and loads of fun.

SB

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Friday, July 22 2005 @ 10:46 AM PDT