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A Plea To Farsight: Quality Control Needs To Improve, Respect Your Customers
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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 264862" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Allow me to apply logic to the idea of either TPA 2 or a "Gold Collection".</p><p></p><p>First off, to get the kind of quality being asked for, FarSight would have to completely rewrite their engine to get the physics people are asking for. Ideally they'd get the ROM codes so they would not have to emulate but read straight off the chip. They'd also have to completely re-capture all the elements on the physical tables to bring the graphics up to what I'd assume would be near photographic quality, because otherwise what's the point.</p><p></p><p>As FarSight is a small studio, they would have to have all hands on deck to do this, essentially stopping all work on anything else. The idea of 20 tables, bug free, new physics, etc, that's gonna take at least 6 months to a year based on the fact at one point they were able to crank out 2 tables a month. The studio would not necessarily be hurting financially as the 80+ tables available still sell and sell well. But ask yourself, are there true gains for them doing something of this nature? To do that much R&D on stuff the vast majority of customers wouldn't bother upgrading to?</p><p></p><p>Now let's look at the idea of TPA 2 where there's a platform cutoff and it's a separate app. The mentioned thought process here is so they can do the program right, allowing for easier development here on out. Except we really don't have to look too hard, as there's Stern Pinball Arcade to show us how that'd go. Plenty of bugs, an even wonkier UI, and the tables have the same look as TPA. Plus you have a general distaste by the user base of having to open a separate app rather than having some way of combining the two.</p><p></p><p>Like it or not folks, TPA is the way it's gonna be. They'll still make tweaks and adjustments, but stop expecting it to be something it's not. As much as I'd like seasons 1 & 2 to get a face lift, I'm not holding my breath. On top of that, I loved those seasons when they came out, and only started recognizing the faults when FarSight obviously learned a thing or two in subsequent seasons.</p><p></p><p>FarSight is a Zebra, and you can't change its stripes. You also can't turn it into a horse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 264862, member: 134"] Allow me to apply logic to the idea of either TPA 2 or a "Gold Collection". First off, to get the kind of quality being asked for, FarSight would have to completely rewrite their engine to get the physics people are asking for. Ideally they'd get the ROM codes so they would not have to emulate but read straight off the chip. They'd also have to completely re-capture all the elements on the physical tables to bring the graphics up to what I'd assume would be near photographic quality, because otherwise what's the point. As FarSight is a small studio, they would have to have all hands on deck to do this, essentially stopping all work on anything else. The idea of 20 tables, bug free, new physics, etc, that's gonna take at least 6 months to a year based on the fact at one point they were able to crank out 2 tables a month. The studio would not necessarily be hurting financially as the 80+ tables available still sell and sell well. But ask yourself, are there true gains for them doing something of this nature? To do that much R&D on stuff the vast majority of customers wouldn't bother upgrading to? Now let's look at the idea of TPA 2 where there's a platform cutoff and it's a separate app. The mentioned thought process here is so they can do the program right, allowing for easier development here on out. Except we really don't have to look too hard, as there's Stern Pinball Arcade to show us how that'd go. Plenty of bugs, an even wonkier UI, and the tables have the same look as TPA. Plus you have a general distaste by the user base of having to open a separate app rather than having some way of combining the two. Like it or not folks, TPA is the way it's gonna be. They'll still make tweaks and adjustments, but stop expecting it to be something it's not. As much as I'd like seasons 1 & 2 to get a face lift, I'm not holding my breath. On top of that, I loved those seasons when they came out, and only started recognizing the faults when FarSight obviously learned a thing or two in subsequent seasons. FarSight is a Zebra, and you can't change its stripes. You also can't turn it into a horse. [/QUOTE]
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