ShadoWarrior said:
I'd suggest the Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13 mod. The modding team for that game is quite a bit more open-minded, and strongly encourages any contributions by the community. No one is turned away, least of all because they might not conform to some arbitrary playing style.
Thanks! Actually I am a long-time player of JA2...for more years than I care to admit. It is true that JA2 seems to have a wider and much more egalitarian base and focus.
The JA2 crowd certainly don't have what I would characterize as a "Love It or Leave It" attitude that I found stateside in the '60s and in what is now rife in the "CORE" group for this new century. (The phrase "Love It or Leave It" was common in the USA back then...I *am* that old and the Vietnam era is like yesterday to me.)
Anyhow, I think psychologists call the CORE attitude as "Group Think".
I did take pains to point out that I am in the the "Leave It" crowd...which is the majority. I also know I am in good company. I am certain that many, however, were not not as vocal about the problems they find and simply go away...Leaving It...without a word.
Those voiceless persons who have left must be smarter than I am. They knew that feedback, ideas, whatnot would only fall on deaf ears or, worse yet, get only some meaningless retort without merit. (A careful and fair reading of treads come often to the base "Because I say so, that's why!" response from the CORE folks.)
It is hard not to begin ranting.
I wonder why HOI didn't cultivate a cadre of champions like JA2 did? I find that both games HOI and JA2 have very close traits apart from HOI's lack of legitimate ombudsmanship. It is a pity. JA2 and HOI are both "Old Friends" of mine. I hate to see an Old Friend like HOI turn out as it has.
I really would like to revisit HOI again some day...but not under the present circumstances. Life is too short to put up with effete snobbishness...even in games.