I just read that a new Might and Magic game has come or will come out soon - which reminded me of a waste of money still sitting there in it's box... Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It's STILL sitting there, unpatched, unplayed, uninstalled after a terrible run-through. A patch was released December, 2007 which did NOTHING to fix the instability issues it was having - basically I feel like I've been told I can kiss off. My money was spent for nothing.

Are gamers ever going to get some insurance against lemon-games? There are some remedies for console users - because you don't "install" console games, they are played directly from disk - but PC gamers get the royal shaft when our games are glitched - especially if this "glitch" happens a good while into the game. Try taking it back to the store, you'll have to do some slick talking to get them to refund it. Regardless of your luck at the store - a publisher should be responsible to it's customers. If a game isn't working they should offer remedy and support to either resolve the issue completely or give you total recompensation. I'm still looking for either from the makers of Dark Messiah.

Here it is almost a YEAR since the last patch - and still the game has not been fixed. No patch, no workarounds - no nothing. That speaks volumes as to how much dedication this company (Ubisoft) has to the satisfaction and enjoyment of it's customer base. It's a shame that Ubisoft is getting so big, yet it would let the ball drop like this.

Thank God they aren't the only game publisher out there... I'll be looking for thier name the next time I make a purchase - that's for dang sure.