by jankees » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:05 pm
oh boy, I am doing something else.
There are three forums I regularly place contributions, and this is one of them, and indeed, you found one of the others. Over and over indeed...
On both, I see announcements for the product, and I give my opinion on the product, same as everybody else. Mine is different though...
I am a geologist, and make part of my money by looking at the countryside. Within FS, I thus like my scenery to be as real as possible. In this, I may be a bit more critical than others, but that's the way it is. I'd love the whole world in hi-res photoreal, but that just can't be done. Enter GEX and similar products.
In both threads, lots of people tell how good it looks, and even I say it looks better than default.
It just doesn't look convincing to me, too much like a computer simulation. For instance, there are too many fir trees, in general, the houses seem to big and too randomly placed, I do not like the colours, the textures in the screenshots are too grainy, and there are a few more things like that, in short, I am not convinced.
I know there is a 30day money back guarantee, but I still have not seen a convincing screenshot, so I see no need (yet) to try the 30 days. I'll keep following it though.
"fanboy thread crapping" seems a bit harsh for an honest opinion. I have had quite a bit of criticism on some of my paintwork, some nonsensical, some justified. The last has helped me to improve, the first has always been ignored. But you always wonder WHY they don't like it, and that leads to improvement too. Maybe I should have told more about what it is exactly that I don't like, sorry, I didn't.
But no worries Nick, I'll stay out of your hair, and wish you every bit of (well deserved) succes with it.
Should you want a more detailed version of my criticism, please send me a pm, OK?
