Typos in the game - will they be fixed?

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I just bought The Political Machine a couple of days ago, and it is pretty addicting! The one thing I am surprised about is the number of typos in the game. Maybe people don't read a lot of the text in the game, such as the questions/answers for the interviews, etc, but I have seen quite a few typos. Then there is the generic "he" used instead of "she" when you are using a female candidate.

With the attention this game is getting, ie Time Magazine, there may be people who don't normally play PC games trying this one out. I would hope someone is addressing this. Thanks!

Steve
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Reply #2 from PolMach Forums Top
The game is over all fun, but its riddled with bugs and errors. I found numerous spelling errors also, such as Teddy Rosevelt fighting the Spanish-American war in 1989 (I think its really 1898?). I feel like the game is unpolished and could used a couple more months for tests and the like. Was stardock pressured to release it sooner than it should have so it could recieve the full effects before the election? Don't get me wrong the game is solid and fun, but I dont think releasing it before its completely ready doesn't do it any justice.
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Reply #3 from PolMach Forums Top

While I agree that a couple of typos is unfortunate, to suggest the game was "rushed" because someone missed a typo seems a bit of a stretch.

These are typos that will get addressed in subsequent updates. But to suggest that a couple of typos (and there really are only a few throughout the hundreds of pages of text in the game) is the equivalent of "riddled with bugs" strikes me as very unreasonable.

Reply #4 from PolMach Forums Top
In the credits after beating George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt is spelled "Terry Roosevelt."
Reply #5 from PolMach Forums Top
I dunno, Frogboy, releasing a game that is this buggy seems pretty unreasonable to me. Why the hell wasn’t the game tested on WIN98, for example? You could have caught a lot of these bugs before releasing the game.