Forgot how many games are released bug-free. Could you remind me?

Yes, we can thank Gamestop for breaking release date and selling it 5 days early.  When you arent planning on having your servers fully operational until release and a distributer black balls you, its kinda tough to play catchup.

Further, I might remind you that it took WoW 3 months to play "catch up". I remember waiting in queues well into march.

As for graphics, I have no problem running DG on my moderate laptop at near full graphics settings. Perhaps you simply dont know how to optimize your computer for games.  Overall WoW, L4D, and WC3 are low quality graphics in comparison to the newer technologies.

But anyway, Stardock will get their servers up and running and all will be fine in a day or two.  Besides, you can always play single player. Thats not broken

While Im one that can appreciate your frustration and understand fully what your saying I do think you (and the other 30 threads) are being a bit quick on the whole slamming thing.

First of all your comments about the game not running well except on low settings or something....not sure what your issue is there. The game runs incredible for me. Im running like 1680x1050 I think....all medium settings or higher and it looks and runs great. I have a AMD Dual core 6000+ ,  ATI 4850 and 2 gigs of ram so not sure how that compares to you.

The main issue on the game right now as EVERYONE knows by now is the multiplayer is not working. Keep in mind the fact that Gamestop broke the street date which forced them to bring servers up faster then was intended. But still yes...it is frustrating ot pay for a game that is primarily multiplayer focused and you cant play multiplayer. However....its the FIRST DAY of release. Im a bit more forgiving I guess. Now if say 4-5 days from now we still cant get games going...yeah I will be more in your frame of mind. Right now Im enjoying the single player actually learning the characters adn abilities experimenting with different combos etc.

I would think with the potential of the game and the fact that the CEO posted a full update with details and offered up to talk to people you would be able to be a bit more civil and give them at least a hair bit of slack. Its not like this is MMO that if the servers are down you cant play it at all.

Again though...I understand your frustration...I would just perhaps be a bit more patient then you are I guess.

This game isn't even WoW.  I bought the LAST copy today "opening" day at Game Stop who biffed the opening day big time they said... So I do agree this is a NEW game with LOTS of bugs and issues.  This game isn't a quote WoW type MMO which will have bugs as long as there are new quests and sh*t.  this game is similar to WC3 runoff of DOTA WC3 game type battlenet perfected before release date. 

PLEASE fix the damn hang-ups at start-up which are uber annoying and when trying to go on multiplayer!!!

What's even more frustrating is seeing how good the game is when you actually get to play.

But I agree with the OP. So far my experience is 1/10, I've spent 4 hours trying to join pantheon games and 1 hour playing.

Hopefully it will not hurt early sales too bad. But there it is.

Because we needed yet another one of these threads.  

There was a time long ago when games where released virtually perfect. It was a time before widespread internet use, when you had no easy method of disributing fixes. I'd like to say Developers and publishers push games out according to deadlines, knowing full well they will release a "Day-0" patch and there will be a multitude of problems just to beat the competition etc but thats not the case.

Back in the "golden age" of gaming, you have a handful of parts to try and make something work on. As times gone by, computers have become more and more individual, little bits from column A, some from Column B, others from Column C...there is simply no practical way to ensure these parts will all work together (not simply physical parts, but software aswell...like the countless hundreds of firewall programs people use). Thats the reason Beta's exist, to see what problems arise and try and fix them before release.

The fact problems still occur just goes to show how complex and problematic it is making a single product to work on a billion different configurations.

Now not -all- the problems that show up are from this variety of differences, some are just down to plain poor planning, poor design etc etc. Just try not to attribute -every- error to some lazy guys in an office.

I wrote some long response, but after reading tekkor's response, it has calmed me. I do have to say this:

I develop games and applications for the iPhone, and if I release a version with just ONE BUG (Which I did on my first game release) then everyone down rates it to 1 star and I get little sales. Because in life it's looked at as unprofessional to release Entertainment Media to the public that is unfinished.

Look at this analogy:

Would you pay 7 dollars to watch a movie at the theater without sound? But what if it was a really good movie?? Would you wait till the DVD is released for the sound to be added, or would talk to the manager of the theater and ask for it to be fixed now! And if it was not fixed should the manager refun your money?

Bottom line:

-They had a public Beta to prepare for this

-The game is unplayable for over 50% of people

-This game has major bugs, and it will hurt sales

-This game should have been held back one week to one month