All Posts by daylight01

Originally posted by Elsabolts

No open beta, and the NDA is not being lifted. inquireing minds wonder.

I may be wrong but isnt there about 3 threads saying open beta could be starting on 2nd May?

Originally posted by Elsabolts

One word, ( Vanguard )

Strange alot of ppl say this but LOTRO released after Vanguard and on time and had a nice smooth release,So I have to ask whats your point?The devs and publishers are still giving release dates they cant meet,which is just bad planning and/or like I said in my other post just part of the hype tactic to keep the release just in front of our noses so we keep interested,Instead of delaying it for maybe a year and risk players moving to another game.

Yep I hear ya,I made this post yesterday maybe with the answer,who know's*shrug*

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/173901

Originally posted by ianubisi

What a silly rant.

Yes. Let's demand developers release a game that is unfinished, buggy, and downright broken simply because they gave a date at some point in the past.

This is what we call magical thinking.

I think you missed the point of the rant,No-where did I say to release buggy and unfinished,My point was why give a release date that they cant make,or give a release date then delay it saying it just needs polishing and that they will release the next quarter again just to delay for another say 6 months saying again it needs polishing,My point is JUST BE HONEST,If the game isnt ready why cant they just say ok we are delaying it for a year as it isnt ready,Instead of all the 3 months delay's.

That is why I asked is it eye candy?do they want to make sure the release date is always close to keep us hooked,knowing all along it wont release then?

I remember writting a post on how bad 2007 was for MMo titles and hoped for better in 2008,what has 2008 brought us?

The year of delayed MMo's

Titles like AoC,WAR and TCoS all had release dates for q1/q2 of 2008,Lets take TCoS..

Planned for Q1,got delayed till q2 "needs final polishing".Start of Q2 delayed till Q4 for US release so it will release everywhere at the sametime,Oh yeah and as for the european release "will give us time to polish it more"Is it just me or has the words"man this game blows and aint ready for release" been changed with"final polishing"

WAR again due for Q2 been delayed till Q4 again "needs polishing"

AoC due Q1 delayed till Q2,again you guessed it "needs polishing" and with all the whispers ppl can only hope it will release Q2.

Is this really devs not knowing how long there project will take,or is it they want it out there and like a cat chasing a piece of string,get us interested in there title and just keep delaying it for 2-3 months saying"just finishing the polishing" and like that cat we keep chasing it?

i mean cant a game just for once say ok guys we are going to release in say q2 2009 and then say "hey guys this has went well we will be releasing on time if not a couple of months sooner"instead of all this delayed crap on every title?

/end rant

Yep some will be happy and others like me dissapointed at yet another delay,but if you read this post

http://www.massively.com/2008/04/03/a-glimpse-into-quarterstone-the-jewel-of-spellborn/

I feel that they were ready to release in europe with,like it said in that post an unfinshed game as the cash flow was running out,With the new publisher in the US I am sure there will be a nice check and they have another 6 months to finish the game.

Alot of game release in europe or far east or the states and then branch out,TCoS if ready would have been released in europe on time,Fact is it is not ready and there seems to be a new term"final polishing" which really means"man this game just aint ready"

Fact is this US publisher has probally saved TCoS from a bad(maybe even unrecoverable)release.

So another delay and we can only hope the last 1.

I am sure you will find that in beta testing they have asked players to be online at certain times,I.e

"We want to test the servers can everyone try to be online sat the 10th and help crash the server"

This is pretty normal in beta testing(or at least the games I have tested)so dont think they are leaving it to the last minute to test a server,They already have a good idea and just want to make sure the launch(if it releases on time)will 100% handle it.

Well it seems the delay did get the game some space on C&VG site,Although maybe not exactly hype..

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=186609

Thanks for the answer's guys I will give it a go :)

mindspat,TCoS is the chronicals of spellborn

http://tcos.com/news/index.php?from=www.thechroniclesofspellborn.com

Hey guys,With TCoS being delayed again I was looking to try this game and was wondering.

1.Is it more solo friendly now,I know before it didnt cater for solo play,I do like to group up but there are times I would like to just solo and still be doing something.

2.How is the community,Is it friendly,helpful and mature?

3.Do the servers still have a decent population or will it be quite lonely at times?

Thanks for the answers guys,I know some ppl might say "try the trial" but the game is only 6 euro's now so no problem just buying it if the answer to these question's is postive.

Good and bad news here,They have a letter of intent from a publisher to launch the game in the USA at the sametime as europe,Which will please guys in the states,The bad news is it will delay till q3/q4 for this to be possible and for further polish,Here is a link to the thread.

http://tcos.com/sbforum/viewtopic.php?t=13500&start=0

I think you forget by the time the next expantion comes for wow there could be at least 4 if not 5 AAA+ titles out,You only mention WAR and AoC but you fail to mention AION and TCoS not to mention Stargate.

Do I think any of these are a "wow killer" lol no I dont,though it is a simple fact if a couple of these release as they should then they will do very well,dont forget mmo games were around for along time before wow,but wow did bring aloand I do mean ALOT of new mmo players to the table.

You dont need,what is it now 10 millon subs to make a good mmo like wow has,I good 300k is a nice result but today maybe a very good mmo will get 1million and how much hand rubbing will the devs and publisher do with that?

Dont be fooled by WOW's numbers,that wont happen again,or at least I think not.

Yep as the other poster said,Us p2p gamers dont have it any easier,we just keep waiting with a forced smile,"is that a rainbow I see"...."hmm maybe just another storm"

Well if you are willing to pay to play,then TCoS could be the game for you,it is near its released date,so you will start with everyone else and seems to have what you are looking for.

If you want a game now,then it would depend on your specs,as for free games there isnt to much that has everything you want,although I may well be corrected on this.

So it did add to the topic then?

thats why you have seen me edit it to let others know there was another thread,any info is good info.

Originally posted by mcharj11

Originally posted by daylight01

It seems C&VG are good friends with the devs,Here is another post they have just made and it seems we wont be playing WH40K for quite sometime.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=186428

 

Well they apparently started work on it in 2006 before the liscense deal was officially announced. So if they launch in 2010 then it will have been in development for four years which is how long it generaly takes to make a good MMO today.

Well you could use that or you could use the fact the almost every MMO that comes out now states a date and are a further year to 2 years behind that,Just a thought,I mean how many mmo's get delayed from there Q1 2007 to Q1 2008 these days?maybe something to keep in mind.

I made this post yesterday in the pub

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/173617

there are 2 links on this post,1 alittle further down.

Why start a 2nd thread on this?.