News: E3 BEST OF SHOW from PC GAMER??

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Papscal

This is wonderful news.HOWEVER, since E3 information has amounted to exactly dick. How about something SOE, devs, Higby or who ever the hell you are. Something, anything. Ya cant get us all fucking hopped up with E3 then drop us like we dont support your ass. Pretend you care.

They went somewhat silent for a few weeks leading up to E3. It was because they were in crunch time to prepare for E3.

Now they have gone somewhat silent again. You do realize what this means, right? It's crunch time again. There's only one thing in the near future that is worthy of the same type of crunch time as they put in for E3.

I'll give you a hint. It starts with "b" and ends with "eta."

As in, Be back, Estimated Time of Arrival: soon.

Very cool that PS2 has been getting so much good press. May we have many servers filled to capacity for years to come. Congrats devs, you deserve it all and more.

[DarkChiron]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

They went somewhat silent for a few weeks leading up to E3. It was because they were in crunch time to prepare for E3.

Now they have gone somewhat silent again. You do realize what this means, right? It's crunch time again. There's only one thing in the near future that is worthy of the same type of crunch time as they put in for E3.

I'll give you a hint. It starts with "b" and ends with "eta."

Having worked in the field of programming, I can support this claim.

[Khrusky]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

They went somewhat silent for a few weeks leading up to E3. It was because they were in crunch time to prepare for E3.

Now they have gone somewhat silent again. You do realize what this means, right? It's crunch time again. There's only one thing in the near future that is worthy of the same type of crunch time as they put in for E3.

I'll give you a hint. It starts with "b" and ends with "eta."

As in, Be back, Estimated Time of Arrival: soon.

I have a feeling that the silence is more to do with them fixing all of the bugs they saw at E3, and fiddling around with the First Platoon program.

Still, it's nice to have hope.

[Ragnafrak]

I haven't been this excited since last year when SWTOR won a ton of awards and we all knew it'd be the game we'd be playing for years to come.


oh wait . . .


Please please please, make this work!

[Surgio]

Originally Posted by Papscal

This is wonderful news.HOWEVER, since E3 information has amounted to exactly dick. How about something SOE, devs, Higby or who ever the hell you are. Something, anything. Ya cant get us all fucking hopped up with E3 then drop us like we dont support your ass. Pretend you care.

I wouldn't say we didn't see anything new at E3. We saw over six hours of fluid gameplay, demonstrating game mechanics on a rather large scale for the first time. More specifically, I hadn't seen quick knife, liberator gunner viewpoint, IR scope, functioning flak cannons, repairing animation, and ingame voice, to name just a few. They actually did reveal a lot of new information...just not in the traditional way of holding news conferences.

Sure, it is disappointing that they didn't talk about beta much at E3, but I'm completely satisfied with the amount of new stuff they showed during the stream(s).

[Papscal]

Originally Posted by Surgio

I wouldn't say we didn't see anything new at E3. We saw over six hours of fluid gameplay, demonstrating game mechanics on a rather large scale for the first time. More specifically, I hadn't seen quick knife, liberator gunner viewpoint, IR scope, functioning flak cannons, repairing animation, and ingame voice, to name just a few. They actually did reveal a lot of new information...just not in the traditional way of holding news conferences.

Sure, it is disappointing that they didn't talk about beta much at E3, but I'm completely satisfied with the amount of new stuff they showed during the stream(s).

I never said we dident see anything new at E3 son. I loved every single minute of the E3 coverage and have thanked those involved in previous posts. I put mustard on that coverage of E3 and ate that shit up with a spoon son. Dont miss quote me. My point was after that much love dont drop us off like a dog on the corner. Reading compression son, try it.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Papscal

I never said we dident see anything new at E3 son. I loved every single minute of the E3 coverage and have thanked those involved in previous posts. I put mustard on that coverage of E3 and ate that shit up with a spoon son. Dont miss quote me. My point was after that much love dont drop us off like a dog on the corner. Reading compression son, try it.

Your other post actually did make it sound like we got no info from E3 at first, but the rest of the post made it clear what your actual meaning was. Still slightly confusing.

I'm not saying beta is guaranteed to be in the next couple of weeks of course, but the radio silence is undoubtedly due to crunch time. If that crunch time will last 2 weeks or 2 months (ouch, don't burn yourselves out guys), it's all for beta.

They said at E3 that beta was going to start in the next few weeks, but they didn't nail down a specific date. That's because they don't know how long this crunch time will take. But it's not going to let up until people start getting in, and perhaps even a while afterwards (as they address early beta problems). Hopefully we will get some trickles of information here and there, but really we are going to have to make due until we get into beta I think.

[Surgio]

Originally Posted by Papscal

I never said we dident see anything new at E3 son. I loved every single minute of the E3 coverage and have thanked those involved in previous posts. I put mustard on that coverage of E3 and ate that shit up with a spoon son. Dont miss quote me. My point was after that much love dont drop us off like a dog on the corner. Reading compression son, try it.

I was putting the reveals into perspective. Because the devs revealed so many new things last week, I wouldn't expect to see much of anything new for at least a few weeks. I'm fine with that...they have earned their silence for now.

[Morphic]

Every article I read about this game just makes me want it more.I pray that the 2012 release date is still a go.

[Timey]

PS2 will either be the best thing there is or it will be a fucking flop. There is no middle ground imo. I'm ofcourse hoping that ps2 delivers, but you never know (bfr fuckup)..

Very nice to hear praise where praise is due, though :]

[TazmamzaT]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

Your other post actually did make it sound like we got no info from E3 at first, but the rest of the post made it clear what your actual meaning was. Still slightly confusing.

I'm not saying beta is guaranteed to be in the next couple of weeks of course, but the radio silence is undoubtedly due to crunch time. If that crunch time will last 2 weeks or 2 months (ouch, don't burn yourselves out guys), it's all for beta.

They said at E3 that beta was going to start in the next few weeks, but they didn't nail down a specific date. That's because they don't know how long this crunch time will take. But it's not going to let up until people start getting in, and perhaps even a while afterwards (as they address early beta problems). Hopefully we will get some trickles of information here and there, but really we are going to have to make due until we get into beta I think.

I read something today... I don't remember where... That the devs DO in fact have a nailed down date for beta, they just aren't telling us. Probably so that in case they don't meet it we don't piss ourselves in anger.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Timey

PS2 will either be the best thing there is or it will be a fucking flop. There is no middle ground imo. I'm ofcourse hoping that ps2 delivers, but you never know (bfr fuckup)..

Very nice to hear praise where praise is due, though :]

My guess is that it will be the best thing ever, while still having flaws. It can have both of those qualities at once.

I wouldn't say PS1 was quite the best thing ever for me personally, but it was still amazing despite it's flaws. It was also a fucking flop for the most part. I think PS2 will have a lot fewer flaws and transcend into best thing ever territory.

It's also an evolving thing. PS1 didn't have some of it's better features until after release. Obviously it also got a lot of shit that screwed up the game after release as well, but I'm going to be cautiously optimistic and hope that PS2 evolves mostly into an even better game over time.

Originally Posted by TazmamzaT

I read something today... I don't remember where... That they devs DO in fact have a nailed down date for beta, they just aren't telling us. Probably so that in case they don't meet it we don't piss ourselves in anger.

Oh yeah, totally. But if they felt confident that they could absolutely make the date they planned, they would probably tell us, since at worst it would be delayed a few days to a week, which we could handle. I think they are being cautious just in case they have to delay it several weeks.

For all intents and purposes though, we have no fixed date from our point of view. We just know it will be "soon," as in, in the next few/several weeks. They could have been planning to have it released in 5 weeks, or in 2, but from our perspective I think it's safest just to assume people will start getting in before 2 months has passed. Because clearly they don't want to commit to a date yet. Everyone always sets a target goal, as it's important for motivation, but you only release that date when you feel relatively certain of your progress.

[Khoklachev]

Originally Posted by Ragnafrak

I haven't been this excited since last year when SWTOR won a ton of awards and we all knew it'd be the game we'd be playing for years to come.


oh wait . . .


Please please please, make this work!

Not to derail the thread but was that before or after they disabled high resolution textures? Or gave 3 day beta windows because they knew it wasn't fiscally smart to allow longer sessions.. Then there's the ability delay.

[OutlawDr]

Originally Posted by Papscal

This is wonderful news.HOWEVER, since E3 information has amounted to exactly dick. How about something SOE, devs, Higby or who ever the hell you are. Something, anything. Ya cant get us all fucking hopped up with E3 then drop us like we dont support your ass. Pretend you care.

Ohh my...
Lets see, its been how long again? Little over a week since E3. We saw hours of gameplay. Questions answered galore. And they even said closed beta will start in a few weeks.

I wonder what the solution is for this HUGE problem we are facing right now? I know.. b*itch about it like entitled spoiled children. I hear it does wonders on influencing people who are not your parents to do what you want.

[Poser]

Originally Posted by OutlawDr

Ohh my...
Lets see, its been how long again? Little over a week since E3. We saw hours of gameplay. Questions answered galore. And they even said closed beta will start in a few weeks.

But I thinking going dry after E3 is bad PR. SOE is a weak brand, they need to build this community. The demo at E3 looked amazing, but there are still more questions than answers at this point. People (not us) will forget about this game if news is spread out over months.