If NS2 comes out in 2 years will you be willing to play it?
BlackHawk
Join Date: 2008-06-17 Member: 64467Members
Join Date: 2008-06-17 Member: 64467Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Just made this topic to see if I'm not alone in my concern</div>Ok If NS2 comes out in say 1-2 years I might play it But if it takes longer....I just don't know <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /> I just wanna make sure that when the game does come out that the conter-strike crew won't be the only ppl playing and that some good old fashion NS players will stick around.
Comments
I mean, it will have taken far too long, and since I'm not patient or anything, I will be disappointed. And, god help the NS devs if there is a single bug after the 1.39999999 year mark. Only nubs wait longer than that.
Wait, what?
but seriously, we've waited this long, so as long as it plays good, i can get the game easily, and the graphics don't look dated (classics are only classics years AFTER you've first played them) i'll purchase and play it. (though i would love to see it in netcafes, so i could go with a bunch of friends and play either online or on LAN, lugging around our PCs isn't nearly as good an option) because i mean, it's not as if we have nothing else to do until it comes out, is it?
- oh but, if you're asking whether i'll lose interest in following development over the next 2 years - then yeah, that's very probable. but that's not to say that when the game comes out, i won't want to play it (unless i've 'grown up' and am no longer interested in online games, but that wouldn't be specific to NS2 anyway).
Why would that be?
Games that have taken 4 years to make still have bugs in it.
NS2 will be no different. No matter how much testing you do there's always going to be SOMETHING is wrong with it.
At any rate...
If NS2 comes out I'm going to put my life on hold and play it.
Then again, I'll be done with school in two years, so maybe it'll work out pretty well after all...
I'm willing to wait however long is required for the same Gaming Goodness I got with NS, and more recently, TF2/Portal. NS was original from the start, and that alone still drives it today. I think there's huge room for innovation while sticking with what made NS great (epic natural selection games). Either way, when it gets close to release time, I will be hitting up the E-Team forums to do my part!
Businesswise it doesn't matter as long as the brand causes the old followers to buy the new game - and barring any poor choices with anti-cheat or reducing game skill ala TF2, the brand itself will be enough to cause me to re-buy it.
With that said, I want the game to be even better than NS, so "it's done when it's done" is good enough for me. If I get bored, I'll probably just quit the forums and actually get something done. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
Long time, probably...
This is just the natural progression of game-waiting...
First you hear about it, get excited
You then read/learn about it
You then wait
You then get tired of waiting
The game is then released
You buy the game
Pretty standard cycle for most forum-bound gamers.
So heck yeah I will play NS2, just imagine how cool this game will be with the engine limitations removed.
This is just the natural progression of game-waiting...
First you hear about it, get excited
You then read/learn about it
You then wait
You then get tired of waiting
The game is then released
You buy the game
Pretty standard cycle for most forum-bound gamers.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Which is why I almost never closely follow a game's development. I tend to look at the near if not final product and judge from there.
But yeah, I won't give any promises. Basically if it's good, I'll buy. If it's worthless, I not such an uber fanboy that I'll just fork up money because it's NS2.
If its worse than NS was, then I will not play it.
The time isn't the factor for most people, it's more dependant on whether it's a good game or not. Hell, I still play CS1.6 Quake3 and Starcraft ...
Exactly.
*Whoosh*
And no.
So, you will buy the game,but may not play it?
I'am sorry but, wtf?
So the answer, yes.
That is nothing i not only still play Wolfenstein 3D. I have it in a folder that doesn't need installation ON my thumb drive so i can literally play it on any pc anywhere at any time <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> Go ahead.............try to top that!
But to the meat of the subject I honestly don't care when a game comes out from when its announced to when its finally in my hands so long as it DOES get in my hands. I was waiting for Oblivion shortly after beating Morrowind before they had even said they were working on the damn thing. Didn't stop me from getting up at 6am to be the first to pick up my collectors edition the day it was released. If UW were to wait 2 more years or more from now to release it my bet is they are making it even better than it would be otherwise. Honestly most games these days are ###### on a DVD cause the dev teams and companies basically just want to make hype get you interested and kick the ###### out the door to start making revenue leaving us with broken games that have official patches the day of the release and make us regret ever shelling out in the first place.
The game companies need to stop taking from the Official Microsoft Asswad Playbook and do the following,
1. FINSIH THE DAMN THING! (The game should NOT need patches the day of release take your time and do it right the first time)
2. FINISH THE DAMN THING! (I know its actually one point but its such an important one i thought it deserved to be said twice.)
3. Properly play test all aspects of the game from maps to classes to races the whole damn thing.
4. Finally put the proper amount of polish on it to prove you care about your game as much as those who play the damn things.
As far as i can tell the NS2 team is doing all these things so more power to them i say!
The game companies need to stop taking from the Official Microsoft Asswad Playbook and do the following,
1. FINSIH THE DAMN THING! (The game should NOT need patches the day of release take your time and do it right the first time)
2. FINISH THE DAMN THING! (I know its actually one point but its such an important one i thought it deserved to be said twice.)
3. Properly play test all aspects of the game from maps to classes to races the whole damn thing.
4. Finally put the proper amount of polish on it to prove you care about your game as much as those who play the damn things.
As far as i can tell the NS2 team is doing all these things so more power to them i say!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't think you understand what is involved in creating a piece of software or a game for that matter. You can have your game finished along with months of play testing and there is always going to be something that needs to be patched when you release it. This is especially so with all the different operating systems, their specifications, settings, as well as hardware compatibility. Then don't forget to mention that someone, somewhere will eventually start looking for bugs and they will eventually find one and exploit it to its fullest. When the game is 'released' I believe its actually some time from when the developers decide to release it and the time that it actually gets onto the shelves.
While the process of transfering the game itself onto the chosen media is happening, there is no doubt more testing going on to find bugs that have hidden themselves very well and then on release day bugs are a sure thing because the game is being open to a greater audience than is even possible with playtesting. Also, when the game is released and especially in a game like NS, the game is exposed to a lot more diverse strategies than one might go over to properly tune values and what not. You should be aware that the devs will most likely need to tweak the game values from the release day on as well.
When the game comes out, a patch will most likely be following very soon.
Plus i was in on vista before it was live and that is like the all time mother of examples of this happening, and the horror stories i have could fill half this forum <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
Yeah I'm a bit over zealous on that bit but can you blame me? I swear at least 4 of the last 10 games i got where up to like 10 or so updates before the first two months were out after release. Heck it seems more and more games are listing versions in 1.1.4.6.6.4.2. manor with the major updates changing them to 1.1.4.7.6.4.2 just to keep you from having a real sense of it all. But again I admit I'm over zealous on that point i just don't want a game that is half assed and shoved out the door on an arbitrary date full of bugs and problems that a few more weeks of dev time could have avoided. If ya played Hellgate London you might when it came out or hell even awhile afterwards that is a good example of a game not ready for the shelves being kicked out the door.
Plus i was in on vista before it was live and that is like the all time mother of examples of this happening, and the horror stories i have could fill half this forum <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Completely understandable.
I am very disapointed with Vista but I still get by with it being on my laptop.
I'm still waiting for EA Games to fix C&C:Tiberium Wars and C&C Gold that came with the First Decade pack too. And yeah... I've heard a lot of stories from Hellgate London. I'm glad I didn't pick it up. Sure enough though, your fear of a lot of patches shouldn't strike NS2 very badly.
I think most of the patches for NS haven't been to fix that many serious things, mostly balance tweaks or new content issues. I'm sure we can expect the same for NS2.
Oh and if you want a solution to vista i suggest going with the latest Ubuntu Linux and getting the VMware so you can run XP Vista and practically anything else in VMware and still have the stability and security of linux as your OS and heres the kicker Ubuntu is easy to use and has a low learning curve with a 24/7 help forum that i think the longest i had to wait for a reply was like 10mins. But thats for another post <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />