Savage 2 Beta Is Out.
OneSneakYmousE
Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10389Members
Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10389Members
Savage 2.0 beta is out, and anyone can beta test it!, I think you'll need Savage 1.0 Retail to play it though.
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If you don't know what Savage is and how it relates to NS, just ignore this thread.
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If you don't know what Savage is and how it relates to NS, just ignore this thread.
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No, the only time Savage 1.0 was free was when it was in it's beta stages--and just about anyone was able to test/play it from what I remember. You can play the Savage 1.0 Demo, but the Savage 2.0 patch doesn't work on the demo--many people have asked this question.
Savage 2.0 doesn't have that ability anymore, you have to have Savage 1.0 retail to play it.
Well, you'd have to play Savage to understand. That's why I said "If you don't know what Savage is and how it relates to NS, just ignore this thread."
It is also radically different playing then NS, if you've ever played it.
How many players they had when it was free v.s. how many players they have now it's gone retail.
How many of those free loaders actually bought the retail version and continued to play?
I read on the forums that there are more player on the free demo server than there are on the retail servers. Then I actually checked the servers and this is correct. There was, right now, 5 servers with active players on the retail version; and about 35 servers with active players on the DEMO--OUCH!
What does this say about it free v.s. retail?
The game makes the sale, nontheless; however, Tron2.0 is a VERY GOOD game, especially DeathMatch is just AWSOME, but there are like 5 players on the WHOLE server system in any given day--not a very well known game.
Half-Life is an old game, been out for 5 years, and sold thousands upon thousands of copies in many different forms (HL, HLplat, CS, DOD), making it easy and free for one to play NS and keeping the servers alive. Lot's of people here hate CS, but thanks to CS it has brought many of the players to NS--Counter Strike has over a thousand active players on their servers!--compared to 100 on HLDM (THE CREATOR). It's rare to find someone from HLDM or the new DOD retail.
So everyone here better not be cheap, and go out and buy NS2 once it hits the shelves!
I love NS, and would love to see it stay and grow into something large and forever lasting. NS is orginal, and fun! So go out and preorder your 2 copies today! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> .
I'll take 2 copies to go! One copy for myself and PC, and the other to show on my PC Gamer Shelves and to support the new Company. If we want great games like this to exist, and more to come, we have to support them as much as possible.
Savage made it to the 10 Finalists in the <a href='http://www.indiegames.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.indiegames.com/</a> competition. Check it out.
Here are some Interesting Facts:
Developer: S2 Games (Rohnert Park, CA, United States)
Category: Open
Description: Savage combines FPS and RTS gameplay into one cohesive experience. As commander you lead a team of real human players, while managing resources, developing a tech tree, organizing, and implementing strategy. As a warrior you personally battle in a primal struggle against extinction. It's Man against Beast, Technology versus Magic.
URL: <a href='http://www.s2games.com' target='_blank'>http://www.s2games.com</a>
Budget: Close to $1,000,000 – 1,500,000 (US).
Dev. Time: Roughly since 9/13/01. Approximately two years.
Also, I found that the engine was a little overrated. The grass and sky looked damn good but all of the models weren't good at all, players or weapons. Hopefully the 2.0 version will fix some of these issues and will convince me to buy the full game.