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Massively Speaking Episode 185: Bree-to-play
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Reader Comments (5)
Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 8:12PM (Unverified) said
Simply put, it's been a baffling mess. No beta forums (though last I checked about a month ago, those were in the works) and up until recently absolutely no way for beta testers to communicate with the devs. As it stands, there is now an IRC channel (and there may be forums by now, I'm not sure.) which doesn't help much as it's mostly unrelated (and often painfully immature) banter and repeated instances of, "Server up? Server up? Server up?"
Since the beta began, I've yet to see any devs post as to what they want players to be testing; The playtesting lacks focus entirely. Again, all of this may have changed by now, but during the time that I actually attempted to use my beta access, this is how it was. Near the beginning of beta, you were simply dropped into the game world at a random point, entirely naked, no map, no spells, no nothing. While I understand that the game is going for a "fend for yourself," kind of standpoint, that makes for a pretty rubbish beta when people log into the world and do nothing but run around for hours on end trying to figure out what they're supposed to be doing.
That being said, however, the game itself - when I did get to actually do things in it - seems to be coming along well. The graphics are nice, and the action-focused gameplay is refreshing. I can't really say much more than that on the game itself right now since it's been so long since I've even set foot in it. Perhaps I'll change that sometime in the near future.
Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 8:19PM bartillo said
Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 8:27PM (Unverified) said
Initially, the beta wasn't handled very well, but once the forums went up with a built in bug tracker on the MO forums, things have been running a lot more smoothly. The initial few months of the beta were very bumpy, but in the last couple months things have been coming along very nicely imo.
I don't think the game will be fully "complete" on release, but for anyone who is interested in a good sandbox game like UO, I think there will be enough there by release for you to have a bit of fun while waiting for other very promising features. I only hope Star Vault can get enough subs to get the revenue they need to continue development.
I think the game is a lot of fun, but that could be because I'm a jaded fanboi who's been waiting for a sandbox MMO with that UO "feel" for years now... but this is by far the closest thing I've seen yet.
Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 10:20PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Nov 24th 2009 11:46AM (Unverified) said
Fanboys are rabid, I tell you.