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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 3:47PM archipelagos said

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Oh no! Let's hope they pull through, best of wishes to them.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 4:54PM (Unverified) said

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This game is clearly gatheryn dust.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 5:05PM kooda said

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Lol good one. im always sad to see a company lose its funding :(
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 5:01PM Saylah said

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Oddly enough, I was just thinking about this game yesterday. Once I found out it was a mini-game portal I lost interest since that doesn't appeal to me. however, I was considering taking a look around just to see the steampunk sights but guess not.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 5:18PM nomoredroids said

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As a Beta-tester I'm not sad to see it go. At all.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 5:45PM (Unverified) said

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This, so much. Graphics don't usually matter very much to me, but a new MMO needs to have graphics at least on par with Everquest. Gatheryn's graphics are sub-UO level, IMO.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 6:28PM nomoredroids said

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I mean the graphics were bad. VERY BAD.

But the gameplay, design, and complete lack of content made me feel like it was "Loading Screen: the Game!" And if you'd ever tested Gatheryn you know what I mean.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 5:29PM Vladimyr said

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Shame, I was sorta looking forward to a non-combat game I could socialise in on my days off from the combat genre, especially with the steam-powered atmosphere.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 6:08PM Felnor said

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This doesn't surprise me at all. There was very little communications from them at all and the game while neat seemed to be dis-organized. Hate to see it go since I enjoy puzzle games as well as normal MMO's.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 6:15PM AlamoeJones said

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Extremely good question. A few months back when the beta was still downloadable I snagged it but when I tried to sign into the game this registration screen kept popping up no matter how many times I registered. I think this was a few weeks after the forum went dark. It's probably dead and that's a shame because 1.) I was looking forward to trying it out and 2.) there are a serious lack of steam punk games.

After the genre gets of its space, then post-apoc phases I hope they give steam punk a better shot.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2010 9:03PM (Unverified) said

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I couldn't get over how awful the avatars were. In a social game like that where you're basically wandering around looking at stuff and playing minigames, the environment has to be a huge part of the draw. If the environment and avatars aren't even close to appealing, then you might as well be playing Bejeweled on a website.

It's a real shame, but craftsmanship is one of the core tenets of Steampunk. You can't just throw a cog on something and call it steampunk. :P It has to be well-made. Ah well. Here's hoping someone else picks up the torch and does it right.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2010 3:43AM Tizmah said

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I trade it out and it was a ghostown! I practically spammed chat to get anyone around to respond..not a single person. Quite embarassing I must say.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2010 5:07AM (Unverified) said

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As much as I'd like to support Indie developers, i just don't see this game flying.
For the sounds of things, they arn't really doing anything new, the steampunk setting is present in previous MMOs one way or another, and if they are targeting players that like crafting, they have a very big competition to go against.
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Posted: Jan 11th 2010 8:08PM beskar said

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One of the worst games ever. No wonder it's lost momentum. It was truly horrible. And I am a MAJOR steampunk fan who wanted to love it.
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Posted: Jan 12th 2010 9:30PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, same here. The steering alone was annoying because it wasn't possible to invert the vertical mouselook setting.

And for the steampunk elements... there's much more to see and do in a far better virtual steam city if you just download Second Life and type "New Babbage" into the search system.
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Posted: Feb 20th 2010 1:54AM Metatron said

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Very disappointing.
The fact that the company can't even reassure their loyal players and fans speaks volumes for the quality of service they would have presented had this game not fallen through.

It takes all of seconds to communicate with the forum goers and Mindfuse obviously can't even be bothered.

As for alternatives:
Neo Steam, is a free to play mmo with a steampunk/anime theme by Atlus.

Clockwork Symphony, is a steampunk mmorpg in development right now. Beta is expected in two years or so.
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