New post-apocalyptic MMO Xsyon to release April 15

I think Massively should flag this game as a possible scam alert. I just don't see how a game can pop up on the radar and be released in a few weeks without a beta test. I truly hope no one blows hard earned cash on this game, I have a feeling anyone who does will get burned. The ideas sound good in theory, but with no videos, no hands on, the website just popped up in the last couple days, and no chance to test or trial the game, hmm, you have to wonder.

This looks like a totally unrealistic feature list for an indie game to be honest, I simply cannot believe that even 1/10 of what they say will be in the game could make realease & doubtful it could be done within 10 years of release.

It looks like a wishlist for many MMO players, trouble is that a wishlist that long is untenable, if it were a billion dollar game with 300-500 people involved for 5 years already I might be less sceptical.

Yeah, the feature list looks like yet another grab-bag of pie-in-the-sky promises that may or may not make release. I'll wait and see on this one.

Well on the forums they have said there won't be an NDA for people who preorder and get into the beta, which apparently there is going to be still. So, if it's crap we'll hear about it.

I, too, thought the game might be a scam when somebody posted about it on mmorpg.com and I put some research into it. It definitely seemed fishy. That being said, a few days later a new website was up with more information about the developers and I'm no longer too concerned. It just looks like an extremely small, relatively inexperienced (MMO-wise) indie team putting it together.

All-in-all, I think the game (based on the features listed on the website) looks genuinely interesting. There are a few things that concern me, however:

1) The pre-orders - the game is allegedly in closed beta right now. Pre-orders get access to closed beta (paid beta, in other words). That bugs me, in general. Considering this game has been developed in near secrecy, it seems the only way for any members of the general public to get any access to beta is to pay for it. There's absolutely no footage or evidence to indicate the game will be ready by the launch date, which doesn't give me good enough confidence to even consider pre-ordering the game.

2) "Prelude" - this confuses me a bit. Is prelude the pre-launch phase or post launch? Comments I've seen posted from devs seem to indicate it's the pre-launch phase. Regardless, "prelude" is basically the period when the first batch of paying players will build the world (roads, cities, etc...) that will end up being enjoyed by newer paying players. It seems like there's a fine line between ultimate sandbox and charging players to "test and build the world for us".

3) The world - it's a valley. How big is it and, more importantly, how many players can it comfortably hold?

~Ripper

Hmm...I believe it's called irony when a company named Notorious fails at creating notoriety for its game. Xsyon started playing peek-a-boo like a week ago, is supposed to launch in less than two months, and wants us to pre-order based on the merit of screenshots and a list of features that even Blizzard doesn't have the budget for.

I think there are three possible causes for this.
1. The game is a scam.
2. The devs have lots of ambition, with a side of misguided optimism.
3. The devs are REALLY good devs, and REALLY poor businesspeople.

I have to giggle a little bit. Since I personally think Xsyon is just a scam, I read Rubi's article a little differently. Where it looks like she is forced into political correctness for the sake of fostering a relationship between Massively and Notorious (should the game turn up legitimate), I inserted what I thought she might actually be thinking.

She resisted questioning the validity of the game, referring to Xsyon as "...flying well under the radar" instead of "being completely - and suspiciously - unheard of." When she says "Xyson's official site is very well done," she means "a lot of information does not make up for a very basic and unprofessional-looking site." And she suggests, "Xsyon is a game well worth looking into" where you know she's thinking, "do your research before trusting this one."

Not trying to get Rubi in trouble or anything, I just have to wonder if anyone actually isn't skeptical of this game. I'll wait for a free trial, or any positive feedback for that matter, before even thinking twice on this one.

I smell, wait, what is that.... *sniff sniff* oooh... yep, I smell, yeah... there it is,



wait for it



wait for it...


VAPORWARE.... dum da di dumdumdum -

and remember this one. DAWN hahaha - http://www.glitchless.com/dawn.html

too funny.