Therion
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 Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:39 am Post subject: Is it worth installing? |
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I'm considering opening my copy of war and installing it. Is it worth it? Is it finished and relatively bugless? Does it have any significant advantages over CCIV?
The ads sound great, but I'm asking because I don't want to be disappointed. |
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squadleader_id
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| Strange question...didn't you beta test the thing? |
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Dima
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: |
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I uninstalled it very fast...but on other hand, u like CCMT  . |
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Therion
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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After modding out some weird design choices (like sniper AKMs and impassible walls)  . Also, taking in account that I like CCMT and prefer playing it, things like strategy/tactics bastardisation and lack of mountable vehicles is a big turn-off for me.
So I want to know if it's worth installing - if it's not much better than orginal CCIV, then I could as well sell my copy for 10$ or something like that. I could use 10$ .
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Strange question...didn't you beta test the thing?
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What?
WaR was released at the end of October and they kicked us out in the middle of July - that's four months of development. IIRC someone said somewhere that the leaked beta was 20 builds ago and I'm not sure if he said it before or after the release. |
Wonderland - my mod for Armored Brigade
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Tejszd
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| WAR is definitely better than CC4. But having said that posts at Matrix state another patch is being tested, so you may want to wait for it... |
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squadleader_id
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Therion wrote:
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Strange question...didn't you beta test the thing?
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What?
WaR was released at the end of October and they kicked us out in the middle of July - that's four months of development. IIRC someone said somewhere that the leaked beta was 20 builds ago and I'm not sure if he said it before or after the release.
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I didn't bother to d/l the leaked beta...but the released version should be basically the same thing as the beta tester version...maybe with some minor tweaks. It's not like in those 4 months S3T added things like Panzergrenadiers can now jump on and ride on tanks 
Isn't the point of beta testing = testing and finding bugs before finalizing the release?
I still think this is a strange question coming from one of the (kicked out) beta testers  |
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Dima
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't the point of beta testing = testing and finding bugs before finalizing the release?
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r u nut?
their point is to just play the game and hail the S3T team
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I still think this is a strange question coming from one of the (kicked out) beta testers
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lol it's obvious that most of the team including beta testers didn't/don't have much clues of what they were/are doing .
so IMO nothing strange was in his question . |
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Therion
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Dima wrote:
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I uninstalled it very fast...
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Wow. Taking in account its price, it sounds awful...
Like something that could be reviewed by the AVGN...
Anyway, could you write what's so bad about it?
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I didn't bother to d/l the leaked beta...but the released version should be basically the same thing as the beta tester version...
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Not really. If it would be the same, it would be an epic fail by the new testing
team and developers.
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It's not like in those 4 months S3T added things like Panzergrenadiers can now jump on and ride on tanks
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Strawman argument, I didn't ask about mounting vehicles or anything like that.
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maybe with some minor tweaks. It's not like in those 4 months S3T added things like Panzergrenadiers can now jump on and ride on tanks
Isn't the point of beta testing = testing and finding bugs before finalizing the release?
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The point of testing is to turn an unplayable something into a releasable product/finished product/polished work of art. 4 months is enough time for a lot of bughunting/polishing, which is why I'm asking whenever it's worth installing or if I'll be better off selling it for 10$.
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Isn't the point of beta testing = testing and finding bugs before finalizing the release?
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r u nut?
their point is to just play the game and hail the S3T team
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Errr...
No?
Game development usually looks like that:
WTF -> Fucking Horrible -> Horrible -> Godawful - Awful - Really Bad -> Bad -> Tolerable -> Nice -> Good -> Very Good -> Awesome -> Fucking Awesome -> Genius. (last 5 usually aren't mandatory)
When you start at WTF or Fucking Horrible, Bad or Tolerable starts looking like Good .
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I still think this is a strange question coming from one of the (kicked out) beta testers
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lol it's obvious that most of the team including beta testers didn't/don't have much clues of what they were/are doing .
so IMO nothing strange was in his question .
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Because being a tester, like, totally makes one able to magically predict what will be improved/fixed/broken during further 4 months of development  .
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WAR is definitely better than CC4. But having said that posts at Matrix state another patch is being tested, so you may want to wait for it...
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Well, I'll wait for the patch then. |
Wonderland - my mod for Armored Brigade
Killing for peace is like fucking for orgasm.
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pvt_Grunt
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| So, who did leak it? - Will we ever know..... |
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flick
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Do tanks still try and burrow their way through houses, that cover VP points? |
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squadleader_id
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:30 am Post subject: |
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BTW, nice points, Dima!
I guess I'm just too naive |
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Therion
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Dude, you're starting to behave like a reverse version of the Cheerleader . |
Wonderland - my mod for Armored Brigade
Killing for peace is like fucking for orgasm.
Last edited by Therion on Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:02 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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drGreen
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I think the game is worth the download, they AI is much better and so on. the price for the game is way to high tho...  20 euro's is more realistic IMO |
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squadleader_id
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Therion wrote:
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Dude, you're starting to behave like a reverse version of the Cheerleader .
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Oops! Sorry about that, Dude...
Hail S3T! Long live WAR! |
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Therion
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hail S3T! Long live WAR!
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Now you're acting like a Cheerleader clone . I don't know what is worse and more disconnected from reality . |
Wonderland - my mod for Armored Brigade
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platoon_michael
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:03 am Post subject: |
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So let me get this straight............
Therion wants to know if WAR is worth installing.......right
Did he or did he not have to buy his copy of WAR?
I don't see him listed in the credits.
And if he was in fact on the team why didnt he make the game good enough for himself to play?
Bonehead! |
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Therion
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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And if he was in fact on the team why didnt he make the game good enough for himself to play?
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I already explained, it, but because you seem to be a bit slow, I'll explain it again. The testing team that I was in got axed 4 months before the game was released.
Last months of testing usually include a lot of bugfixes and polishing (like adding new sounds, new graphics and stuff like that.). I don't know what was the result of that, because I wasn't in team when it was being finished. |
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squadleader_id
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| Therion wrote:
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And if he was in fact on the team why didnt he make the game good enough for himself to play?
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I already explained, it, but because you seem to be a bit slow, I'll explain it again. The testing team that I was in got axed 4 months before the game was released.
Last months of testing usually include a lot of bugfixes and polishing (like adding new sounds, new graphics and stuff like that.). I don't know what was the result of that, because I wasn't in team when it was being finished.
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The game should be basically the same as the version you played as a tester.
It's "CC4 using an enhanced CC5 engine"...I don't know if I'm also a bit slow...but the version sent out to testers 4 months before the release should also be "CC4 using an enhanced CC5 engine".
New sounds and new graphics? Yeah right
You asked about WAR as if you've never seen the game before...and yet you were part of the (first batch) of testers...oops!
I agree with S3T's decision on this one...on booting the testers after the leak incident
Hail S3T! |
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Dima
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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So, who did leak it? - Will we ever know.....
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iam 92% sure that S3T made that as PR move, to get interest and attention for upcoming product.
and make "public beta-test" (PBT) .
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I agree with S3T's decision on this one...on booting the testers after the leak incident
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And of coz the amount of complains they received during/after "PBT" resulted in cutting the bunch of useless testers as they couldnt spot most of flaws .
and noone else . |
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schrecken
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| We also hired Dima, at a very high price. |
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