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Somehow I don't put a lot of faith in a doom calendar that was made by people who couldn't forsee the downfall of themselves.
Sadly, there isnt much difference anymore between the US and Europe...
You have China, Russia and then everyone else!!!
I cannot recall where the interview is at, however he did state that the countdown is not the release date.
This was quite awhile ago and the 2009 Funcom layoffs have had an effect on their release date by a few months.
In sep/okt Funcom told use that the game would be a few months late as the where downsizing in Norway and building an new departement in Canada(Montreal). Due to high cost in Norway. As the interview I am refering to is after this the TSW will come nexst year H2.
I'm hoping it will be earlier than beginning of 2012 instead of later
But, I'm hoping even more that they'll release it 'when the game is done'. Plase, FC, no more AoC like releases...
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
How many times must i post this
It is to be releasted in 2011 (h2) second half of the year sow july to dec. I.A.W Candian director intervjued in 7jan.
Now there is 18months+/-3 to go. The game is 7year into development, sow not to long to whate
It is very long when you're eagerly waiting for it
Maybe i should visit the TSW forums less, it's like all these delicious smells coming out of the restaurant when you're hungry but then having to wait for half a day. Torture!
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
The ease with which predictions are made on these forums:
Fratman: "I'm saying Spring 2012 at the earliest [for TOR release]. Anyone still clinging to 2011 is deluding themself at this point."
I'd rather it was 2012, to be honest, so what if some interview suggests it will be released in 2011, I'd love them to release a highly polished game & not in the same year as WoW:Catacylsm or SW:TOR, I'm happy to wait for a polished game.
WOW and FFXIV are Fantasy and SW:TOR Sci-fi. Sow TSW is not in the same group as this is an RL/adventure. There is players out there to play all those games. I think and hope that more WOW player will try other games when they get sick of the toons. If the releas was in 2012 dont mean there will not be new big MMOs comming out then to. Funcom has said that TSW will be released with tonns of more stuff/quest than AoC and alot more polished. They have learned a lot with AoC lanch. I think they will start a big Beta test i good time before the lanch to fix all majore issues. If you whant a garranty for TSW beta you can enrolle on AoC and prepay for 6months and you are in. If you play AoC you will se how well you PC can run the games. I think TSW will have about the same hardwear requirements as AoC. This becouse AoC got the highes requerement atm.
Well to be honest, funcom said the same exact thing about age of conan, how much they learned from the release of anarchy online and they wouldn't repeat the same mistakes.
Don't get me wrong, I am very excited about everything about this game and I am hoping things are different. If they turn out to be a bust I will only have myself to blame and I am content with that. Still, I like the ways things are progressing so far and I will only worry if someone up top starts making super huge promises again or talking about steak dinners
.
Otherwise, I am fine with funcom taking as long as they need.
Not sure when the project started but they dam well better run the full 4 to 5 year developement cycle this time.
I think that anyone who has been around MMOs for an appreciable time will know that when a date for release is given that is 2 years away then there is almost no chance of the date being correct. So much can happen to either slow down (more likely) or speed up the development that the release dates are really just predictions.
How many MMOs were released on the date first given for release? Most have a minimum of one, some up to four, announcements of delays that can extend anywhere from a month to a year.
We can hope for a release date but I for one will be happy enough if it is released in 2012 sometime, that should be ample time for them to get it right.
Can some one give me a link so i can know what kind of game TSW is and if i might want it.
Johnny
Well the time slot is huge(6months) and all the core features/ most zones are done, now they need to fill it with more content and tune/twike the shades and stuff. They are quite good into the production and has two years ago maid an game with the same basic tools just jazzed upp a little for the TSW. Sow i think they have an good ide how mutch time is required to produce it. But yes numeres of things can happen and an early 2012 release might be the case if they get som majore problems.
What about the third time?
This is pure conjecture. The devs have never stated what zones they have completed or at what stage of development they are. We just don't know, and for a game in pre-alpha, I would not expect to know. They don't want to tell us too much now, and peak the hype machine this far away from release, nor do they want to make too many claims as features, mechanics and content changes dramatically from alpha to release.
Yes this game has been in development for a long time, but the development has not been contiguous and that makes a massive difference, new people have to come in and look over what has been done before. We shouldn't be trying to base our predictions for release on whatever we think. Base it off what the company has said and then add a little bit onto it.
I know we want this game to come out as soon as possible because we want to play it. But we also want a good game and a good launch. I for one am happy to wait until 2012 for a solid launch of a great game.
...I think I'll forgo my pre-order of this one, and hell-no to a life-time sub
Only the chosen ones (ie. those with lifetime subs) that will be saved during the coming apocalypse.
But I fear I may have already said too much.
This is from feb 2010
The Secret World
Development status
• 90 people working on project
• The Secret World is approaching an
important mile stone in March in which
several hours of game-play will be finished,
polished and complete, testing all the core
game play systems in conjunction.
• Key content of the next mile stone will
contain among others:
- Many hours of quest game-play
- Combat and RPG systems
- Character development with abilities
- PVP game-play
- Polished locations with adversaries and
non-player characters
Nov 2009
• 90 people working on project
• Iterating on core game play mechanics –
combat, missions, abilities and skills, PVPprototyping
etc.
• Developing content – playfields, dungeons,
monsters, PVP-playfields etc.
• Next major mile stone:
March 1 – Vertical slice; Core systems and
game play in place
Aug 2009
• 100 people working on project
• In alpha stage of development:
o Combat iterations
o User Interface prototyping
o Character development
implementation
o PVP testing etc
May 2009
• Game reached important mile-stone on
May 7:
• 1st iteration combat
• Character creation
• First cut-scenes
• 1st iteration of mission system
• First underground playfield
• Content development tools
• 11 game areas close to complete or in
development
• 100 people working on project
Feb 2009
Status:
•
8 playfields close to complete or in development
•
First dungeons in development
•
In-game combat prototype in development
•
Implementing rule sets
•
New content development tools in development
•
80 people working on project
•
PR and community building commencing during spring 2009
Got this from a forum site, and this collected from finansial rapport/pressetation
As fare as I can se they are tracking well. They are all sow getting more people as AoC expantion wil be completed in mai/june.
You see this kind of thing means nothing. 11 game areas? How many are there in total? If it was 12 then that is great, if it was 150 then that is really just beginning.
Also the ambiguity of saying "complete or in developement" could mean 1 area is complete and another 10 in development. And what does "in development" mean?
I am not really having a go at you or the information you have gathered but you made a statement originally that was grossly inaccurate and I just don't want people to get the impression that the game is almost finished and then 18 months down the track wonder why the game still is not released. Then we get comments like "game is fail, taking so long, and they had it almost complete 18 months ago, obviously they don't know what they are doing".
Just trying to keep things in perspective.
I am not saying they are near finished in anyway. Onely that they have been doing alot the last two year and the trackrecord loocks good on TSW. I think they are at a point where it is possible to se how mutch manhours that is required to make all q and polish the product. I am not saying there is no chance for problems an delayes. Onely that q3/q4 in 2011 is an fear estimate from Funcom.
These days its true. However I have to point out that a lot of that hysteria has to do with a decrepit tyrannical old Aussie heavily influencing our media.
Locking thread due to necro. Don't bring up old threads, guys. Feel free to link to them though.
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