Maybe the wait is worth it

DominionsFan · #1 July 3rd, 2006, 11:38 AM

We wait if we must wait, not that we can do anything in this topic. We all want to play with Dominions 3. as fast as possible, but the game is not out yet. Its gonna be released when the devs feel, that the game is completed.

Psitticine · #2 July 3rd, 2006, 09:30 PM

Illwinter seems pretty content to work on things post-release (like the entire modding system and the two or three nations they added after Dom 2 was released) so I suspect they'll try to get all the current content straightened up first and then worry about new features later. It seems like the progress list thing supports that; I'm not seeing much new stuff now as opposed to work on what's already in there.

So, that means, I think, that they must be pretty close to on-schedule. If they weren't, they'd probably still be adding huges piles of new stuff.

Archonsod · #3 July 3rd, 2006, 09:53 PM

Most of the recent updates were more in line of minor bug fixes and balance tweaks.

The game will never be perfect. Even assuming Ilwinter manage a world first and manage a bug free release, your still going to have balance tweaking. It's not something you can fix with more time - half the exploits/imbalances aren't apparent until the product is released and you get 'fresh minds' trying out stuff that would never occur to the developers/testers.

majama · #4 July 4th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Always better wait longer than meet dissatisfaction and say to game "good bye" once for all.

Caduceus · #5 July 5th, 2006, 01:06 PM

Major releases in the last six months spring to mind - Civilization IV and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - having bugs that shouldn't have made it to consumers. Overall, probably didn't affect sales for these two products. I don't think that Dominions 3 has enough folks buying it to suffer a hit like this. In a community this small all it takes is a few "don't get it, its buggy" threads to kill a title.

I'd rather wait for stable gameplay and evaluate it on its merits rather than instability issues.

Gandalf Parker · #6 July 5th, 2006, 01:25 PM

I dont think there will be any crash bugs. If there are then it will be from the temptation to add a majorly kewl feature at the last minute. Looking at the progress page.. at most Im expecting to maybe find some descriptions that didnt get filled in.

Nerfix · #7 July 5th, 2006, 02:58 PM

I think it's a bit funny to think if the wait is "worth it" since our only option is to wait. It's not like they can push out a product that is still by technicalities a version of Dom 2.