OT_ MOO3

[pathfinder]

just saw this at www.gonegold.com

sorry if this is old news. I didn't do much of a search here.

"Master of Orion 3

I have this one pre-ordered and just received notice that the new date for the game is Q1/03. Will be checking into this further, but it's not looking good.

We are writing to let you know that we have changed the projected ship date for Master Of Orion 3 to 1/1/03. The publisher did not provide us with a specific date so this is our best estimate only and should not be considered firm. We will update this date again as we receive new information.

From past experience, when news like this hits, it's been pretty accurate. The slip has been anyway, not the actual ship date. That's why I would post it as Q1/03."

[Atrocities]

No, not new news. The Last we heard was October. Sounds like they are having a bit of a bug problem. If not that, something.

[Baron Munchausen]

The release date displayed on the official website has not changed yet. Unless it does change very soon, I woul dnot put too much stock in this report. QS has been very open about their delays. I wouldn't expect them to start hiding changes now.

[Richard]

I wouldn't doubt Rich Laporte, he has very good connections.

[pathfinder]

This a later post on gonegold's "front page".

"Master of Orion 3

Direct from Infogrames, the news for the "Official Release" date is still Q4/02...

Actually we still consider it to be Q4, 2002.

So I guess it's a "wait and see" sort of situation. Retail is stating Q1/03, while the publisher is sticking to Q4/02, for now. "

I usually don't post this kind of stuff but since the source was gone gold and is a sci-fi game, I thought I would.

[ August 02, 2002, 02:42: Message edited by: pathfinder ]

[Richard]

Hmm that has "push it out the door" spelled all over it .

[pathfinder]

Hmmm..should I say it?

sure, why not.....

Infogrames.....

[Baron Munchausen]

It looks like Moo3 is in trouble. The deadline for going Gold if they want to make the public release date of 'Q3' is upon us and there has been no further word, either official admission of further deadline slippage or reassurances of intent to make the deadline through some extra-ordinary measures. This quiet 'sliding by' has upset the community on the official forum and several threads have sprouted up complaining. Meanwhile, a new preview on gamers.com calls the current state of Moo3 'lackluster', meaning it is not anything noticably different from many other 4X games we've already seen. Given that there is no time left to perform any major re-design it looks like a 'public beta' cycle is the only thing that can save Moo3.

On the other hand, Civ III has had Yet Another Patch issued over the summer and rumours are now flying that an expansion pack featuring multi-player ability and other goodies will be released in October. The latest patch adds 8 new civilizations, let alone fixing various bugs and adjusting game-balance features. If this is the 'patch' then the expansion pack should be awesome. It looks like Civ III is finally worth acquiring, and it's what? Almost a full year after official release? Yep... So keep this in mind as Moo3 gets shoved half-baked out the door like some teenager being forced to go to school in the early morning. It may take a while to wake-up, but Moo3 it not necessarily as stupid as it will look on first impression. We can look forward to the 'real' Moo3 next fall.

[AJC]

from what I've read they went back to into the game and removed alot of things they thought were making it too micromanaging. They were basically redesigning some of it and thought the release date would slide a bit.

[Fyron]

On the other hand, Civ III has had Yet Another Patch issued over the summer... The latest patch adds 8 new civilizations...

Huh? I just got the latest patch, and started Civ III up. I didn't see any new civs.