State of the game....

geoschmo · #1 June 13th, 2002, 04:42 PM

I think they are taking a big risk with their marketing. Talk about your bad tastes BM. THey seem to be putting a lot of emphasis on this "fifth X" thingy, which really when you get down to it smacks of just hype. That could cause some backlash among even loyal fans.

I really think Malfador had the right idea releasing SEIV when it did. Even though it was a little rough, and maybe not quite ready, at least it was out there and being played. MOO has been in development so long they are getting to the point now that the anticipation so high there will be no way they can live up to the expectations.

Hey, maybe that is what the fifth X is. It's not Experience after all, it's Expectations.

Geoschmo

Ed Kolis · #2 June 13th, 2002, 05:04 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
They have moved the forums from Delphi to their own site. This is Yet Another Disruption for the community that had formed at Delphi, after the sudden cascade of cuts in game features and the firing of a bunch of people including Alan Emrich.

They FIRED Alan Emrich?!? Who did? I thought they just Banned him from the discussion Boards for some unknown reason!

Lemmy · #3 June 13th, 2002, 05:15 PM

uhm...they fired Alan emrich

he was the lead designer, the game is fully designed now, only needs programming and tweaking, QS or IG had to let some people go, so they fired him.

back on topic...sort of:

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Well, to me the new Units.txt and Mount options (next patch) are new toys but there is also the rumor that once a few more game bugs are fixed there will be a patch adding new weapons/components. Kinda like the very first patch that added a few new weapons (been so long I forget which ones were added).

there's gonna be a new file?
now i have to adjust my loader...

[ June 13, 2002, 16:17: Message edited by: Lemmy ]

Perrin · #4 June 13th, 2002, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
They have moved the forums from Delphi to their own site. This is Yet Another Disruption for the community that had formed at Delphi.

Also, the new forum is cruddy. It seems to be a UBB type board like this one, but not well designed. AWFUL color scheme, bad screen layout. Yech... there was more whining about the BB than about anything else for the first week after the move.

I do not know if anyone is interested but there is a much better MOO3 forum at Apolyton. <- link

They are mostly a Civ3 site but have forum devoted to several turn based strategy games. Including MOO3.

henk brouwer · #5 June 13th, 2002, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
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Also, the new forum is cruddy. It seems to be a UBB type board like this one, but not well designed. AWFUL color scheme, bad screen layout. Yech... there was more whining about the BB than about anything else for the first week after the move.

Anyone remember the old shrapnelforum color scheme?

It can't be worse than that...

Baron Munchausen · #6 June 13th, 2002, 10:51 PM

Yes, we're trying to get MM to add some new weapon damage types and/or abilities. Dunno if he will actually do it or not. So don't take this as a promise.

Yes, Alan Emrich has been fired from the MOO III project. It is now completely 'in house' Quicksilver people who are working on it.

The Apolyton site has been a sort of 'rebel refugee' site since the turmoil began with feature cuts, moderator firings on the forums, and general axing of formerly popular staff on the development team. I suppose it's as good a place as any to visit for a sample of the atmosphere in the MOO fan community Online. But I should point out that there is some disappointment being voiced even by brand-new arrivals to the IG 'in houise' forums, too. People are beginning to hear about the changes -- like the axing of many original races -- and expressing their unhappiness. I hope this will lead IG to restore some of them in an expansion pack later on, but IG is not known for intelligence or sensitivity...

Henk, have you seen the color scheme on Infogrames site?

http://www.ina-community.com/forums/...s=&forumid=224

[ June 14, 2002, 04:21: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

Tenryu · #7 June 14th, 2002, 04:15 AM

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Originally posted by Richard:
I think we will see another boost once MOO has been out for a few weeks.

I may be wrong but I have a bad feeling about the game right now. This isn't because they are competition, it's because the publisher doesn't have a great track history with hard core game titles.

I agree with Richard, I think they will screw it up. I've been reading their bhah-blah. I think it will be another "Reach for the", (wallet, opps), I mean, "Stars.".

I, too, would be pleasantly surprized if it wasn't. I am not expecting too much, however.

Cynic, I am.

[ June 14, 2002, 03:17: Message edited by: Tenryu ]