Sir Lucius
04-12-2003, 14:11
I think it COULD be a possibility -- here are my reasons:
First I remeber thrax saying they have a release date already. And I'm not sure if I'm right on this, but I also think I he siad it could be out in less than 1 year from something. Or maybe they'd release the release date in less than a year, I dunno.
Next is the fact that the engine works (the game is working!) And they already have lots of stuff done I'm sure. So it's safe to say that some of the content is already there and ready for an online test.
Uvalan is THE Tribeslan -- it's pretty impressive in size and gives you your entire market in one room (ok there are others who do buy the games, but EVERYone who's ANYone goes to uvalan! ;)).
So I'm betting it's possible, but let's discuss if it's worth it for sierra.
Well, for one you can't make it exclusive -- you can make its release exclusive but there's no way it'll stay JUST in the lan, so once the test goes public, it's public till the game comes out.
This could be good and bad. It could be good b/c counterstirke is free and popular right? Well this is basically like putting out a nice demo before the game comes out (holy ****?! you mean they did that once!?). I dunno how popular you're going to get so unless the game totally rocks and kills people like a ****ing ninja with a gun that shoots poison tipped swords, you may land yourself into some trouble. You don't want to release anything unfinished cuz it leaves a bad taste, and people won't buy it when it's on the shelves. Even if it is a test people are going to base their opinion of the final game on it, so it's not really worth it to relase something that crashes a lot or has ****ty netcode. Also you have to bring out a -kick- -ass- map to keep people entertained for...I guess anywhere from 6-12 months. And even then when people get the full version they're probably not gonna wanna play that map anymore.
So yeah, I see all sorts of problems, and I guess the timming might be bad depending on the release date, but it's a thought for everyone. Who knows :shrug:
First I remeber thrax saying they have a release date already. And I'm not sure if I'm right on this, but I also think I he siad it could be out in less than 1 year from something. Or maybe they'd release the release date in less than a year, I dunno.
Next is the fact that the engine works (the game is working!) And they already have lots of stuff done I'm sure. So it's safe to say that some of the content is already there and ready for an online test.
Uvalan is THE Tribeslan -- it's pretty impressive in size and gives you your entire market in one room (ok there are others who do buy the games, but EVERYone who's ANYone goes to uvalan! ;)).
So I'm betting it's possible, but let's discuss if it's worth it for sierra.
Well, for one you can't make it exclusive -- you can make its release exclusive but there's no way it'll stay JUST in the lan, so once the test goes public, it's public till the game comes out.
This could be good and bad. It could be good b/c counterstirke is free and popular right? Well this is basically like putting out a nice demo before the game comes out (holy ****?! you mean they did that once!?). I dunno how popular you're going to get so unless the game totally rocks and kills people like a ****ing ninja with a gun that shoots poison tipped swords, you may land yourself into some trouble. You don't want to release anything unfinished cuz it leaves a bad taste, and people won't buy it when it's on the shelves. Even if it is a test people are going to base their opinion of the final game on it, so it's not really worth it to relase something that crashes a lot or has ****ty netcode. Also you have to bring out a -kick- -ass- map to keep people entertained for...I guess anywhere from 6-12 months. And even then when people get the full version they're probably not gonna wanna play that map anymore.
So yeah, I see all sorts of problems, and I guess the timming might be bad depending on the release date, but it's a thought for everyone. Who knows :shrug: