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Xsyon Earth 2012: Prelude: Early Release Begins Tomorrow
MikeB
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Notorious Games, the devleopers behind the post-apocalyptic sandbox Xsyon, have announced their plans for the coming weeks leading up to the game's scheduled April 15th launch in a post made to the Xsyon official forums.
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Their plans for the game are pretty meticulous and we have to commend the developers for being realistic about their own capacities and planning accordingly. The game will only be open to basically as many players as they can handle, and if that means they have to stop selling the game until they are confident they can support more players, well then, that's what they'll do:
If at any point we are getting too many players rushing to order, we will stop taking orders and limit the number of new players per month. Our goal is not to have an influx of 10,000 players, but to let the community grow slowly over the summer. What are the numbers we are looking for? I'm guessing about 500 before April 15th, building slowly to around 5000 active players by the end of summer.
If the game feels empty at any point, we let in more players. We will see how it goes, but I want you all to understand that this will be a controlled launch designed to create a solid and fun community. We can and will adjust to make sure that the first players can build a solid foundation and not be overrun with players from the start. If we need to stop letting in players while we balance the game for the current players to enjoy, we will. In other words, our focus is the game and the community, not trying to get as many player as quickly as possible.
The team will also allow some of the pre-order customers into the game for an early peek beginning tomorrow.
View the full announcement here.
[Thanks rlmccoy1987 for the tip!]
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i dont have an extra 40 atm i dont think so : /
The devs of Xsyon have nothing to worry about.
These niche sandbox games never get too populated right away.
5k is realistic atleast. I will give them that.
Playing: Rift, LotRO
Waiting on: GW2, BP
Glad you found this info, I thought you forgot about it
So, is there new information about this game? Like videos or new screens?
We were at PAX this weekend. Still catching up!
Back to the real world!
sounds like a scam. STILL no hard information available on this game.
If they can do what Fallen Earth have done (yes it's not technically fully sandboxed but contains a good mix in the current climate of MMO alternatives) then yeah, they could make a profit and work on content.
They're not saying "we can get 1 million subs" like a certain WAR, AoC... lol.. they have realistic ambitions and a plan... which could grow depending while they keep working on the game.
You have to agree it's the best way to do it, rather than piling as many people in as possible (Aion, WAR etc) and hoping they enjoy the troubles AT beta and launch. (those 9 hour queues in Aion haha)
Also works the other way... - alganon for example. (which was so much a WoW clone it even had a keyring in its UI without the game having any keys)
"nothing actually matters, we're just slightly evolved monkeys clinging to a dying piece of rock hurtling through space waiting for our eventual death." - Frankie Boyle, Mock The Week
Why is it a scam when they are letting people in tomorrow?
Scam sounds like a game that lets you preorder 3 months before release and then pushs the release date back 8 months, while it still does not have a definate release date...
except theres a free open beta going on so yea ><
Except they have proof that their game exist while this one still remains to be proven.
Remember when AV did this with Darkfall? Having to refresh a buy page constantly waiting to buy the game. It put a whole bunch of people off. Sure you won't get queues but it could be a negative also.
I waited until DF released a NA server due to the way they released the game.
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Waiting on: GW2, BP
yea no video makes me lil more afraid to pre order. i waited until block d/e for mo to pre order i had extra money to throw away if it didnt pan out
I agree, a happy medium would be understandable.. but for a small company.. you just take the breaks, for now that gamble has paid of in darkfall.
Sure it hasn't got the sub numbers of some mmo's but it's doing much better than anyone would have expected despite a number of people who still view it as an awful game. It's certainly carved out it's own little niche in the market...
"nothing actually matters, we're just slightly evolved monkeys clinging to a dying piece of rock hurtling through space waiting for our eventual death." - Frankie Boyle, Mock The Week
i think ill take the chance its only 40 bucks. XD
Better than $75
Yeah it was a good investment. Darkfall is sitting at 15-20k subs which is the best a ffa pvp full loot game is going to do in this themepark dominated genre.
Lets hope Xyson will be as successful.
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Waiting on: GW2, BP
i only paid 50
yea the tera forming sounds interestign the Love mmo had the same thing but the gfx UGH
This game doesn't 'look' good at all to me. That's not saying that it's not going to be a good game structurally or have some innovative ideas, I'm just not fond of what I've seen in the screenshots. I will keep an eye on it because I like the freedom of a sandbox style game and support any company that is trying to break free of the current trend towards themepark style games, but from what I've seen so far I find it hard to get excited about it.
If I didn't have a couple subs on the go already I wouldn't even hesitate with a pre-order for this game. The Developers and the game itself sound like a breath of seriously needed fresh air.
Looks like I'll be one those 5000 or so to check the game out over the summer.
Best of luck to you Notorious Games.
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
yea like 200 peopel are getting in tommorrow. i wont make it in the first wave
I did not realize this game was another post apoc theme,i thought it was a rpg type copy with a bunch of unique ideas.
I am not a big Apoc fan,as seen in FE and others,the world tends to look dead/empty,it gives the developer too many excuses to make an empty game.I however cannot possibly see it being any worse than FE,because that game is a total vanilla boring game.I hope Xsyon has more going for it than just an empty world for people to PVP in.
Apoc games need to be sort of realistic and don't lend well to creative animations,because they would look retarded if someone is shooting a shotgun and this whacky animation comes out.It is for this reason however that the games tend to look bland,this is why they need to focus a lot on Character customization within the game,give the players something to do besides running around as a Red Green look a like doing boring quests.
Looking at the screenshots,this looks nothing like an Apoc game,it looks mroe like a native 1800's setting,very odd.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Sorry you didn't make it in yet man.
I havn't been following the game much, will it have an NDA? If it doesn't, I would love to hear your opinions when you do finally get in.
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
All i ask is that any of you who do get in, please get us some more info and a video as soon as you can (if they dont have a NDA disallowing it). At least a decent sample of what running around and a bit of combat & other actions will look like. Ive been keeping an eye on this game for a few months but just havent had the extra cash to preorder it, but if it actually turns out as good as it sounds, and the gameplay isnt completely horrid like most recent games i will come up with the extra $ to get this asap.
Are you trying to say FE is empty? Dude FE is as packed content wise as you will see in any new sandbox game. I would go as far as saying its too packed with content and makes the game way too mission focused.
If you think FE is empty please stay away from this subgenre.
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Waiting on: GW2, BP