March-May of 2007 assuming there are no further delays.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Hemingway
I sure hope they do this game well!!! I've had it on pre-order for about a year now!!!
If You Stand Against An ARMY, Stand FAST And STRONG! If Stand Against A Single MAN, Stand HARD And LONG! If Stand Against YOURSELF, What Is RIGHT Or WRONG!
Originally posted by gurby I sure hope they do this game well!!! I've had it on pre-order for about a year now!!!
From who? Never buy a preorder from anyone but the ones the developers themselves offer. Its just asking for trouble.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Hemingway
Its no WOWkiller. The game that will finally take that behemoth down will be something with just as much of a name backing it up, and designed to appeal to the same audience. AoC does niether, it probably will be a harsh blow, but its not going to "kill" it.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Hemingway
Originally posted by Hajen noo i cant wait five more months for this game! :P... Fion, are you sure that they will open up the beta in january?
They wont probably open it. Just more people will get in to closed beta. I still feel like only couple thousand people will get in to the beta and those are active members of AoC community.
i'd also like to see the game come out sooner than late. on the flipside there is some quote that i seen from some big gaming guru guy. something like "you can always delay a good game, but a poorly released game is bad forever". something along those lines, you know what i mean. give them the time to release the game! lets not get any rushed half finished games. cough cough. anyone sitll waiting on there hero classes and siege weapons that were supposed to be on release? hehehe even better quotes "its still beta the game will get better!!" yeah it changed alright! hehehehe
I'd guess release will be summer of 2007. I agree beta will open up more beginning of the year, or atleast before spring. The pre-order in spring, release in summer. Noone knows for sure though, after all there might be delays and we could be having this same discussion a year from now. Pray to Mitra that doesn't happen heh.
Yes I would prefer they take their time and release a bug-free finished product. I can be patient and wait for it if they are taking their time to make it right.
As far as it being a WoW Killer I doubt it. I do think that it could put a good dent in Blizzard's subscription numbers though. Combine this game with Warhammer and that might be the 1-2 punch that knocks down WoW.
most likely this will go as every other funcom came to this date...at release it will be most bug-ridden contentless game ever but year after that it will be winning best mmo prize in all competitions and reviews.
Originally posted by kishe most likely this will go as every other funcom came to this date...at release it will be most bug-ridden contentless game ever but year after that it will be winning best mmo prize in all competitions and reviews.
If Funcom had more than one MMORPG release, you might have something to say along these lines. As it is, you have squat. Anarchy Online had a rushed release, AoC is being worked on long enough to properly test the game. They did not have the money then, they do now, they did not have the staff and the connections then, they do now. The relationship between the two game's releases is null and void.
And AO was far from contentless, the issue was, you couldn't get to it.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Hemingway
I'm personally hoping for a Q4 2007 release. Hopefully sometime before next Christmas. As long as there's no major flaws, that should be enough time for this game to be properly tested. If it does release in May-June I'll be skeptical and await others reactions before I buy. That just seems like an awfully short beta period.
All in all though, I'm really excited about this game. Finally some combat that actually looks "FUN"!
The developer said, that they release the game around Q2 next year. They also said that they will start an open beta several months so i think we can play around february or may
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I sure hope they do this game well!!! I've had it on pre-order for about a year now!!!
If You Stand Against An ARMY,
Stand FAST And STRONG!
If Stand Against A Single MAN,
Stand HARD And LONG!
If Stand Against YOURSELF,
What Is RIGHT Or WRONG!
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
I can't imagine it will be ready before July. They're not even in a full Beta yet. But who knows?
I will say that if they take thier time, they could have a WoW killer...
I'll start my own SWG... with Black Jack... and Hookers!!!
In fact, forget the SWG!!!!
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
well yeah no game will ever kill WoW too many people spend way too much time playing it i likie what AOC says
this is a game for people who play less then 10 hours a week but however i will be playing for more then 10 hours a week =]
I'm sure i'm not the only one thinking like this !
Yes I would prefer they take their time and release a bug-free finished product. I can be patient and wait for it if they are taking their time to make it right.
As far as it being a WoW Killer I doubt it. I do think that it could put a good dent in Blizzard's subscription numbers though. Combine this game with Warhammer and that might be the 1-2 punch that knocks down WoW.
If Funcom had more than one MMORPG release, you might have something to say along these lines. As it is, you have squat. Anarchy Online had a rushed release, AoC is being worked on long enough to properly test the game. They did not have the money then, they do now, they did not have the staff and the connections then, they do now. The relationship between the two game's releases is null and void.
And AO was far from contentless, the issue was, you couldn't get to it.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Hemingway
I'm personally hoping for a Q4 2007 release. Hopefully sometime before next Christmas. As long as there's no major flaws, that should be enough time for this game to be properly tested. If it does release in May-June I'll be skeptical and await others reactions before I buy. That just seems like an awfully short beta period.
All in all though, I'm really excited about this game. Finally some combat that actually looks "FUN"!
They also said that they will start an open beta several months so i think
we can play around february or may
Read this link:
Link to AoC "preview" article on Gamespy
I saw the release date on that page and I nearly lost my mind. Either they know something we don't or they're dead wrong, I vote the latter.
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