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Steam Early Access Ready for Primetime
SBFord
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Steam Early Access Ready for Primetime
Nathan Richardsson has sent out a new update for fans of Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade. In it, he makes the big announcement that "we are now preparing to fully move over to the Early Access program on Steam". Those choosing to participate will be able to get in the Closed Alpha via a Steam purchase or a Founders pack can be purchased from the game's official site. The Founder's Program will be ending on January 25th.
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the missing link in a chain of destruction.
All spelling and typographical errors are based soely on the fact that i just dont care. If you must point out my lack of atention to detail, please do it with a smile.
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Typically, only small cash-strapped companies do this. It takes money you would have gotten from release and uses it to finish a game or in the case of Code Hatch or DoubleFine, gives you a way to release a not-finished game and walk away with the cash with no responsibility
The thought of Planetside 3: Warhammer.....Meh.
I remember the sale pitch for this game where they said it would be this massive war of hundreds of players. All the video I have seen has had like 10 or less players involved.
No thanks, I heard that from Firefall too.
amen.
one just needs to buy warhammer space marines from THQ (still available) they have the best maps and combat to date! and has a great campaign too!
"If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor
Nice clickbait tho...
I guess that is what the ad money paid for...
I was so so so much looking forward to this game to finally come out. Keyword: was. I have heard and seen so much negative forums and disappointing game play that now I don't care anymore and won't be buying it. I was the same for archage. What a great release that was (sarcasm). This game like so many other things could have been so good.
checkout fatsharks, warhammer -vermintide is pretty dam good- been playing that until total wars-warhammer
That being said, I joined here a year ago an drastically changed our development process to agile, changed the schedule to get our Founders in much sooner than possible to be part of that development process, and put laser focus on making a great "online shooter" as part "massive online shooter". We are now working on adding more of the "massive". Part of this was drastically changing the scope from being "impossible" to "fucking awesome and achievable in a decade". That's what I do.
And to clarify this move to the Early Access framework, we're already using Steamworks, the Steam developer framework for security, build management, distribution, security etc. and we've simply outgrown our own infrastructure. And the added benefits since our payment options sucks, and the ease of use, trust and familiarity of Steam is far more than our website, this will be a much easier way for customers to evaluate and determine if they want to get in at this point.
If you are at all doubtful about what we're doing - a massive online shooter - or waiting to see other elements, I sincerely urge you to wait jumping in. Yes, you'll have have to pay a bit more to get less extra benefits, but I'd rather have you a happy shoot-people-in-face-with-eldar than an unhappy.
For example, you can check out twitch, like - us developers hang out there as well since he's a damn good player too.
We're here for the long haul, 10 years at least, and that requires a solid relationship between you and me. So I don't hesitate to recommend you wait and see.
Oh, and sorry you didn't like Defiance. We were all proud of being able to launch and be the first MMO on all PC, 360 and PS3 and still running successfully but totally understand you felt it was providing suction on parts of a farm animals reproductive system. And that's my fault.
Hope you have a great day!
Nathan
(aka Sr Producer of Eternal Crusade)
I am spend 40$ for basic founder pack & I am done with that crap ,until some miracles positive surprised me
Eternal Crusade had potential when it first announced as an MMORPG. I thought "great!", I can finally play a 40k RPG, even better, play it as an MMO! But then, no, run out of money, not feasible. iirc, it then announced it was going to be a single player experience. Bit disappointing but still awesome, still an open world 40k RPG!
Now though.....it seems to be just a shell of its original intention. Watered down content, progression and world, lack of depth, only 4 playable races. I'm a 40k fan so I'll probably still check it out via the F2P option when it releases, "just in case", but I don't hold out much hope.
Essentially what I am still hoping for, at somepoint before I die, is either a skyrim-esque game but for 40k, or a PvP based MMO like CU or CF, but for 40k. True open world, focus on pvp, some interesting progression and classes. Chuck in the vehicles, some base building etc....
But glad you like EVE, I was the Executive Producer on that in the first 7 years.
You and me both brother. Although we do have progression being developed now, vehicles and classes are in, base building is planned for an expansion so I think we'll get to a point where you'll like it just a little bit. One can always hope
Agent_Joseph said:
i am hope someone ll' make WAR 40k real mmoRPG ,Eternal Crusade is just an bad shooter in war40k skin
I am spend 40$ for basic founder pack & I am done with that crap ,until some miracles positive surprised me
Oh, we'll continue to develop Eternal Crusade post-launch in that direction as we've already said. We have free expansions every 3 months, so hopefully we'll reach a point in the future that you'll want to join us.
But glad you like EVE, I was the Executive Producer on that in the first 7 years.
thank you , I am glad to hear miracle has chance to be happen ! I wish best for Eternal Crusade but please give me war 40 k universe feeling not just simple shooter in war 40k skin !
they'll smash each other to pieces !!
"All they want to do is get drunk,they want to fight people !!
Too bad the whole picture and story he is going on about is nothing what the game was like.The only good thing i found in that game was the sound the rest of the game was just really bad.
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