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Beta Delayed, Though How Long Remains Unknown - Dark and Light - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited March 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imageBeta Delayed, Though How Long Remains Unknown - Dark and Light - MMORPG.com

Dark and Light News - The Dark & Light team has posted a note on the games Chinese site that announces a delay to the start of the beta. While originally slated to begin beta testing in Q4 2016, a delay was implemented for Q1 2017. That has again been extended. If you use Google Chrome's in-built translator, you can read the announcement for yourself.

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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,489
    Shocking news.
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  • darkheartsdarkhearts Member UncommonPosts: 159
    Seeing the gameplay video I don't blame them. Love the idea of the game but after seeing it actually play I see a lot of work needed.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,093
    edited March 2017
    Is OK, still need to wait a few months until the "shine" wears off Exiles before the market will be ready for another half baked, early access survival game. ;)

    But don't worry, they'll flock to it in droves.

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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    living up to there name ..........Snail Games ..............
  • VolgoreVolgore Member EpicPosts: 3,872
    I thought i've grown out of "hating" a game or company...but i officially hate this game and the studio behind it.


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  • AeliousAelious Member RarePosts: 3,521
    darkhearts said:
    Seeing the gameplay video I don't blame them. Love the idea of the game but after seeing it actually play I see a lot of work needed.
    Indeed and I'm glad they are pushing it out until they think they have a good enough product. As excited as I am for the kind of game DnL is I will not buy it if it seems like corners were cut and isn't polished.
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    I was gonna say something snarky, but just like Snail Games, it seems like I was late to the party.
  • TheocritusTheocritus Member LegendaryPosts: 10,033
    I forgot all about it to be honest
  • KilrainKilrain Member RarePosts: 1,185
    Hmm. Shall history repeat?
  • SerMedievalSerMedieval Member UncommonPosts: 99
    Really don't want to but I'm expecting late 2017/ early 2018 at this point. Horse said it is definitely releasing this year but I who knows.
  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    Tiller said:
    Shocking news.
    Indeed, nobody saw this coming :p
  • AodanTwitchAodanTwitch Member CommonPosts: 3

    Scorchien said:

    living up to there name ..........Snail Games ..............



    Snail Games has a horrible record so this comes as no surprise. They ooze what is a Chinese publisher. I was really excited for D&L till I saw their name attached.
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    So it's gone from being a full-fledged MMO to being a small scale "survival" game and they STILL can't get it done ?

    The standards for Early Access versions are pretty low these days, if they're struggling to get over that low bar...

    I had no faith in this to start with, now I have even less ! :lol:
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,411
    That explains why there were so few videos showing actual combat. This game seems more dark than light hehe could not resist. :p
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332

    SpottyGekko said:

    So it's gone from being a full-fledged MMO to being a small scale "survival" game and they STILL can't get it done ?

    The standards for Early Access versions are pretty low these days, if they're struggling to get over that low bar...

    I had no faith in this to start with, now I have even less ! :lol:



    My sentiments exactly.

    I am sure people tire of me complaining of so much about gaming,well guess what,i am sick of seeing so many studios that should simply not be in the business of making games or even publishing games.

    I said it right away that the original pitch for this game did not look to be on the up and instead looked like the exact same game pitched 10 years ago.Now a survival game,good luck,they will rake in some initial money like they all do then disappear from existence.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • DragnelusDragnelus Member EpicPosts: 3,503
    It was never said Q1 2017.

  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916

    Dragnelus said:

    It was never said Q1 2017.



    It was supposed to be Q4 2016 (remember those screencaps of the Steam listing ?).
    Then it was delayed to Q1 2017.
    Now it has apparently become "We have no idea when we'll have this ready" !

    I'll not be overly surprised if their next announcement is that they've decided to make it a full-fledged MMO after all, with release sometime in 2018...
  • Panther2103Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,779
    Dark and Light got delayed again? Nobody could guess that would happen. 
  • SalengerSalenger Member UncommonPosts: 554
    I lost interest in this game when they revealed that it is not an MMORPG and is just a another mmo survival game with a 200 or less per server cap....lame....like we need another game like that.
  • DragnelusDragnelus Member EpicPosts: 3,503

    SpottyGekko said:



    Dragnelus said:


    It was never said Q1 2017.






    It was supposed to be Q4 2016 (remember those screencaps of the Steam listing ?).

    Then it was delayed to Q1 2017.

    Now it has apparently become "We have no idea when we'll have this ready" !



    I'll not be overly surprised if their next announcement is that they've decided to make it a full-fledged MMO after all, with release sometime in 2018...



    Snail never said that, mmorpg made that up.

  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    Maybe they decided to take a leaf out of Konami's playbook.

    Coming soon, Dark and Light the Pachinko game! Pull the lever :p
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Wizardry said:

    SpottyGekko said:

    So it's gone from being a full-fledged MMO to being a small scale "survival" game and they STILL can't get it done ?

    The standards for Early Access versions are pretty low these days, if they're struggling to get over that low bar...

    I had no faith in this to start with, now I have even less ! :lol:



    My sentiments exactly.

    I am sure people tire of me complaining of so much about gaming,well guess what,i am sick of seeing so many studios that should simply not be in the business of making games or even publishing games.

    I said it right away that the original pitch for this game did not look to be on the up and instead looked like the exact same game pitched 10 years ago.Now a survival game,good luck,they will rake in some initial money like they all do then disappear from existence.
    To be fair, there was nothing really wrong with the idea. The problem was/is that Snail is attached to it.
  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    What's with the hate? They haven't taken anyone's money yet.

    If delay means cancellation, then it's better that it is happening before charging people for EA. If it means they want to work more on the game before putting it on the shelf, then kudos--hope others would follow this trend too.
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    The problem i have/had was when they said they were working on the game for a decade.

    Then when it became noticeable they could not provide any gameplay,people became skeptical.
    So then i ran into an interview on some other site where a representative of Snail told the reasoning.
    His excuses for many questions sealed the deal for me.

    One notable was he said something about not being allowed to show anything because of contract obligation with outsourced studios.So i laughed at how silly it sounded.

    So they work for 10 years on a game that was already more than half finished but are bound to other studio contracts?So then in 10 years nothing at all has ever been finished and outsourced material was then obviously never paid for,ever in 10 years?Once the work is paid for it becomes your property to do as you wish.So i simply took it he was really bad at making lies/excuses.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    edited March 2017
    However i should make a note that i feel it likely comes out as the best survival game to date but not like that is much a feat to take over #1 spot.
    The survival genre has been grossly lacking in quality and been nothing more than a fast cash grab.

    Two most popular ...H1Z1 is just a deathmatch mod and Player Unknown is identical,so in reality very little game outside of a pvp mod,so yeah this game should be the bst survival game on the market.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

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