Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 1506

On March 26 2014 03:44 Requizen wrote:
So Smite went live today, a short while ago Hearthstone as well, both in open beta beforehand. Heroes of the Storm is in a fairly confined but publicly viewable Alpha phase, and a lot of games on Steam are going for these "early access" models where people pay nearly full price to play games before release. Heck, LoL and DotA2 were open or near-open beta for a long time prior as well.

Does this bother anyone else? I mean sure, it's nice to see and play things early, but doesn't it kind of take the fun out of Launch Day? Doesn't it kind of tarnish the magic of new games a bit?

I mean, it doesn't ruin the games, but what's the point of having a "Launch" if everyone's been able to play it for a while beforehand? Especially in games where there's patches very often and the game is going to change drastically from the launch version anyway.

On one hand, I know it's a way to get a lot of testers, but then, it's not really testing if everyone can see it anyway, no? I guess it gives them an excuse for bugs ("It's in Beta!" cried all the Smite players), but then in games like this you still have bugs post-release anyway and then you no longer have that excuse.

I dunno, I was just thinking about it a bit and it was irking me.

On March 26 2014 03:51 GhandiEAGLE wrote:
Just found out Childish Gambino coming to Seattle in May

10 pts for Gryffindor

On March 26 2014 03:52 Parnage wrote:


Depends on how they use these "endless" beta's. For example, I had no issue with Hearthstone or Gw2's beta stuff. It was actually fixing stuff and you could see why it shouldn't be released yet(the original beta priest was so meh). I do take issue when these beta's are forced live and the game is still not done, headlining features still not inplace.(see mechwarrior online)

These things have advantages and disadvantages and it all depends on how the dev's use them. Honestly I think it's better then the old way simply because you have cases of ESO or pretty much every console release who have put all this stuff into day 1 buying and pre-orders and bigger editions and you kinda feel like they want the money so you cant really then be like "this game sucks" because they still got like 80$ from you more if it's an mmo and you paid for a month(remember when the first month was free?)

On March 26 2014 03:44 Requizen wrote:
So Smite went live today, a short while ago Hearthstone as well, both in open beta beforehand. Heroes of the Storm is in a fairly confined but publicly viewable Alpha phase, and a lot of games on Steam are going for these "early access" models where people pay nearly full price to play games before release. Heck, LoL and DotA2 were open or near-open beta for a long time prior as well.

Does this bother anyone else? I mean sure, it's nice to see and play things early, but doesn't it kind of take the fun out of Launch Day? Doesn't it kind of tarnish the magic of new games a bit?

I mean, it doesn't ruin the games, but what's the point of having a "Launch" if everyone's been able to play it for a while beforehand? Especially in games where there's patches very often and the game is going to change drastically from the launch version anyway.

On one hand, I know it's a way to get a lot of testers, but then, it's not really testing if everyone can see it anyway, no? I guess it gives them an excuse for bugs ("It's in Beta!" cried all the Smite players), but then in games like this you still have bugs post-release anyway and then you no longer have that excuse.

I dunno, I was just thinking about it a bit and it was irking me.

On March 26 2014 03:49 ComaDose wrote:
Alright blade runner is added to must watch list.

I think open beta completely kills launch day hype because everyone who is excited to play it is already playing it. And no one is lining up at stores anymore to grab from that big display near the door, its all online.

Edit: ^ if you like Japanese literature i read Kafka on the Shore and it was immediately in my top 10 of all time. I read it in English but i bet its an even better trip in Japanese.

On March 26 2014 03:55 Requizen wrote:

Well now they're learning that trick too. "Early Access" releases (which I personally haven't taken part in) are basically just paying the full price for the game to play the Alpha/Beta. That feels really skeezy to me, though if they're smart they'll actually use it to fix bugs and make a good game. Still takes the fun out of release, tho, imo.

But I agree. There are some that have been useful/necesary, but I really hope this trend doesn't spread too far.

On March 26 2014 04:21 Requizen wrote:
So there's a Diablo 3 subforum that I can find through the Search feature but I can't see anywhere on the sidebar?

On March 26 2014 04:25 Shelke14 wrote:
I had a hard time finding it too. Click the "other games" header on the left hand side and it's there.

On March 26 2014 04:30 AsmodeusXI wrote:
I love it when you complete something for someone then give it to them so they can look it over before the next important task and then they don't do that. I thought this work was supposed to be important?

On March 26 2014 04:36 Requizen wrote:

Developer: "Alright, I fixed this error you were having, can you please take a look and let me know if it's alright or still broken?"
Client/User: "Will do, thanks!"

THREE WEEKS OF RADIO SILENCE LATER

C/U: "Oh hey by the way that thing's still broken and has been since you asked about it."
D: *OH WELL THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION NOW, BITCH* "Alright, I'll look into it as soon as I can. Thanks for the update."

On March 26 2014 05:10 Alzadar wrote:
Always assume that the user is either stupid, malicious, or both.