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A very interesting article on the problems with Pool of Radiance - Ruins of Myth Drannor can be found at CFO today. Garrett Graham from Ubi Soft sheds some light on what happened and what will happen:
So how did this veritable disaster slip through testing? "We're kind of looking into that right now," says Graham. "The one thing I can say is that it is not a conspiracy. We didn't deliberately do these things. It just looks really bad but certainly it's not something we did on purpose." Nor was it a case of "the suits" forcing them to ship the game in an unfinished state, he asserts. "Some people are worried that this was upper management pushing this out with known bugs and that's not the case." Just what did happen, however, remains unknown, though Graham admits they have no idea how the install bug slipped through. As for the much more serious uninstall problem, he claims that it's so statistically rare that catching it would have been pure luck. "Twenty out of 40,000 [Ubi Soft estimates that the game has sold at least 40,000 copies to gamers as of 10/10] people, that's not a lot. What ever went wrong with that we probably weren't going to find, because it's so uncommon."
And here's something about the rumors that they tampered with dice rolls:
With at least 40,000 copies already sold, and judging by Usenet posts, quite a few people are enjoying the game despite the acknowledged problems. One issue that is still unresolved is the allegation that the dice rolls in combat are fudged in favor of the monsters, and against the players. When asked about the issue, Graham is willing to admit the possibility. "Stormfront has told us no [the game does not alter the die rolls in any way], but this is something we're checking into to see if there is a but or some other corruption that is causing trouble. It was not programmed to do that." If they find a problem, it will be fixed in the 1.3 patch, supposedly.
A very recommendable article, so head over and enjoy. |
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Pool of Radiance - Ubi Soft on Game Woes
