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I didn't have time to scour this forum properly, but did anyone see that GoneGold lists Morrowind for release on November 9th?!?!? I think this is rather optimistic (to say the least), but i didn't see anything about it on the front page, so...?
Anyhow, later on...
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Mon Sep 10, 2001 1:35 am |
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Rendelius
Critical Error
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Hm. This might be somewhat optimistic, but if you follow the Morrowind forums a little, you get the impressions that they are close to a point where you could expect the game to be out this year, as promised. I think they want to do everything to be one of the first XBox releases, and thus I am sure they are working day and night...
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Mon Sep 10, 2001 6:24 am |
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Michael C
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The impressions indicates a final phase of the development, But hopefully Bethesda has learnt their lessons to test their games more thorougly before release (Prevented Daggerfall for the ultimative succes).
Morrowind is very ambitious with editor and all, so if they do it "correctly", I don't think we shouldn't expect the game before december 2001 at the earliest.
If they are in condition to add more manpower to the project, they may be able to step up the release if they don't find to many major bugs! |
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Mon Sep 10, 2001 2:40 pm |
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Bourrie
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Joined: 09 Jul 2001
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They've learned their lesson I guess! They've a fulltime bughunter in the team for this game. We can only hope the man's doing his job fine!
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Mon Sep 10, 2001 4:26 pm |
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Michael C
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I hope there will be more than one bughunter in a big game like this, or at least a lot of external playtesters. |
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Tue Sep 11, 2001 9:57 am |
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Maggot
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Joined: 17 Jul 2001
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What do you mean, external playtesters? Why not do what everyone else does, expect customers to playtest, then release a 30 MB patch four months after the release?
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Wed Sep 12, 2001 10:13 am |
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Michael C
Black Dragon
Joined: 09 Jul 2001
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Hehe, yes this procedure is used more and more, but I doubt it's the most profitable in the long run. They may save some money in the test phase, but the negative commercial value will more than enough overshadow these initial savings.
Eventhough we are many gamers, who buy a game as soon it's out, there are still a lot of potential buyers who wait until the initial reaction on a game is spread.
And hopefully there is no publisher who demands a to early release. |
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Wed Sep 12, 2001 11:51 am |
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Bethesda has hired an outside company to do most of its playtesting, afaik there will be no beta, and they should be done by their projected date
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Tue Sep 18, 2001 4:29 am |
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Maggot
Magister of the Light
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Well, anyway, I look forward to the game, and I hope I'll have some time/chance to play it. |
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Wed Sep 19, 2001 1:56 pm |
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he he Anarchy online comes to mind. A few thousand playtesters get the job done.  |
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Wed Sep 19, 2001 4:28 pm |
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Jay
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Morrowind in November, cool, especially as Daggerfall seems to be having a renaisance. Is there a reason why all the screenshots so far are X-Box? Will we all need a 2gigaherz, Geforce mega ultra 3 super PC, or is is there hope for us cavemen still using Geforce 2 mx? For me, the graphics are not that important so long as the game is still playable. |
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Wed Sep 19, 2001 7:52 pm |
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Rendelius
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Joined: 06 Jul 2001
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Ok, some info that should be taken as *RUMOR* for now:
November seems overly optimistic. I hear that my friend Wormgod is starting to talk about "grace periods" *g*. The official statement is: 2001. But I haven't heard anything about "feature complete" so far, and I guess that beta testing will take more than a month (I sincerely hope so).
A GeForce 2MX won't do the trick with all details. However, it should be ok with some things tuned down.
Why do we only see XBox shots? I think this has more to do with marketing than with anything else
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Wed Sep 19, 2001 8:19 pm |
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Michael C
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I still say December 2001 at the earliest, more likely Januar 2002. I think hiring an external crew to test it is the best way to test a game, but perhaps also the most expensive and time consuming way. But if that makes the quality for the game goes up a few notches, I think it can extend the income far beyond the expenses. |
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Mon Sep 24, 2001 12:08 pm |
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Michael C
Black Dragon
Joined: 09 Jul 2001
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Location: Aarhus, Denmark |
Very serios rumours that Morrowind is delayed until march 2002. This week is just full of unpleasant surprises. Is it "Kick very patient CRPG gamers" week??? |
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Tue Oct 02, 2001 12:34 pm |
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Stiletto
God Emperor
Joined: 06 Jul 2001
Posts: 312
Location: Orlando, Florida |
Well us English speakers have Gothic coming out. I really enjoyed the demo once I learned how to control everything. I am looking forward to that one for sure!
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