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Caslon · 09-02-2006, 08:42 AM

I like the new BF2142..but have some things to say.

DICE and all other great first timers of cool games are starting to piss me off now.
This is not revealing any copywrited material.
It's a statement of affairs about how game developers create a cool game like BF1942 and
it all goes to hell.

DICE released a relatively bug free BF1942 that required minor patches for gameplay. Hugely succesfull game.
This started the usual trend of a game developer releasing a hugely popular game...to meet publisher expectations (EA) in order for that Publisher to meet quarterly profit expectations to shareholders..in order for said publisher to fork out big cash to the developer for their next title. That title was BF2.

BF2 was released way too soon and so far needs a critical new patch, a full 14 months after it was released.

Now the same trend continues with BF2142. Only now...DICE has ingeniously recruited the public. Mind you...not to make a game that's complete when released (with beta participation)...but rather to release the game early WITH our help!

Which brings me to the point of this reply post.
We all got Beta1 and it had bugs...it was cool..but buggy as hell.
Not a problem.

Now DICE releases BETA2 2142 and it's got some better eye candy and sound improvements..but it's almost unplayable. ALSO! The BETA2 is so bad that there are 45 empty servers. That's right...noones playing. 54 servers that are 0/32.

I posted in the beta forums that I was going back to BETA1 and uninstalling BETA2 and playing on BETA1 servers...there are 12 left and they are packed full.
Some replies I got were..."There will be no Beta1 servers much longer".
I replied...what Beta 2 client 0/32 server do you suggest I join?

Anyways...here's my post on beta forums...about

"Everyones gone back to Beta 1"

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbat...15&tid=1945050

There were rumors of EA trying to grab up Crytek...turned out to be false.

09-02-2006, 08:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,848	Re: The 2142 Beta is an Alpha build IMO I like the new BF2142..but have some things to say. DICE and all other great first timers of cool games are starting to piss me off now. This is not revealing any copywrited material. It's a statement of affairs about how game developers create a cool game like BF1942 and it all goes to hell. DICE released a relatively bug free BF1942 that required minor patches for gameplay. Hugely succesfull game. This started the usual trend of a game developer releasing a hugely popular game...to meet publisher expectations (EA) in order for that Publisher to meet quarterly profit expectations to shareholders..in order for said publisher to fork out big cash to the developer for their next title. That title was BF2. BF2 was released way too soon and so far needs a critical new patch, a full 14 months after it was released. Now the same trend continues with BF2142. Only now...DICE has ingeniously recruited the public. Mind you...not to make a game that's complete when released (with beta participation)...but rather to release the game early WITH our help! Which brings me to the point of this reply post. We all got Beta1 and it had bugs...it was cool..but buggy as hell. Not a problem. Now DICE releases BETA2 2142 and it's got some better eye candy and sound improvements..but it's almost unplayable. ALSO! The BETA2 is so bad that there are 45 empty servers. That's right...noones playing. 54 servers that are 0/32. I posted in the beta forums that I was going back to BETA1 and uninstalling BETA2 and playing on BETA1 servers...there are 12 left and they are packed full. Some replies I got were..."There will be no Beta1 servers much longer". I replied...what Beta 2 client 0/32 server do you suggest I join? Anyways...here's my post on beta forums...about "Everyones gone back to Beta 1" http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbat...15&tid=1945050 There were rumors of EA trying to grab up Crytek...turned out to be false. Last edited by Caslon : 09-02-2006 at 08:56 AM.