Oleg Mastruko
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Joined: 10/21/2000 Status: offline
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Come on don't be so hard on them (Matrix people and Robert Crandall the developer). David probably gave only what was his best estimate. They felt the game needs more testing so they called in a bunch of new beta testers in september (my humble self included). Now, in as much as I can tell you (without breaching the NDA): - This game HAS potential. - Is easy to learn and LOTS of fun. - New bunch of testers entered the testing with very high elan and "espirit de corps" and thus managed to find many (perhaps too many) bugs still in the game. I am talking about small nasty critters that sorta ruin the experience. No one is too happy about this, least of all Matrix people and Robert, but I think you'll agree it's better to squash them bugs now, then to wait for a patch. - Robert is being really nice guy, with steel nerves. He is (correct me if I am wrong) the only developer working on this title and had a PC crash few days ago, to boot. - Please be patient, I think it will be worth the wait. - I'll ask for permission to post a PBEM AAR from powers to be, and if allowed, expect my next beta PBEM (probably vs. Belphegor) to be posted as AAR here. It will work to show you how the game works, what are the fun parts, what are still open issues, and maybe we manage to showcase even some of the bugs, so that you see what is the reason for delay Oleg
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