Confused about Dom3 Release news

[Endoperez]

Depending on how much rebalancing has happened, the game could be very different. Late Era is supposed to have more emphasis on national units, so I quess Barbarian Kings will be there, Return of Raptors, probably Ulm (maybe Iron Faith?)... all of these are regarded as weaker nations. I hope that means that there will be more nations in total, AND more nations that are viable to play (in their own era, at least).

Random map generator could also be a big thing, depending on how good maps it makes. We haven't seen any results from that, though, so it's hard to say anything about that.

There's at least one other thread that was started on the same ground (Feeling a bit... so so), you might want to read that.

[Gandalf Parker]

What is seems you are bothered by is that the games feature list hasnt been released yet. And that the game went on pre-order before such a list was posted. That doesnt seem so unusual to me. I know of games with new versions that went on pre-order years before any discussion of what would be provided.

I always considered that to be what a pre-order was. "Yes I like your game and believe in you enough to provide money in advance to help the new version come into existence". Ive been burned on some (Im still waiting for Stars Supernova and VGA Planets 4) but its never bothered me.