Maybe the wait is worth it

Archonsod · #1 July 3rd, 2006, 09:53 PM

Most of the recent updates were more in line of minor bug fixes and balance tweaks.

The game will never be perfect. Even assuming Ilwinter manage a world first and manage a bug free release, your still going to have balance tweaking. It's not something you can fix with more time - half the exploits/imbalances aren't apparent until the product is released and you get 'fresh minds' trying out stuff that would never occur to the developers/testers.

majama · #2 July 4th, 2006, 08:09 AM

Always better wait longer than meet dissatisfaction and say to game "good bye" once for all.

Caduceus · #3 July 5th, 2006, 01:06 PM

Major releases in the last six months spring to mind - Civilization IV and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - having bugs that shouldn't have made it to consumers. Overall, probably didn't affect sales for these two products. I don't think that Dominions 3 has enough folks buying it to suffer a hit like this. In a community this small all it takes is a few "don't get it, its buggy" threads to kill a title.

I'd rather wait for stable gameplay and evaluate it on its merits rather than instability issues.

Gandalf Parker · #4 July 5th, 2006, 01:25 PM

I dont think there will be any crash bugs. If there are then it will be from the temptation to add a majorly kewl feature at the last minute. Looking at the progress page.. at most Im expecting to maybe find some descriptions that didnt get filled in.

Nerfix · #5 July 5th, 2006, 02:58 PM

I think it's a bit funny to think if the wait is "worth it" since our only option is to wait. It's not like they can push out a product that is still by technicalities a version of Dom 2.

Gandalf Parker · #6 July 5th, 2006, 03:16 PM

have you gotten anyone to agree with you yet on that?

Beorne · #7 July 5th, 2006, 04:05 PM

But I've already pay for it.
I'm not new to pre ordering: little, high quality houses must have an almost-sure sold base to afford investments.
But it's the first time I'm charged at the moment of the pre-order and not on shipping.
So the pretty talks "Yohoo!! We love to wait! The game will be better and better!!" are a little out of place, since I've bought it already.
After the time they charged it the only thing to do is to haste, it's sad but it's so.