WAR (Warhammer Online)

I wasn't surprised that it was pushed back but there are tons of good games coming out this holiday season to keep me busy until April.

Originally posted by Hadreynn

Not surprised at all.  I wouldn't be shocked if it got pushed back again along the line to Q3 of 2008. 

 

I agree with you on this, I never really expected it to be out for Q1  always thought Q3 maybe 4 was far more feesable.

Originally posted by Fion

alan wake is coming out soon? It's from the guys that did the Max Payne games, which are some of the best story-based FPS games ever made. I've been waiting for Alan Wake but, theres been like no info on it at all.

 

But yea, tuns of games coming out to keep me busy as well. Not to mention AoC in late march.

alan wake... sometime 2008. I was just being hopeful that it might be the first half of 2008... lol

Originally posted by evil13

 They won't fix that because "that" is not a problem war has. That's actually how it is designed to be :) daoc'ish combat, slower death rate than wow's one shot kill fest. I best the combat will be much more fast paced once people know whatthey are doing.

Lol? How far did you get in WoW, level 5?

the fact that they couldn't even nail down a month in the 2nd Q for possible release tells me that the 2nd Q target is iffy.

I wouldnt be surprised if it got pushed back until 2010

Well, I don't know about 2010. Especially with Mark Jacobs promising 'the next great MMOG' in under 3 years time. I think he just realized it's not possible. Still, the open ended 'april to september' release window does not bode well when it comes to even those dates being realistic.

 Q2: April, May, June... How did you manage to get september Fion? Unless I missed somethign where they said q2-q3.

 Also, they started workign on war in middle of 2005, so middle of 2008 (q2) is actually 3 years :) How long has aoc been in development and how many times has it been pushed back? This is war's secodn push back ( totalling 6 months of push back, from q1  07 to q2 08) Since you don't seem to find any problems with aoc being pushed back and taking some 5 years, but the sky is falling when the same situation happens with mythic :)

PS: It's funny, when ea bought mythic everyone was screaming doom and that ea will push war out regardless of the state the game is in and it will flop like vanguard. Now war is pushed back for the second time, it appears EA is willing to give mythic more time (and money) to make war a better game and not push it out of the door, which is the opposite of what people claimed EA would do. Yet people still complain? =p

I can't say I am happy about the push back because at this point I would play and pay for whatever they put out. I do think this will cripple sales a bit though if they release in the later half of Q2 or Q3. At that point people are getting ready for summer, spring cleaning, outdoor activities, etc. They are not wanting to stay couped up in the house like they did for the past 4 months. In the long run though putting out a polished game will probably bring in a lot more people.

BTW Fion AoC will be out in Q4 of this year, unless they release the game early in which case its rally cry will be "Vangaurd!"

I absolutely have no problems with the push back as long as the finished product is as good as I think it will be. If I'm paying them to play their game, I want nothing but their best effort. If WAR was f2p/f2b, then I'd be a little upset as I'd rather play while they polish rather than wait.