General Discussion

Eurogamer: You said yesterday that you would release in fall. The last announced date was Q2. Why the delay of six months or so?

Jeff Hickman: Say "or so" - I know the actual dates and it's not six months. Let's call it three to six months. Why the extra time? It is just what Mark Jacobs, our GM, has always talked about, and just what's been reinforced, especially recently, by EA. We are really, really pushing for quality in our games. We believe very strongly, and John Riccitiello the CEO at EA has really pushed hard on this in the last year since he came online, that getting games out the door quickly, making the quick buck, is not what EA needs to be about. We need to be about quality games, games that build big franchises, games that have future and longevity.

Now, we've always known that. You look at Mythic and we talk that talk. The problem is, as an independent studio, it's very hard to do that. EA came along and they've give us the ability to. They've given us the time and the money and any help that we want, while at the same time leaving us alone.

So we get to the point, really in the past couple of months, where we're looking at our game and it's like, man, it's really coming together, things are looking good, we're feeling good about all the little pieces that we have in place. But: is it as good as it needs to be? Or as good as we want it to be? That's really the key.

And we all feel like we need a little more time. We need more time to polish it. Like, all the content's done. The game is fully playable. Technically, I could launch the game today.

Instead of doing that, we literally are going back through the game - we've actually been through probably the first half of the game already. We're going through every single public quest, making sure it feels just right, making sure it's got the right voice overs, making sure it's got the right polish, making sure that it feels as good as we can possibly make it. We're looking at every quest in the game, we're looking at how the land is set up, all of the content. Everything. And making sure that it feels the way that it needs to feel, and that we want it to feel, so that we can have a slam dunk success when we launch the game.

And that my friends is how you make a quality game.

Well it's part of his job description, so of course he's advertising the game  it would be very stupid of Mythic to miss out on any oportunity to promote their game... the hype around WoW was also huge when it came out, mind you. 

About the work part; well... I don't suppose every single artist and developer stops working each and every time Paul opens his mouth to promote the game ;) the work goes on.   -   END QUOTE

Agreed! :D  

Whats up with gamers today...no sense of humour..matter of fact they don't know what that is.

The sunglasses are for FUN.....F  U N...get it? ^^  Wow...I bet that just flew over 90% of the audience's heads right?

Games are for fun...P Barnett is a comedian..he's funny..well to those of us that understand humour...*wink*

He's good advertising for the game, and more than likely by now has his own little fan club, ...please  lighten up and take his quips and puns for what they are...comedy value.

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 I agree with the above comment of they probably won't push it back again, especially now that they have a pre-order box.

 I'll trust EAMythic more then I did Brad McQuaid and Sigil..

Originally posted by E1io

 I agree with the above comment of they probably won't push it back again, especially now that they have a pre-order box.

 

 I'll trust EAMythic more then I did Brad McQuaid and Sigil..

I don't think anyone can ever trust McQuaid again lol.

I don't think anyone can ever trust McQuaid again lol.  - End Quote

Yeah I think McQuaid pretty much burned his bridges, haven't heard anything about him..since Soe swallowed up Sigil and a few employees..leaving the rest with no jobs in the parking lot.   Shame.  Although I note one of the people that worked on Vanguard..has shown up in Warhammer..good to see at least that person is still employed.

As for McQuaid,  too bad he wasn't more organized,   Microsoft would have probably backed Vanguard to the hilt...........Microsoft has alot  of money ...hehe :P

I completely have given up on any games sponsored by or made by SOE...my focus is on EAMYTHIC and Warhammer,  and I was an SOE customer right from Everquest beta onward.

Thats what happens when you disappoint your customers too often.  

I switched and so far am happy I did.

WAITING ON WARHAMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!   :D

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Nice articel .....BUT......

For those who might not know how EA Mythic is running their beta test, it is a little bit out of the ordinary when compared to your average test. Instead of just releasing players into the wilds of the game, each beta phase concentrates on a different element of the game

I've been in tons of closed beta's and this isn't something i would consider to be ordinary, as in atleast 80% of the close beta's i was in this was alway's the case, but you had to truly beta test meaning not only playing or trying the game itself but it would require you to be active on it''s beta forums aswell to know what is going to be tested or asked for.

Sorry guys but when they decided to make regular Warhammer game instead of Warhammer 40 000 and they totally copied WoW graphic style they gave up of any kind of originality which is main substance for the game in 21st century to sucseed.
This game is crap and we have seen all this game has to offer at least 10 times before in some earlier MMOs.
World of Starcraft is in development and coming out probably a year after SC2 so that would be only girl worth waiting.

Originally posted by solareus

I would of read the article , but the poser sunglasses just is unprofessional and it will show in there game.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Originally posted by vipjerry

Sorry guys but when they decided to make regular Warhammer game instead of Warhammer 40 000 and they totally copied WoW graphic style they gave up of any kind of originality which is main substance for the game in 21st century to sucseed.
This game is crap and we have seen all this game has to offer at least 10 times before in some earlier MMOs.
World of Starcraft is in development and coming out probably a year after SC2 so that would be only girl worth waiting.

WoW stole most of stuff from other MMORGP's and implemented it as theirs. Can't call that originality.

Nice, I'm liking these new articles, the more I read, the more I appreciate Mythic delaying this game to improve it.