Well, you are an optimistic fella. Expect perhaps only 1% of that what you said and you will be very happy.
Colossal announcement at Gamescom in two weeks' time
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Well, you are an optimistic fella. Expect perhaps only 1% of that what you said and you will be very happy.
Personally what I like more than reveal that it seems they organize premiere like event and they will also will give information about 1.4 too (and potentially post 1.4). In previous events (like E3) it was a problem because people who weren't interested CQC and XBO port were disappointed.
It seems this time they will try to cover all bases, and frankly for me such change from community stand point is much more important than secret reveal.
It seems this time they will try to cover all bases, and frankly for me such change from community stand point is much more important than secret reveal.
"We could do it now..." David Braben on Planetary Landings in 2014...
[video=youtube;j77gOdFFFyo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77gOdFFFyo&feature=youtu.be&t=8m20s[/video]
Direct link to time mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77gOdFFFyo&feature=youtu.be&t=8m20s
(8mins 20seconds for those on mobile).
For those that worry about not being able to walk around on planets...David Braben talks about getting around the surface in a buggy. Frontier have mentioned this more than once. So it would get us out of the ship, without the need for FPS.
[video=youtube;j77gOdFFFyo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77gOdFFFyo&feature=youtu.be&t=8m20s[/video]
Direct link to time mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j77gOdFFFyo&feature=youtu.be&t=8m20s
(8mins 20seconds for those on mobile).
For those that worry about not being able to walk around on planets...David Braben talks about getting around the surface in a buggy. Frontier have mentioned this more than once. So it would get us out of the ship, without the need for FPS.
I want Planetary Landings as much as any of you, and I want Frontier to keep their word that we'll get it in a year from the official release ... but I want more that Frontier do it right, do it properly and make it great. I want it within a year, but I accept if I have to wait for it.
I'll personally ill be disappointed if planetary landings are announced. It will give me the feeling that they add a wider horizon on an already empty one... I hope if they do so, they will add tons and tons of content...!
And it's paid extension (couldn't afford the beta backing was some days too late). I'm not having enough fun for now to pay for something I'm not sure I'll still play.
And it's paid extension (couldn't afford the beta backing was some days too late). I'm not having enough fun for now to pay for something I'm not sure I'll still play.
Which one?
This is the interesting one. I wonder if they will be anywhere close to the guess they have presumably made on take up of expansions. There are a lot of people on the forums who are basically saying that FD should concentrate on finishing the stuff they have already released (with functional gaps, bugs, etc) rather than release new content. FD clearly have been chasing the money of late, however, so lots of people expect them to be releasing planetary landings this year, to chase more of that money. The question is, how many will decide not to by the expansion because the core game is so incomplete? Would they actually sell more by doing that core stuff first? NOne of us know, of course, but I would be fascinated to know what assumptions they are working under.
If Planetary landings look cool and there is at least some kind of extra content I think it will sell, regardless of the missing stuff in the main game.. Personally I still think that we are probably looking at walking around stuff for the announcement which would probably add more to the game (content wise) as the need for things like persistent NPC's and the like would be needed and added to the core game...
Certain people won't be happy with new feature, shocker. 
FD have already explicitly said (at Lavecon) that walking around is some time away. It is definitely not that.
I knew they had said that but I also remember J J Abrams adamantly saying that Kahn wasn't in Star Trek: Into Darkness ..
(Honestly ... I forgot that was said when I wrote what I did
planetary landings it is then ) With the crapfest he made of Star Trek, I'm surprised the Star Wars community is so calm.
How many other retail price games have you bought where you expect the developer to deliver you more than the value proposition at the time of purchase? It is an odd attitude and unreasonable to expect Frontier to run a business that way. It's little wonder so few open world space games get off the ground
How many other retail price games have you bought where you expect the developer to deliver you more than the value proposition at the time of purchase? It is an odd attitude and unreasonable to expect Frontier to run a business that way. It's little wonder so few open world space games get off the ground
The whole model seems odd. But what do I know. They have our money (and can expect no more from me, for the moment, anyway). It costs them money to run the game. What incentive do they have to add more stuff? Why don't they just shut it all down and run off with the money?
We just assume that he can't do a worse job of the sequels than Lucas did of the prequels. Besides people are pretty annoyed at the decision to completely erase any reference to the old Extended Universe stuff including well liked characters such as Mara Jade, Jaina Solo etc.
People who will want landings will buy them sooner or later. People on the fence will wait. That's all what will happen. And yes, sales will be OK-ish.
I think people are way bit obsessed with 'DDF or ED is incomplete' topic. I play game and I enjoy it a lot. I care less that I can't transport passengers atm - I still so much to unlock and enjoy. It always feel like I am playing different game than described here. If someone won't buy expansion just to hurt FD so they won't have money to expand game...very strange logic going on there. If you of course think that FD needs to take huge loan, start to sell credits and ships to get features rolled in. Ohh wait there's that another game there and it seems they don't even succeed in getting game off the ground.
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Because they obviously care about the game? Or you are so hurt about exploration that you really will push 'FD are evil and greedy' line here?
Well we know they, in fact, want to keep building on the base game. But, when I buy games that aren't subscription based I wouldn't normally presume that the developers are dedicating 100+ people to adding more to whatever I bought at the time of purchase. Otherwise developers would be stuck perpetually adding to the title until they ran out of cash.
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