whats the point of the beta if you just want to have the full game as the beta? I can understand server side testing and stuff. It looks more and more like the beta is just a way to squeeze an extra 10 bucks out of the impatient.
No... if we wanted to squeeze extra dosh out of people, we'd charge for map packs, new weapons and new vehicles. And we'd price the base game at $59.99...
I'm not sure if it's been asked, but what is the expected file size of the Beta? I've not got much bandwidth left this month and need to know if I should take it easy on watching videos and downloading?
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think just over 5Gb... but I'll check once I get in the office.
Might I ask a simple question that may or may not have been answered before? I'm just wondering if when the beta and the final product are to be released is there going to be a way for us to pre-load it?
There will be a full game pre-load, but we'll probably just punch the beta out there as soon as we are ready with it, just to save time.
UH we pre-ordered it to play the beta. Considering you said on the 2nd of this month is would be SOON which does not equal 4 plus looking like 5 week. Now you sit back and change it to a demo. I would not have pre-ordered it for a 3 day pre release demo. I pre-ordered it for the beta. If it wasn't before it is damn sure a bait and swith now. What really gets me is you planed this out all along thats why you never wanted to say it's a 3day early access demo. OR nobody would have pre-ordered.
It won't be a "3-day early access demo". We actually do need/want the volume of RANDOM people playing the game. Right now, as John said, we're picking off some stupid problems that would actually stop people playing - having tens of thousands of people telling us they are stuck and can't play wouldn't be helpful. 100s of servers telling us that Pavlov is a biased towards Germans on Countdown IS useful.
yes no joke there's 6 of us
I just KNOW I shouldn't respond to this one... But if it is that big a problem for you - please do go back and get a refund. Wait for the feedback from the beta and the reviews, then decide if you really do or don't want to buy the game. We'd really rather people wait until they hear the game is actually, really great before buying it than getting all uptight about risking a pre-purchase.
I am absolutely stunned by the elitism/entitlement nature of some of the posters in this thread. I don't give a rip if "you paid and you deserve..." I paid my $39.99 too. Yep, you saw that correctly -- that was a THREE followed by a NINE followed by a DOT and then followed by a pair of NINEs. $39.99. Last time I paid that much for a major title? Hmmmm. I think CoD1.
I think RAMM did a hellacious job of staying extraordinarily civil in his response. If I were with TWI, there are several who posted here that I would have personally sent them back their $39.99 and told them thanks for coming, sorry this doesn't appear to be the game for you.
Just because you paid does not entitle you to run the company. Relax guys. Good Lord!
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But I do understand that people feel "entitled" to some extent - they've paid over money (even if it doesn't get to us until after we release the finished product) and they want to get hands on. It may make life even more stressful for us - but that is a load better than no-one being interested!