I’m not sure Wardell wouldn’t have held back the expansion if it needed more work, Gamer’s Bill of Rights (3mb .pdf) or not. Whatever the reason though, I can’t but be happy with developers hold off release dates to tweak the game a bit more. Not every developer has that option and I really appreciate it when the ones that do have the power exercise it…as needed of course.
Today, the company has decided to hold off on the launch of Entrenchment, the expansion pack for Sins of a Solar Empire. This is to extend the open beta period so as to add more polish to the title through player feedback. “We want fans to get the most of this expansion and are making sure we’re delivering the best content possible,” says Stardock’s chief executive officer, Brad Wardell.
I actually haven’t purchased Sins of Solar Empire yet. It got lost in the shuffle of the mess of games released last year. I shall be most likely picking it and the expansion up when it releases. Maybe it’ll even be good! (loved the demo)
One last note..if this hands on preview of Dragon Age doesn’t make you salivate, you’re doing it wrong:
Muzyka expands on that. "Dragon Age has got that optimistic side, but it’s got a dark side. Every choice has a consequence, and you need to feel that there are no safe or perfect choices. No choice feels purely good: you’ve got to think about what you want, and how your choice might move you towards that. So you’re going to get a very different experience, depending on what choices you make."
So, I’m assuming you won’t get to see much of the game just playing through it the once? "It’s very replayable – right from the six Origin stories, which are several hours of hand-crafted gameplay, depending on which Origin you’ve chosen, from there, right away, you’ll get to start making choices, and deciding how your player’s journey is going to be different from everyone else’s. And your own, if you’re going to replay it." It’s all, he says, about the internal debate that reasonable options cause.
What Would Matt Do: You know what I’m doing? I’m looking for one Little BigMountain. I want to take some his classes. As of yet, I can’t find shit about him online other than a recent event he was in. Is this not the internet age? Don’t Native Indians (as they called themselves… I have no idea what the PC term is) use the internets from their Tipis? Also, were any of these games actually made (especially Ratchet and Crunk), I might buy a PS3.