Dirty Bomb Closed Alpha Officially Begins - Join Today!

(TwwIX) #21

Tell that to the players that pre-ordered BRINK and who continue to regret it to this day. If it wasn’t for idiots like me who bought into the hype and put their faith in the developer of Enemy Territory, this project wouldn’t even exist.

(NeoRussia) #22

I think I got the $50 out of brink that I spent, it was fun for a while. If only the amount I invested in DB would start paying off right now, if you catch my drift.

(shirosae) #23

I sympathise; people got burned with Brink. You’re angry about it, and you have every right to be. If you don’t feel comfortable giving up money in advance, that’s understandable.

It appears that SD have realised how badly their reputation was burned by Brink, because right now they appear to be doing everything they can to not repeat that mistake. If DB is an attempt to do things properly, you have a couple of options:

  1. You can **** all over that attempt to do things properly, so from SD’s & Bethesda’s perspective it doesn’t make any difference if they Brink it up or not.

  2. You can hold fire for the moment, and then if it turns out that DB is great you can support it, so they people who made the decision to make Brink happen like it did see how much Brink could have been if they’d chosen differently.

The first is more satisfying now, but in the long term I think it makes more sense to set things up so Brink doesn’t happen again. If publishers get wind that putting effort in is a way to inspire customer loyalty, maybe they’ll try it more often.

(BomBaKlaK) #24

Waiting my invite :wink:

(TwwIX) #25

What little faith i had left in this developer after BRINK was released has already been depleted. I expected long term support and a continued flow of improvements and content to the game. Instead i paid for a broken and unpolished product that was practically dead on arrival. By the time they bothered to balance some of the weapons, the game was already dead. The free DLC that they gave out was just a desperate attempt to rekindle people’s interest in the game. So much for that.

(Dragonji) #26

SD knows how the game should look like :slight_smile:
It’s their first “independent” game so I’m pretty sure they would like to do it as good as possible.

PS. de_dust? Nah! de_dust2 FTW!

(potty200) #27

mebbe explain the absence from the forum :wink:

where’s the rtcw action at btw?

Warwitch cass RTCW every sunday at around 19:00 GMT. Twitch account is www.twitch.tv/warwitchtv . Upperbracket finals this week so a massive week to tune in. Lots of prizes being given away as well so make sure you tune in! :smiley:

(Rex) #28

Echo looks amazing, great work! :slight_smile:

(ThiagoScala) #29

hope i get chosen to alpha :smiley:

(Ceres) #30

Let me frag this thing.

(Kendle) #31

Yum yum :smiley:

(Kebyh) #32

Are we gonna see any stream of the alpha or is it under NDA?

(Dysfunkshion) #33

I think it’s under NDA. Iirc, then the Alpha tester can only say that they’re in the Alpha but nothing more.

(shirosae) #34

I asked earlier. We can now say we’re in, but nothing more.

(Dysfunkshion) #35

Makes sense :smiley:

(INF3RN0) #36

NDA, but hi der. Put your money on CBT before testers can possibly have the right to stream, in which case I’ll be putting one up when it becomes allowed. If you can’t wait, buy yourself some alpha access bros!

(dommafia) #37

Don’t act all special, you’re not the only that bought the game. You also need to know a bit about the games industry and how a PUBLISHER (bethesda) can be the one most responsible for a game’s crappy release (Brink’s). For example, they rush out games to try and sell more copies before other bigger games come out even if the dev’s will look bad in front of fans since they don’t really have a choice. There was a WHOLE MAP without sound. Now do you think that’s something that splash damage overlooked??? or do you think that was a publisher saying… hey here’s the deadline, actually no we’re releasing 7 days earlier! yeah! Now make magic and make the game you already didnt have time to finish, but 7 days earlier… and go!

If you want to moan, that’s fine… Don’t buy anything and move along. You’ll be able to join when the open alpha/beta starts and I’m sure you’ll be there.

See you soon on db.

(TwwIX) #38

[QUOTE=dommafia;423060]Don’t act all special, you’re not the only that bought the game. You also need to know a bit about the games industry and how a PUBLISHER (bethesda) can be the one most responsible for a game’s crappy release (Brink’s). For example, they rush out games to try and sell more copies before other bigger games come out even if the dev’s will look bad in front of fans since they don’t really have a choice. There was a WHOLE MAP without sound. Now do you think that’s something that splash damage overlooked??? or do you think that was a publisher saying… hey here’s the deadline, actually no we’re releasing 7 days earlier! yeah! Now make magic and make the game you already didnt have time to finish, but 7 days earlier… and go!

If you want to moan, that’s fine… Don’t buy anything and move along. You’ll be able to join when the open alpha/beta starts and I’m sure you’ll be there.

See you soon on db.[/QUOTE]

Well, lucky for them there will always have people like you to cater to.

(Moridin_) #39

One of the big differences between Brink and what they are trying to do here was that Brink was essentially a console game with PC as an afterthought.

I for one am glad to see SD going back to their roots and making something specifically for PC and their loyal fans. Hate all you like dude Brink was what it was and no amount of whining about it now is going to change that… I had as higher hopes for it as anyone. I have just as high a hopes for this and it’s looking great. I would upgrade to the pack to get in to the Alpha if i wasn’t in Oz. Any word on Alpha servers here? Long shot I know but worth asking… we have alot of quality players down under who could offer invaluable feedback.

(Nemesty) #40

Where is my key? ^^