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Dallinor on 10 January 2008
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MrMarc said:
Dallinor said:
MrMarc said:
Erm... this really isn't anything special, it's a game going into Beta phase, Alpha phase which is designing the game and it's content, putting it together and adding gameplay features is almost done. Beta phase will be the testing of the completed thing, refining, tweaking and fixing will be all that's taking place. While I quickly have the chance to say - Remember that all you Killzone 2 fanboys and your pre-alpha crap lol.

This is standard procedure for every single game ever, it doesn't mean the game's gonna come out next week lol, I bet the wait for MGS4 will still be a lengthy one! ;)

Are you disputing the fact that the pre-alpha stage exists?


I know this isn't the topic to go into detail on this, but the only reason I used that as a dig at KZ2 fans, is there is clearly some BS on Sony's part about what stage this game is actually in.

If it's set for release in 2008, then the stuff that was shown in E3-2007 couldn't have possibly been in "pre-alpha" stages, the demos shown were far too ahead of themselves to be in any kind of alpha stages. Beta testing would be ongoing, the game and it's content would be finished.

On the other hand though, if the game is indeed only in alpha stage as we speak, there isn't a chance in hell of this being released in 2008, or if thats the case and it does get released in 08, you can bet it'll be sloppy and poor because of the rush job.

KZ2 has supposedly been in development for at least 2 years now, possibly 3 years, I'm no game developer but surely alpha stuff does not go on THAT long, unless KZ2 is entering the realms of vapourware. Considering the time (and money) gone into this, it should be alot more complete than it supposedly was. 

 

 


Interesting then to note that the MMO 'The Agency' being developed by Sony is currently about to leave the Pre-Alpha stage and enter the Alpha stage. It has a scheduled release date for 08'. You can see videos of it on GT. It looks just as far along as KZ2 did, when it was shown.

Take into account that KZ2 is using a completely new engine. A deffered rendering engine, this could be the cause of the prolonged Pre-Alpha stage.