| Dodece said: This whole fiasco screams ineptitude of the highest order. For Beta testing purposes what is offered is nothing less then laughable. Which raises the question of whether it is a genuine Beta, or a poorly conceived free trial. In regards to both it is a terrible failure. As a Beta it is poorly conceived, implemented, and unforgivably unstable. The reality is that Beta testing is supposed to serve a purpose, and I am somewhat disappointed by the fact that some do not seem to understand this. A Beta should be based upon the most recent build. Not a previous build that has probably already been heavily modified. The purpose of the testing is to find problems to be fixed. Not to highlight problems that have already been identified and supposedly remedied. The testing should also include on the fly patching. So that the testers can at least verify that identified problems have been remedied. So that they can then turn their attention to the next set of problems to be identified. Beta testing is not supposed to be a free trial. It is supposed to be a process between the developers and the players. Frankly if your argument is that this Beta was a old build. Then you should be outraged at the sheer disrespect you have been shown. Your time is valuable, and there is no point offering your services as a tester if your input is not going to be used to constructive purposes. You should demand a patch. They asked for your time, and not only do they owe you for the time you have given, but they owe it to themselves to use that time productively. You were not given a free game. You were asked to be a contributing force in the development cycle. You are the guy doing them a favor. Personally I found the whole thing offensive. I could not properly test the product which is what I signed on for. I did not even get to have a marginally good game play experience. All told I got nothing for my time, and effort other then frustration and confusion. Anyone cancelling reservations for this game is entirely of a right to do so. If what you were exposed to wasn't cause enough to change your mind. Then the disrespect shown to you would qualify as a pride obliterating bitch slap. I think I will take my very low opinion of this game thank you. Either it is as crappy as this whatever the hell it is has lead me to believe, or I was raped hardcore. In either event I am not amused. They can take their game, and shove it right up their asses. I hope everyone walks away with the same low opinion. If you want to Beta do it the right way, and if you want to hand out free trials. Once again do it the right way. Do not give me something I can not test, or I cannot play. In either event you lost me. Oh by the way I have enjoyed the series in the past. |
In a world where platform holders have a month long submission proccess for content that is put up on PSN or XBLA there is just no way you can use the latest build for a beta. Then you have to remember it had to be ready for the closed beta you had to have because EA promised it to MoH players, and you get an old build it's not dices fault really.
And I regect your betas have to be polished argument because BF3 beta players are not doing the dev a favor. The alpha test on PC was the real beta where the developer actually wanted feedback. This round is just stress testing servers under load which could have been done in another closed beta. There is only a open beta because people demanded it, if you followed any of the dice devs on twitter you would know they were constantly asked when they would be releasing the beta, people are not playing it do the developers a favor, because gamers today have been tought think of a beta as a multiplayer demo.
EA made the mistake of trying to use a beta as an advertising tool like everyone else and that has backfired because the game just wasn't ready, but the decision to have a beta was announced months ago and people would have been pissed if it wasn't deliverd, hell some were pissed that the alpha test wasn't open. Dice held it back as long as they could but as EA want to beat MW3 to market it had to be now. Maybe Dice can work a mirical and get the game into a polished state in time but I have a feeling they should have delayed the game until next year.
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