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brute on 10 January 2008
leo-j said:
I hope it comes out before april.

the only place it might come out april is in japan



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makingmusic476 on 10 January 2008
brute said:
leo-j said:
I hope it comes out before april.

the only place it might come out april is in japan


Why? MGS3 came out in NA a month before it came out in Japan.



routsounmanman on 10 January 2008
akuma587 said:
The demo they showed at TGS seemed completely bug free to my eyes. Assassin's Creed looked buggy at E3 and it came out only about 3 or 4 months later.

You saw a predetermined path through the game played by a Konami employee (who obviously knows the serious bugs and avoids them). What if Snake broke his cover while touching the statue's penis? What if Snake ran into a wall? What if Snake shoots one of his own? What if you throw a grenade in your own feet? Bug testing phase can be pretty large, especially in such a heavy-budget title from such a perfectionist as Kojima is.

Also, comparing a mediocre to good at best game (in my eyes at least - too repetitive) and Konami to Ubisoft is a bit stupid. They'll delay the game once more in order to polish it to perfection (then there's the Xbox360 version as well :D )



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darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2008

I hope it comes out before March

cus my GCSE's start in MAy, need April to revise!!



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DMeisterJ on 10 January 2008

Kotaku has an article up that says that the game is slated and confimred for a Q2 release, falling in line with the leaked GS and BB lists of June 17



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darthdevidem01 on 10 January 2008

@routsounmamn

oh n you forgot about the Wii version and The Atari 2600 version of MGS4 as well....



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routsounmanman on 10 January 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@routsounmamn

oh n you forgot about the Wii version and The Atari 2600 version of MGS4 as well....

Nah... Wii is too powerful for MGS4...



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Dallinor on 10 January 2008
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?



 

brute on 10 January 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
I hope it comes out before March

cus my GCSE's start in MAy, need April to revise!!

i think its releasing in march but in japan if so then excpect an april NA/EU launch



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MrMarc on 10 January 2008
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. 

Seriously, who knows.