tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post2812786901408308365..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Bypassing The BetasGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-48593534096489838632012-04-23T12:52:10.286-04:002012-04-23T12:52:10.286-04:00I treat Beta's as a way to see if a given game...I treat Beta's as a way to see if a given game client will run well on my rig. If I can't get into a beta, I generally wait for a free trial of some kind. $60 is way to much to spend to find out if I can run something at decent settings.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-26940125458697082502012-04-23T06:17:20.222-04:002012-04-23T06:17:20.222-04:00About the only beta I'm interested in is the o...About the only beta I'm interested in is the one for GW2, for exactly the reason noted - as a trial, since it's a game I am interested in. The others on the immediate horizon I don't care very much about.Ardwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612113439848252327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-68449901022538625732012-04-22T05:31:02.172-04:002012-04-22T05:31:02.172-04:00There is also Firefall and Planetside 2, both grea...There is also Firefall and Planetside 2, both great looking MMOFPS. Also, there will be no real beta for GW, as: "The development team abandoned the early open alpha and beta testing which they had used for the Guild Wars game. ArenaNet considered that player expectations for open beta tests of MMORPG had changed, and the beta was no longer used to test the game but to trial a nearly finished game prior to purchase. Beta tests scheduled for 2008[27] were cancelled to ensure Guild Wars 2 had maximum impact and appeal to these players." from wikiUmrtvovaczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980633918603201983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-4818765605874353272012-04-21T12:41:10.959-04:002012-04-21T12:41:10.959-04:00Just blogged about this myself. I love real betas ...Just blogged about this myself. I love real betas - proper closed betas that go on for several months, where stuff actually changes and you get to do real bug-hunting and your feedback is heard and openly discussed by developers on the forums. Betas like that I will join whenever I can. I'll be signing up for the Otherland alpha sometime this weekend on that score.<br /><br />Faux-beta marketing exercises like this weekend's Tera and D3 I can do without, especially for two games I wasn't interested in in the first place.<br /><br />GW2 and Rift's series of beta weekends carrying on for a quite a while prior to launch sort of sit in the middle. The Rift weekends were proper betas, surprisingly. A ton of changes were made in direct response to player feedback. On balance I'd say I enjoyed the beta weekends more than my six months after launch. Hoping for the same from GW2, minus the "enjoyed more in beta than after launch part", obviously!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-75578090981159073822012-04-21T11:26:37.791-04:002012-04-21T11:26:37.791-04:00I logged in on Tera this morning. Once I got used...I logged in on Tera this morning. Once I got used to the controls it was kinda fun, but only kinda, so I will be uninstalling the beta client later this afternoon and won't look back. I don't particularly care for the hyper-sexualization of all the females either. Chat was full of people complaining that the women were too skanky, or that the Elin race seemed designed for pedophiles to play.<br /><br />Normally I don't care, and even enjoy the sexiness of the females in MMO's, but Tera was a bit too in-your-face with it for me.Magsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com