Beta testing ?? :) ;)

[Pharaoh_Seti]

I can't wait for this game to come out. Isn't there a beta planned near the summer/september (looking at the expected release of oct-nov)?

[EmperorJay]

If the beta starts in September, I seriously doubt the game will be out before 2005. I think the first beta version will be ready 5 to 3 months before the actual release.

[Keith]

If the beta starts in September, I seriously doubt the game will be out before 2005. I think the first beta version will be ready 5 to 3 months before the actual release.
According to the news releases the game is due at the end of 2004. So, we're probably looking at a November or December release target date. Gotta make those Christmas wishlists ya know! ;)

3-5 months after the beta is probably too much time for a release. I'd guess and say perhaps a month or two months tops. I think things are on a smaller more streamlined scale than they had as Impressions at VU/Sierra.
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[EmperorJay]

According to the news releases the game is due at the end of 2004. So, we're probably looking at a November or December release target date. Gotta make those Christmas wishlists ya know! ;)

3-5 months after the beta is probably too much time for a release. I'd guess and say perhaps a month or two months tops. I think things are on a smaller more streamlined scale than they had as Impressions at VU/Sierra.
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If the game will be released in December (or November) then September would be a month in which they start. Sorry for that, but what I ment was that there will be 5 to 3 months between the start of the beta and the release.

[Keith]

If the game will be released in December (or November) then September would be a month in which they start. Sorry for that, but what I ment was that there will be 5 to 3 months between the start of the beta and the release.
I'm just guestimating too so no need to apologize. :)

If Tilted Mill has a public Beta Test I'm guessing it may only be about a month or so long tops...something similar to Pharaoh, which I think was probably the most tested of the citybuilders serires. After that, the beta periods for the others kept getting shorter, as it seemed to me.

At any rate, we're a little pre-mature on beta testing talk. No sense working up a frenzy on this just yet. ;)
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