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Post by ATR16 on Mar 9, 2017 6:17:46 GMT
That's fair. I didn't meant to imply the MP was as simple as copy+paste a bunch of SP stuff. I suppose my gripe stems from people/fans not knowing enough about game development and assuming that beta footage is basically final product footage, when most games probably spend more time than any other stage in beta because that's basically where all the kinks get worked out. Alpha is probably their way of avoiding that. Still bugs me though. If I'm being honest, I sometimes forget which comes first. I know it should be a simple A > B deal, but sometimes the way companies word it makes it sound like Alpha is close to release, and I have to remind myself that that's not the case. Especially since ME is coming out in a week, and this is the first time we're seeing this "Alpha footage". So I get where you're coming from. It's a bit shady. Bioware works for EA now, though, so it's to be expected, unfortunately. It isn't just Bioware/EA. Ubi has done it for their games. Lionhead studios was one of the worst for claiming footage was "pre-alpha" despite it basically being finished game footage. I'm pretty sure Bethesda has done it. I remember a friend of mine pointing out some Witcher 2 or 3 footage claiming it was "alpha/pre-alpha" when it had shading and reflections and physics on the water. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 6:24:22 GMT
If I'm being honest, I sometimes forget which comes first. I know it should be a simple A > B deal, but sometimes the way companies word it makes it sound like Alpha is close to release, and I have to remind myself that that's not the case. Especially since ME is coming out in a week, and this is the first time we're seeing this "Alpha footage". So I get where you're coming from. It's a bit shady. Bioware works for EA now, though, so it's to be expected, unfortunately. It isn't just Bioware/EA. Ubi has done it for their games. Lionhead studios was one of the worst for claiming footage was "pre-alpha" despite it basically being finished game footage. I'm pretty sure Bethesda has done it. I remember a friend of mine pointing out some Witcher 2 or 3 footage claiming it was "alpha/pre-alpha" when it had shading and reflections and physics on the water. I wasn't trying to say it was only Bioware/EA, just that EA is EA, and EA is bound to be at the forefront of shady business practices. Other companies certainly do things like this, but my point was that EA wasn't going to avoid it if other companies had already gotten away with it, lol. |
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