Monday, July 21, 2008
Fate 2: Released But Half-Baked?
As reported by Hanako in the forums, Fate: Undiscovered Realms (AKA Fate 2- but don't call it that if you contact customer support!) is now released.
Unfortunately, its been having some problems. I had trouble downloading it, and after downloading it, I was unable to get it to install. It froze on me at the 16% point. Other people are reporting problems getting it to run.
Now, as a programmer, I'm sympathetic. I know it is hard for an indie (or at least, non-traditional) developer to test on a wide variety of configurations. Our sample set (three people?) is pretty tiny, also. But - it really does sound like it needs a little more time baking. I'm trying to re-download, in case it was just a corrupted download on my end. I'll keep you posted.
UPDATE: I re-downloaded, and it installed / ran properly. So either they updated it this weekend, or I just had a corrupted download. And apparently, they don't want it called Fate 2 - this is mostly the old game with new content.
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- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 7:57 AM (Permalink)
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I've just gone for a poke around their forums (opinions on the game appear somewhat mixed) and found this little tidbit:
"We didn't do any non-employee beta testing, which is why we've been able to keep this a secret for so long"
"We didn't do any non-employee beta testing, which is why we've been able to keep this a secret for so long"
Ah, yeah. Because a stealth release is way more important than all that other, you know, testing stuff.
Actually, my guess is - due to the complaints of very few changes beyond the additional content - that there were very few engine changes, and thus didn't need the extensive beta.
Actually, my guess is - due to the complaints of very few changes beyond the additional content - that there were very few engine changes, and thus didn't need the extensive beta.
I wonder why I had so much trouble?
Anyway, I think I'll wait a while and try it again in a few months when I'm less busy. (By which time someone may also force me to upgrade my computer, which could make things simpler.)
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Anyway, I think I'll wait a while and try it again in a few months when I'm less busy. (By which time someone may also force me to upgrade my computer, which could make things simpler.)
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