Did the beta Condemn the game?

[A s0t]

I for one think betas & demos are good but there are cases where they hurt a game in terms of sales. I believe defiance is one of them. Should they of had a console betas?

It weeded out the cod players than can't use teamwork
i'm fine with this

[mcwjimbo]

the beta made me buy 1st thing this past monday morning

[Bornhald]

It was tested on every platfom so I dont see what your getting it. Also the Beta was told to be several months old from what the current stage of the process is with the alpha testers.

I think it has more to do with the amount of people who didn't hear that.

[Ookami Soldier]

Well was going to pre-order, played the beta, decided to either wait and see or get more research on the rpg element..take your upgrade and my downgrade, id say its a wash

This really isn't an RPG like ME3 or Dragon Age. You don't have a lot of choices that will effect the world as a whole. It's a shooter, were you expecting to be able to sit, smoke, sing, dance, live in a house and get married?

[Xiiego94]

This really isn't an RPG like ME3 or Dragon Age. You don't have a lot of choices that will effect the world as a whole. It's a shooter, were you expecting to be able to sit, smoke, sing, dance, live in a house and get married?

well, they are key missions that shows the outcome in the show...

[Jardian]

I dont think he was concerned about it being in beta, but more so launching a beta so very close to release date.

Surely, my friend, you can agree if a title has a january 1 release date, and a beta dec 25, and its not close to flawless(or console ready) one might feel compelled to believe theres no way in hell all the glitches, bugs, ang lacking gamplay can be fixed in such a short time.

Hey, can you really blame them.

It sure effected my buying decision. We shall see...

This had two other beta's and a alpha that is still ongoing I believe. If your baseing your view on the game over what was seen in the beta where its was in bold print "This is not the finished product at all" and you miss the info the build was several months old for stress testing. All I can say is ROFFL.

[Ookami Soldier]

well, they are key missions that shows the outcome in the show...

Right, but it's not like your character is going to be named in the show. Unless we all get to be the "Ark Hunter" that survived a crash and saved Van Bach.

[Jardian]

Actually world changeing events can happen in the game. And your char can be named in the show. The game starts before the TV show begins.

[TechGnome]

For me, the beta was a good thing.. true, this close to going live, it would have been nice to have something a bit more polished... but once you consider it's 4-months old, not too bad in my opinion. It also gave me a chance to play around with the controls and get a feel for how the game works. Now the next time around, I won't have to spend so much time running through the tutorials, I should be able to breeze right through them and get down to it.

Originally I had ordered the SE... after the demo, I went down to my local GS and upgraded it to the DE... why not the UE? Because I don't consider myself hardcore enough to go that route. The DS along with the Season Pass (which I also put a down payment on) comes out to less than the UE and almost the same amount of in-game goodies.

-tg

[Xiiego94]

Actually world changeing events can happen in the game. And your char can be named in the show. The game starts before the TV show begins.

yup. Although it would be awkward... "snipe1x890 will be remembered for his actions" etc.