No Joke: GOLD Thursday, 9/9 P.D.T

**Puzz3D** · 09-09-2004, 10:50

Somebody monkeyed with the run speeds in the demo, and the result of that is I won't be buying the game when it's released. I'll wait and see what people who do buy the game have to say about the tactical battles because spending $50 (usd) to have the frustration of trying to co-ordinate 20 units that move too fast is not for me.

**English assassin** · 09-09-2004, 14:35

Somebody monkeyed with the run speeds in the demo, and the result of that is I won't be buying the game when it's released. I'll wait and see what people who do buy the game have to say about the tactical battles because spending $50 (usd) to have the frustration of trying to co-ordinate 20 units that move too fast is not for me

Abso-bloomin-lutely. I find MTW slightly fast, but bearable. If RTW is any faster I won't bother: it'll just be another clickfest.

**The Wizard** · 09-09-2004, 14:46

As I've said before, we'll see.

~Wiz

**RTKLamorak** · 09-09-2004, 15:52

Originally Posted by Puzz3D

Somebody monkeyed with the run speeds in the demo, and the result of that is I won't be buying the game when it's released. I'll wait and see what people who do buy the game have to say about the tactical battles because spending $50 (usd) to have the frustration of trying to co-ordinate 20 units that move too fast is not for me.

Out of interest Yukki, do you kno the run/walking speeds of STW/MI compared to MTW and RTW? MI felt a LOT faster than MTW to me, MTW feeling to slow when i first played it but i did eventually get used to the pace. RTW is a definitely a lot faster than MTW for sure, but im not sure how much faster it is than MI?

**Orda Khan** · 09-09-2004, 17:23

Originally Posted by RTKLamorak

Out of interest Yukki, do you kno the run/walking speeds of STW/MI compared to MTW and RTW? MI felt a LOT faster than MTW to me, MTW feeling to slow when i first played it but i did eventually get used to the pace. RTW is a definitely a lot faster than MTW for sure, but im not sure how much faster it is than MI?

Infantry run and charge speed is faster than MI ... but Yuuki will know the numbers

.........Orda

**Patricius** · 09-09-2004, 20:43

It is certainly not going gold today. Unsubstantiated claims about the game going gold or the release date are beyond annoying at this stage.

**sdrga** · 09-09-2004, 22:12

Oh Ye Of Little Faith!!

**Aymar de Bois Mauri** · 09-09-2004, 22:13

Judging by the demo, the game isn't ready by a long shot...

**sdrga** · 09-09-2004, 23:17

Well, I'd like to apologize in advance to this whole thread for starting this up. I really felt sure about what I was relaying over here on the Org. We've speculated over this (for fun) over at the .Com forums for the last month, mainly on the release date. Not going on "I heard from a friend of an uncle of a sister of a dev" but mainly on what previews, retailers, etc were saying. It's been a "preponderance of evidence" approach. I've never wavered from my prediction of a September 22ed US release and I still believe the Gold announcement will occur at least by close of business tomorrow.

"Tommh" has made posts, especially pre-demo posts that no one could know if they didn't have a reliable information conduit to the devs or testers. Until he began to post yesterday about the masters being done and the Gold announcement being imminent, I did not think of coming over here and posting anything. Tommh did tell us yesterday, and some of you above quoted, that the marketing people were kind of in their own little world concerning the Gold. I should have read that more carefully before I jumped the gun, and probably Tommh should have nuanced what he said as well.

That being said, he has posted today, about an hour ago.

Originally Posted by tommh

When they announce Gold is a marketing decision but the masters are done. The game is going to ship on time. The rest is just hoopla.

I don't blame you for being skeptical, but I still consider him to be a reliable source. Also, the dev chat that I was sure we had nailed, has been postponed until the 15th. I take full responsibility for conveying what has turned out to be inaccurate information to this Forum.

Check out the last page of our speculation here:

http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotal...t=501&stop=510

Gamespy updated announcement of the chat here:

http://www.gamespyarcade.com/events/...4.shtml?newtab