Think the game will get released this quarter?

[merketh]

While I would want Q1 for personal reasons ( i really have time now to play) the adage, "when its ready" is better in the long run.

[ruinedmirage]

For the record, I would not consider anything past June (end of Q2) as still "early" in the year (regarding the early 2013 phrase)

[gillrmn]

For the record, I would not consider anything past June (end of Q2) as still "early" in the year (regarding the early 2013 phrase)

Do not assume any date until a date has actually been announced. Early 2013, Summer 2013 etc. are just teasers. They say it like that because its an estimate and date has not yet been decided. They may even release it in 2014 for all we know.

So early 2013 is an educated guess of devs - like they see a new car riding with 80mph on 140 miles track and they say, it will arrive within an hour or two. It may slow down, break up on the way - many things can happen. (or a hippie may stop the car asking for a ride, and may turn out to be a cute serial killer...)

They will announce actual date "like arrival at 1800 hours" only when they are sure it will not break down.

[ruinedmirage]

I was just saying. I'm a very patient person; I'm not even planning on getting into alpha or beta and could even wait another year for release (of course, tension and expectations around here rise with every day that passes). I guess I feel I can give just as valuable feedback in the forums as I could in beta testing, even from a more common sense and abstract point of view since I'm not being directly influenced by the game itself. I'm more of a "what if?" kind of person rather than looking for faults in things............

[sterminio]

imho we'll have it on second or last quarter. not in q1

[mnatic]

i dont see the game being released until the Neverwinter series is concluded witrh The Last Threshold (2013) .
i think some time in March, i think the game and book could come out side by side or the game will come out slightly after.

[gillrmn]

I was just saying. I'm a very patient person............

Well, you can be patient, I am not.

Where haz my beta!!!!

[stormdrag0n]

Couple thoughts....just looking at what is being said and done currently I would say that they are five or six months from launch which would bring it to late August/Early September. I expect the game to have a soft launch and not make that much fan-fair ...that isn't to say the game won't do well it's just that Marketing has totally destroyed any chance of momentum or excitement this game might offer.

[aandrethegiant]

Couple thoughts....just looking at what is being said and done currently I would say that they are five or six months from launch which would bring it to late August/Early September. I expect the game to have a soft launch and not make that much fan-fair ...that isn't to say the game won't do well it's just that Marketing has totally destroyed any chance of momentum or excitement this game might offer.

Few have been more critical of Cryptic's marketing decisions in 2012 than I... but in late 2012 something changed for the better. They started recognizing us more here on the forums, and really started communicating with us. Still don't get it?

Then how would you explain TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN PAGES (and going one every 2 minutes appx) of requests to win an alpha key in less then 48 HOURS!?

The way I see it? There is no way to look at this than to credit the PCGamer cover story as a HUGE success for Cryptic. To do anything different is not being truthful to one's self.

[aandrethegiant]

As far as my opinion on when the game gets released, its impossible to guess at this point. 2012 was a quiet year for only one reason, they were working on the game. The question is when do they turn the light green for beta testers. Storm wasnt really that far off in one aspect. It depends on the quality of alpha testers and Cryptic's willingness to listen and adapt code.

The fact that they... clearly... are not rushing the game out asap is a great sign. I am nowhere near nieve, and I still disagree with the quiet treatment we received in early-mid 2012. But you know what, maybe they were just not satisfied with their work yet and only now are feeling good about it all. The longer they wait, the more polish... the more they add.. the more they get things right. Then beta folks get a crack, and turn the wrench further. They told us a lot in that PCGamer story, if you read between the lines.

I'll guess, as I did in my podcast in October, for an April '13 closed beta start. Will I be close? who knows...