Good lord. And what are we supposed to have learned, oh great and mighty TRTL? Enlighten us thou wise and wonderful bringer of light. I have no regrets.

Good lord. And what are we supposed to have learned, oh great and mighty TRTL? Enlighten us thou wise and wonderful bringer of light. I have no regrets.

Not talking about you but more about people in general who were trolling threads everywhere. It was difficult to post anything about a game one likes without it being hijacked with "RO2 will be this and that". So I apologise if I am now the one trolling but I have to read the same trolling posts about RO2 for the past year now on different forums.

I can pretty much guess why it was released they way it was or is. As you have pointed out it is more than likely that they were running out of money, and most likely time. I am not going to bash them for that as other studios suffer from the same things. All development studios have budgets whether they are independent or are backed by big publishing houses such as Activision or EA. Non-independent or large studios do have bigger budgets, that is a given, but they are not infinite and they too have deadlines to make as well.

I like RO2. Played it more than BC2 since it's release if I am honest and I play BC2 a lot. Will I say I love RO2, no I won't go that far, well maybe love for the rifles , but it is definitely a break from modern FPS shooters. I won't say any more on this unless I have to, but I do hope that people take on board studios suffer from pretty much the same pitfalls; money, constant demand, resources and not enough time in the day. That is the lesson that should be learned

I think its fair to say that RO2 was not released as TWI would have wanted it to be.

Well TRTL, at least you are keeping the Bash forums lively and yes, alive. It's all good.

Well TRTL, at least you are keeping the Bash forums lively and yes, alive. It's all good. But, TWI is a human company run by humans. I'm sure they had every intent on releasing the game in masterpiece form. Best laid plans of mice and men and all of that...... Nevertheless, no matter how you slice it, the game isn't really all that bad in the bug department. I played it for 20 hours last weekend and it never crashed or glitched out. The only gripe I have is that it doesn't utilize my SLI'd cards more than 50% each. But, this will get fixed. I also hope that down the road they do a Crytek style DX11, or at least 10 upgrade and satisfy the graphic whore in me.

TRTL, remember what John said. TWI is a small indie dev company and don't have nearly as much money to support building their game. They had to release and get some cash flowing or they wouldn't be able to pay their employees. I don't blame them for having to do that. I still think they shot themselves in the arm with the two week beta test rather than the one month beta test.

I can pretty much guess why it was released they way it was or is. As you have pointed out it is more than likely that they were running out of money, and most likely time. I am not going to bash them for that as other studios suffer from the same things. All development studios have budgets whether they are independent or are backed by big publishing houses such as Activision or EA. Non-independent or large studios do have bigger budgets, that is a given, but they are not infinite and they too have deadlines to make as well.

TRTL, remember what John said. TWI is a small indie dev company and don't have nearly as much money to support building their game. They had to release and get some cash flowing or they wouldn't be able to pay their employees. I don't blame them for having to do that. I still think they shot themselves in the arm with the two week beta test rather than the one month beta test.

So these are my thoughts on this headline I would also encourage everyone to keep in mind that RO1 is not RO2 (even though that "niche" game has sold almost half a million units). We are making a game that is aimed to be much more accessible than the first RO while still staying true to its tactical shooter roots. We were a new company with almost no money and resources when we made RO1 5 years ago. We're much more experienced now have a lot more resources than when we made the first RO. So to quote Darth Vader "when we last met I was but the learner, now I am the master."