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As much as I’d like them to improve on the things I mentioned for episode 1 (like adding more life to environments), I’d feel slightly hard done by if they did because I assumed the version I played was finished. I don’t want to play through it again to make sure I got the optimal experience.

I’m really not a fan of developers pushing out a product before it’s 100% done. Ultimately I would’ve preferred if Revolution delayed the entire game till it was done. I know they keep saying they wanted to put something out before Christmas for the fans…call me a skeptic, but I’m sure they had other reasons, like maximising the exposure of the game and generating some income. Don’t get me wrong—I really like Rev as a developer and I’m not trying to paint them as bad guys—I just would’ve preferred the whole game at once.

I guess the positive side of it is them taking feedback from episode 1 and using it to improve episode 2.

rottford - 06 January 2014 03:32 PM

Does this mean we’ll see an even more polished-up version of part one when the whole game releases—one that’s even more like what we wanted? That’s interesting.

Well, I actually came across a bug with the painter in London, where the character model for him goes all kind of crazy for a moment. It could be cleanups like that.

I agree with you Orient. I think there’s more behind the 2-part split. I’d say it’s likely them wanting early income too.

That being said, I do, to a certain extent, welcome developers tweaking gameplay after feedback. Lots of games outside of the adventure genre do it fairly regularly now. Adding in little things which they missed out until hindsight doesn’t hurt anyone.

Of course, if they release a game when it’s to the point of not working proper or is clearly rushed in areas, that’s a different story.

On a side note, I received a reply from Revolution regarding my email asking they consider releasing the previous games on the system:

Hi XXXXX,

Thanks for getting in touch! We always like to hear from fans of the game - and a little morale boost never hurts

Releasing the original Broken Sword for PS Vita is not something we would rule out in the future - although our priority right now is the newest game

But thank you for your feedback; it’s greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

     

tomimt - 07 January 2014 02:29 AM

I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point Cecil and co. would come out at say that episode 1 was just an extented beta without early access label.

I think he’s smart enough not to admit that, even if it were true Fans would go crazy. Let’s be fair, though—it’s lengthy for half a game (took me 8 hours) and it’s relatively stable and bug free, which makes it more than a beta in my opinion. I never felt like I was playing a beta, apart for some uneven volume in parts.

Even its Beta, its much better than Most of AGames on Market now and released in recent
years. So i accept it as positive sign.

Yet another delay. Is there a chance than at least one game that I am interested in is released on schedule? They should have released the whole game when it´s finished, but I can understand why they wanted to release the first part before Christmas. Now at least I will have the time to replay 3rd and 4th game before BS5 is released (already replayed 1st and 2nd game).

Hey is the second part still supoused to be realeased this month?

The latest news is late February / early March.

IneptAdventureGamer - 08 January 2014 01:37 AM

I hope BS 5 is good. Really enjoying the first game. New to the series and its just really fun can’t believe I never played it till now.

In which case, you’ve got the first 2 games to look forward to as well!

Man, I wish I could erase my memory of the first game, so I could enjoy experiencing it for the first time all over again.