Alganon is scheduled for launch in less than a week, and has already released its first State of the Game address.
The first piece of information is good news: they are set for the December 1st launch with no delays in sight. The Alganon team has been working hard lately, taking the servers down more frequently to patch and update, which should help to minimize problems at launch. The address did mention the postponement of the original launch date, citing a desire for the most polished game possible — reasoning that we can certainly support.
The address sent out a big thank you to the Alganon community and beta testers, expressing appreciation for their enthusiasm in expressing feedback, opinions and suggestions, both in game and on the forums. Alganon didn’t hesitate to tackle the tougher questions either, specifically those dealing with a rocky ride for beta testers, and the oft-asked question “Why does this game look so much like WoW?“
The full address can be viewed at the official site, and we wish Alganon the best of luck on next week’s launch.
Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, New titles, Alganon
Alganon’s State of the Game address originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 25th, 2009 at 7:00pm by Rubi Bayer
Filed Under: alganon, beta, launch, quest-online, state-of-the-game
So, yesterday I was browsing our site, and I was happy to see that our community interview with David Allen had gone up, as I didn’t get the chance to read it. We had lots of great questions sent in, and I think the ones that Shawn chose were really some hard, direct questions, that I felt someone really had to ask.
Reading David’s answers left me thinking, however. David is a person who I certainly admire, as he was the brain behind Istaria, and he really presented some very innovative gameplay mechanics in that game. Alganon, however, is not innovative nor is it cutting edge. It is, quite frankly, another World of Warcraft. Something that, in my opinion, this genre does not need another of.
David’s rationale as to why Alganon looks and plays like Warcraft is the part of the interview where I was left in thought. While I understand he wanted to make a game that players could easily adapt to… did it have to resonate of Warcraft so strongly? Furthermore, are we, as a genre, stuck in a rut?
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Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Culture, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Opinion, Anti-Aliased, Alganon
Anti-Aliased: We put the no in innovation originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Seraphina Brennan
Filed Under: alganon, anti-aliased, art, creativity, david-allen, design, featured, innovation, mmofps, opinion, theme, user-interface, world-of-warcraft
Are you excited about Alganon? Excited enough, perhaps, that you might have chosen to take a couple days off from work in anticipation of its scheduled launch on October 31st? If so, we’ve got some kind of bad news for you. It’s not coming out then after all. As a matter of fact, it isn’t going to release until December 1st, according to community manager Tork at the official site.
What’s the reason for the delay? The official post is shy of concrete reasons, but it mentions that the decision was reached in order to test on a larger scale as well as refine the game further. It also mentions that they’re looking forward to running more contests and improving their visibility — both excellent aims. Community response has been surprisingly positive and moderate, which might be a good sign in advance. If you are one of the people who pre-ordered, however, the announcement isn’t just bad news — everyone who pre-ordered the game by October 31st will get a free month in compensation. Actually playing Alganon will have to wait for a little while, but an extra month certainly helps take the edge off.
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Launches, New titles, News items, Alganon
Alganon decides to wait a month originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 11:30am by Eliot Lefebvre
Filed Under: alganon, betas, launch-delay, launches, new-titles, news-items, preorders
