Right, but it was not announced on0list as a playable game, which is the reason for the unpopularity. I'm not the best at keeping up with my audyssey e-ails, but I know that I'd have jumped on the chance to learn more about and play this game after hearing about it on the web radio show where I first heard of it.
And as for comparing it to Swamp, it is hard not to do that. Right now, it feels like there's tension between the control schemes in place, sort of a "Try both" mind set, which is fine. It's a beta, after all, and I'm sure that it'll be more smoothed out and detailed once it's a full release. If we're going to compare TRTR to Swamp, let's do it fairly. When Swamp was in beta, there was no weapon specs documentation. People complained endlessly about the radar. The control scheme for movement stayed the same, but other stuff changed pretty regularly. There were a lot of bugs to deal with. That sounds pretty similar to Road to Rage at this point in development. And there's one more comparison I want to make. The sounds for Swamp were not at all finalized, een in full releases, so the fact that the ambience is loud or the different guns or bleeps are odd to some people is just a signal to try new sounds. That'll probably happen. Comparison is good, if we keep everything in perspective. Don't be afraid to make something better by standing it next to another thing. Offense shouldn't be an issue, nor should pride, so long as we who compare are neither offensive nor overly prideful in return. Enjoy the games, both of them, and see their differences and similarities. Don't expect The Road to Rage to be a PVP application of the Swamp engine. Take it in on it's own merits, of which there are plenty, and as I said before, enjoy the game. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 7/19/12, Ben <gamehead...@aol.co.uk> wrote: > Oh Tom. How wrong you are about it not being playable before the request :d > - I have been a tester for ages and months before I was playing the game > absolutely fine. > > -----Original Message----- > From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On > Behalf Of Thomas Ward > Sent: 18 July 2012 15:27 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Road to rage > > Hi Dakotah, > > I agree with you. The way this game has been marketed definitely > accounts for lack of popularity. The first I heard of this game was > Saturday or Sunday. Although I vaguely recall a request for voice > actors, but I took that to assume the game wasn't playable and didn't > bother checking it out until the author/developer made an > announcement. Which brings us to the final issue. I generally respond > to posts from game developers, and if someone says so and so has a > game for download I often miss it because I don't necessarily read > every post on list. > > Cheers! > > On 7/18/12, Dakotah Rickard <dakotah.rick...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The only reason I think that the game has been quietly present on list >> is because of the way it was marketed. This does not reflect, in my >> oppinion, poorly on the creator of the product. The trouble is that >> the first we heard about the game was that he needed voice talent. At >> that point, we only knew about the game in any more detail if we >> happened to listen to a couple of podcasts about the game or, perhaps, >> saw it on Audiogames.net, if it was posted there. >> >> The difference here, as I posted previously, is that Swamp was a >> playable game, then we received a request for voice talent. It's basic >> marketing that is actually quite odd that introducing a product with a >> request is not as effective as offering the product then making >> improvements based on requests for user contribution. >> >> Also, the game is still in beta, an alpha-ish beta, and I've only >> known about it for three full days and a little bit of today. There's >> not much to say about it because it is honestly a concept right now, >> and any complaints have already been registered. >> >> As a final note, I would appreciate it if the developer or at least >> someone associated with the developer would announce updates with a >> link as does Aprone with his games, because it makes it convenient to >> pull the game from the database. >> >> Other than that, I will make only one complaint. You start out with a >> pretty decent weapon. While this prevents camping, which means waiting >> at spawn points with a powerful gun to shoot people who arrive on-map >> relatively unarmed, it doesn't follow pretty much any other game. The >> MK14 is, I think, a battle rifle. It's got the third fastest rate of >> fire with pistols and shotguns as the only weapons below it and >> several above. I suggest that the player start out with either a >> pistol or a shotgun and that they be able to find the mk14, but I also >> know that ground-breaking ideas like starting out with a decent weapon >> make the game more popular, it's just that there's no point in using a >> pistol ever when you have a battle rifle and 20 clips of ammunition >> for it. >> >> As a wrap-up for the list, I say just talk about it. Get excited. The >> Road to Rage is a good concept, and it's going to grow. Don't let it >> leave you behind. 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