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Teh Lead0rAdministratorHero MemberPosts: 4258 ES Feature Locked « on: Apr 20, 2008, 06:06 pm »



It's been a long road, and I can assure you that 3.0 will be nothing like anything you've ever played before. We'll be releasing manuals and information as release gets closer and closer, but I think everyone on the beta team will agree when I say the game is a blast.



We'll be releasing 3.0 with our whole new gameplay, two full space scenarios (es_aethra and es_nebular, both balanced to death), a total of 8 totally different ship classes, completely rebalanced weapons. ES brings teamplay to a whole new level. In fact here is a quote from one of our beta testers:



"I realized today that I have never, ever looked at my personal score in this version of ES. Do you know what this means? Eternal Silence has reached the holy grail of online team-based gaming. I think the reason for this is that the game makes teamwork very tactile, so I become absorbed in my team's objectives."



As a bonus, here are a couple of renders of two new turret models we added to the game just recently. Both are modelled by Tweek and skinned by Safemilk, and I have to say they did a swell job. These turrets will shoot at you from corvettes and capital ships.





Expect more news very soon. We're on the home stretch, it won't be long now!



Dan A few of you may have noticed the lack of news lately. I can assure you it's only the calm before the storm. After our large scale beta test today, we've feature locked 3.0. This is the start of the home stretch toward release of Beta 3.0 and marks a huge milestone for the team. From now on we're simply going to be polishing and testing the game to death to make sure that when it reaches you, it will be the best gaming experience the ES team can deliver.It's been a long road, and I can assure you that 3.0 will be nothing like anything you've ever played before. We'll be releasing manuals and information as release gets closer and closer, but I think everyone on the beta team will agree when I say the game is a blast.We'll be releasing 3.0 with our whole new gameplay, two full space scenarios (es_aethra and es_nebular, both balanced to death), a total of 8 totally different ship classes, completely rebalanced weapons. ES brings teamplay to a whole new level. In fact here is a quote from one of our beta testers:"I realized today that I have never, ever looked at my personal score in this version of ES. Do you know what this means? Eternal Silence has reached the holy grail of online team-based gaming. I think the reason for this is that the game makes teamwork very tactile, so I become absorbed in my team's objectives."As a bonus, here are a couple of renders of two new turret models we added to the game just recently. Both are modelled by Tweek and skinned by Safemilk, and I have to say they did a swell job. These turrets will shoot at you from corvettes and capital ships.Expect more news very soon. We're on the home stretch, it won't be long now!Dan « Last Edit: Apr 20, 2008, 06:08 pm by Dan Menard » Logged Bloodninja!