Re: Vaporware DAWN


"Wolfing" <wolfing1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Nate wrote:
>> Hey remember a loooooong time ago.. (like in the year 2000) everyone
>> was talking about this AWESOME game that was supposed to be close to
>> being released to beta testing called "DAWN" .... Everyone (me too)
>> was talking about it. We waited.. we all signed up on the beta list. I
>>
>> dunno if you did but a lot of people I know did. Well on a whim I
>> looked. They are still there.
>>
>>
>> http://www.glitchless.com/dawnfaq.html
>>
>>
>> Its vaporware as far as I am concerned. Everyone gave up on it a
>> loooong time ago. After 5 years they are saying its being worked on...
>> saying hold on we will let you know when the beta is ready. Saying we
>> will release it when the Beta is ready... not before. It sounds good
>> right? Like they are trying to make it stable, not buggy...? But they
>> have been saying it 5 years.. Too bad. It sounds cool.
>>
> Don't really remember about this game, what type of game is it and what
> makes it so special? MMORPG? RPG?
> Sorry to say this, but in my long experience, all the games that have
> been delayed for so long, when they eventually come out... they suck
> (outdated graphics, buggy, etc)

You mean like Half-Life?


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