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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter |OT| A first person murder mystery (PC)
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The Jackdog
Member
They set a release date and people bought it expecting to play it today.
Its not like we are demanding them to release it before THEY said it would be released
exmachina64
Banned
My timer said it was unlocking at 6pm Eastern, iirc.
the_firewithin
Member
this potential news is making my work day suffer now 
AsfaeksBR
Member
Probably they didn't test the whole game.
But even if they did, they know all of the puzzles. They don't need to search for anything...
I bet 5~6 hours
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I admire their wish to launch with 100% of the bugs they're aware of squashed, but I think there just has to be a point where you're okay with one or two bugs that you can patch out later that night or the following day. There will be additional delay between making the build, testing the bugs out, confirming they're fixed, uploading everything to Valve for release, propagating through the CDN servers, etc.
They're really pushing themselves late over there, but I feel like this could have been easily avoided. Not a nice way to start the launch day for either the devs or those looking forward to the game.
They're really pushing themselves late over there, but I feel like this could have been easily avoided. Not a nice way to start the launch day for either the devs or those looking forward to the game.
The Jackdog
Member
Its not even that, its not like the game was a week out and they delayed it a few days or week.
Today is the RELEASE day
paperspace
Member
It also means it's a 84 on Metacritic.
Nah, it was 5, because I was waiting for the one at 1PM EST and when that expired they put up a new one that was 4 hours.
Did it say "1 hour left"? Because it only ticks down by 1 hour intervals on steam, so even if it's 459, it will say 1 hour left until it hits 5. At least that's what it's like for me.
jacksepticeye
Member
Not giving an update or any insight about it on twitter either is slightly annoying
exmachina64
Banned
Ah, okay. Hope to see it today then.
The Jackdog
Member
Didnt they say follow them on twitter for updates too earlier today?
jacksepticeye
Member
No idea, I only checked their Twitter just now to see if there were any recent posts. But nothing since 3 hours ago
I wish they'd at least let us pre-load the build they have now, and just not unlock it until they have a patch that they feel fixes what they're trying to fix. That way everyone will be ready when it finally unlocks instead of waiting another hour or two to donwload it.
Yeah, but they haven't been very persistent about it. The last thing they tweeted was at 2 I think, with the "lighting baked..." tweet.
Messofanego
Banned
macfoshizzle
Member
Big Takeover
Member
Gonna open a tear, and find the location of our game, brb.
UnrealEck
Member
Yep this is the point I was making earlier. A game is never really ever finished finished. Like 100% bug free. It seemed they delayed the game waaaay too close to release. Devs no doubt work on games right up to and past release date to squash bugs, but they'll release the game on the date they set and patch it. If there's some sort of bug that's serious enough to delay the game just hours before release, it makes me wonder WTF they've been doing.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Sorry but no. This was very unprofessional of them.
The Jackdog
Member
On GOG's site for the game:
Are you serious? The lack of communication of a delay on release is pretty pathetic.
Are you serious? The lack of communication of a delay on release is pretty pathetic.
Chiggs
Gold Member
This whole situation is bizarre.
Big Takeover
Member
It's Sept 26th in Warsaw in half an hour... I'm still holding out hope.
I get Silent Hill / Obscure vibes from that, looked like it could've been something special.
Self_Destructive
Member
The age old question:
If Ethan Carter vanishes before release date, does Ethan Carter ever really come out?
If Ethan Carter vanishes before release date, does Ethan Carter ever really come out?
Chiggs
Gold Member
Did he ever really exist?
They just changed it. I checked it about 30 minutes ago and it said the 25th.
The Illiterati
Member
All told they've still got 6 hours. If they still release today, I don't think anyone can really complain. If they don't, we can all cry our eyes out and enjoy our truly first world problems.
This plot is too difficult to follow, I can't get to the next level without being able to start the game.
The Jackdog
Member
so its delayed and zero communication from the devs.
The Illiterati
Member
It's an ARG. You haven't figured out where in the real world to go to unlock your copy yet.
The Jackdog
Member
Welp, nvm
https://twitter.com/TheAstroCrew/status/515254286562111488
Final minutes of development for The Astronauts team. Uploading the build very soon. pic.twitter.com/KdQlJXtBRx
lets see how long very soon is
https://twitter.com/TheAstroCrew/status/515254286562111488
Final minutes of development for The Astronauts team. Uploading the build very soon. pic.twitter.com/KdQlJXtBRx
lets see how long very soon is
exmachina64
Banned
Glad to hear the upload is starting.
Doesn't work like that. There are a limited number of times in a day that they can push the game out, if I understand Valve's system correctly.
Doesn't work like that. There are a limited number of times in a day that they can push the game out, if I understand Valve's system correctly.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
This must be some really fucked up bug
I think they can push it out whenever. This same thing happened with King Arthur Roleplaying Wargame on release.
I think they can push it out whenever. This same thing happened with King Arthur Roleplaying Wargame on release.
The Illiterati
Member
I wish they'd hire a few more Twitter managers and a few less coders. When its this down to the wire I want updates every ten minutes.
UnrealEck
Member
^ man Ryse PC is looking really good.
I actually thought that when a game neared close to its release, there would be a version ready on Valve's Steam servers ready to go which could also be updated and accessed by the devs.
Just going on what I thought would be how they worked. Never looked into it or anything though.
I actually thought that when a game neared close to its release, there would be a version ready on Valve's Steam servers ready to go which could also be updated and accessed by the devs.
Just going on what I thought would be how they worked. Never looked into it or anything though.
Messofanego
Banned
It's getting hot in here!
Big Takeover
Member
My eyes are starting to cloud from photorealistic bark deprivation.
