Fri 23 Feb 07, 1:32pm

Is it going to cost money? IIRC it will..

It was a fun game. But i don't think I will buy it.. (ignoring the fact that I only have my laptop atm, and cound't run it)

Fri 23 Feb 07, 1:34pm

Nope, it's not being released over Steam, it's free.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 1:41pm

wow - nice work fuzzy et al

Fri 23 Feb 07, 1:49pm

hmm i cant view it :(

Fri 23 Feb 07, 2:00pm

Awesome, cant wait!

Fri 23 Feb 07, 2:40pm

Lies, Gimmegimmegimme.

Actually, never mind. I'll be waiting for those servers to be up. :)

Fri 23 Feb 07, 2:46pm

should be cool

Fri 23 Feb 07, 2:58pm

Dystopia V1 is the greatest mod of all time. I know, I've been on their test team from the very very very very beginning.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 3:02pm

Dystopia was good in the days of the Demo.

Sometime between the Demo and V1, however, the Dystopia team forgot exactly what they were making, and now the game sucks.

I paid the $10 donation to find that out. Very disappointed, the Dystopia demo was my favorite online game ever ;___;

Fri 23 Feb 07, 4:19pm

It should be noted gamearena have a conflict of interest with this mod. Some of admins made it so they will say its really good and worth playing, the truth is its failure made poorly and gives the Australian industry a bad name with such work. They were going to make people pay for it but they gave up on that when people realised it wasn't very fun and then a lot of blame was put on valve for its support. Valve who incidently have a very strong Australian link and they guys working there from the TF team never made the mod that made them famous for money, they just had the talent to make a popular gameplay type that appealed to people, which dysotopia fails.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 4:24pm

Hehe, but I didn't have anything to do with it and I always rag on Fuzzy about how other games are better than Dystopia :)

Astro, I can however tell you that everything you're speculating about in your post is completely incorrect. Regardless of your opinion of the mod, you really shouldn't be spreading such FUD, that's pretty weak.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 4:27pm

dystopia is damned hot
all the nay sayers are just noobs who couldnt figure out how to play the game properly

time to reinstall hl2

Fri 23 Feb 07, 4:57pm

Please tell me where I'm wrong Dan, when people like Fafnir from on the old team who told me these things. I could dig up some info to back up my claims but I don't come here lying reckelessly, I stated some clear facts there so its obvious I know something..maybe you can set the record straight. Why was there a huge delay from the initial release to 1.0 and how come the plans they set out from the start changed so much all the time? At least I attempt to give reasons.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 5:01pm

nice nice nice

Fri 23 Feb 07, 5:35pm

astro you fail at flame bait.

Hmm the demo was pretty good. Implants and cyberspace make it quite interesting, but the maps were pretty average tbh.... only one route mostly and forcing ~20 players through 1 small door.... :/ silly

Fri 23 Feb 07, 5:23pm

Despite what you might say, I've checked out V1 and it's still got great gameplay from when I played with the demo release, but there's just so many more things that add to it as a whole. I just hope that V1 kicks off well, instead of fizzing out like the demo.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 5:52pm

Asif you wouldn't play it

Fri 23 Feb 07, 6:07pm

congrats to the team for finally getting it done. Its been fun to watch the game develop over time, can't wait to play it again.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 7:04pm

They were going to make people pay for it but they gave up on that when people realised it wasn't very fun and then a lot of blame was put on valve for its support.

When you make up things it helps to check if there are any experts around first. Team Dystopia NEVER claimed they were going to make people pay for it. As its a MOD and therefore UNLICENCED it would be ILLEGAL for them to do so and as they have made a computer game they aren't stupid, unlike you.

TF team never made the mod that made them famous for money, they just had the talent to make a popular gameplay type that appealed to people, which dysotopia fails

Team Dystopia made a game they wanted to play, not to make money. Dystopia appeals to thousands of people otherwise the demo wouldn't have recieved over 200,000 downloads in the first week alone. Just because you had no idea what you were doing doesn't mean it failed, it has been extremely successful and appeals to a great many people.

Why was there a huge delay from the initial release to 1.0

Because they have made a game? Not only that but they have made it in their spare time. They all have jobs and lives and work on Dystopia in their free time and your complaining about it taking too long to make? Why don't you try making a game as complex and polished as Dystopia V1 and see how long it takes you to complete.

how come the plans they set out from the start changed so much all the time?

Well as you obviously do not know what their plans were at the start how can you claim they are changing all the time?

At least I attempt to give reasons.

No you give bullsh!t and misinformation, I'm the one giving reasons.

Though at this point I do point out that I am not a part of Team Dystopia just someone who has been following them from the very beginning.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 9:20pm

Stupid fanboy above, It was said at one stage, on their website that they had an intent to sell the final product and make you pay for it.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 9:24pm

Actually, Esky, they had intended to license the appropriate software and sell this at the very beginning.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 9:43pm

Actually, Esky, they had intended to license the appropriate software and sell this at the very beginning.

As I've been there for over a year before the demo was even released (ie: I've been a tester for Dystopia for the entire time its been in the making from the very very first alpha build all those years ago), I think I'd know a little more than you. They said if Valve picked them up like they have picked up other mods in the past then that would be great, but it wasn't the purpose of building the mod. Hence their intent was not to get a Source license, but rather to just make a mod that they wanted to play.

Stupid fanboy above, It was said at one stage, on their website that they had an intent to sell the final product and make you pay for it.

They have never claimed such things, mainly because they don't have the millions of dollars for a source license. So in closing, Stupid moron below.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:03pm

3 people have told you otherwise, fanboy. Get your facts straight.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:17pm

Errrrrr dude... Seriously, Eskys been a tester for this game since it was thought up... Just because 3 people who dont know anything say otherwise, doesnt mean they are right... Cant you make your own decision, or are you just a sheep.

Hey wait a sec! Thousands of people believe in a scientology, does that mean Mr Hubbard will walk amongst us once more....... Ahem!

Cheers,
Grif!

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:33pm

I can see that it's very important to you that you feel that you are right, Esky, so i'll let it go.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:38pm

Actually, i do remember hearing something about them wanting to charge for this ages ago. Glad it didnt happen.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:38pm

Wait a second... the 24th is tommorow! :O

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:41pm

Actually, i do remember hearing something about them wanting to charge for this ages ago. Glad it didnt happen.

Don't say it, it isn't true. A chorus of people recalling these exact words would all be wrong.

Fri 23 Feb 07, 10:43pm

It's almost here!

Fri 23 Feb 07, 11:24pm

<3 Batjoaby

Fri 23 Feb 07, 11:37pm

http://dystopia-game.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1776
Mon Jun 06, 2005

Obviously these accusations have spouted from an ill-written faq and very hopeful devs.
I don't see why it really matters anyway, the fact is, it's free.

Although being able to pay to become a tester isn't something I totally agree with :/

Sat 24 Feb 07, 12:02am

You're helping cover the stats server that they've implemented, when you donate money. In return, they give you future builds, allow you to be supporter/tester/etc and all that jazz.

Sat 24 Feb 07, 10:53am

It's RELEASED!
Go Go Go!

Sat 24 Feb 07, 11:14am

downloading now

Sat 24 Feb 07, 11:16am

You're helping cover the stats server that they've implemented, when you donate money. In return, they give you future builds, allow you to be supporter/tester/etc and all that jazz.

oh ok :P

fark 500mb going to take me 3hrs :(

Sat 24 Feb 07, 8:44pm

It's very nice! Huge, huge, improvement from the demo, and it's tons of fun. I'm just waiting for the people to start coming in.

Sat 24 Feb 07, 8:12pm

hmm my server list doesnt show any servers at all, anyone got a similair problem?

Sat 24 Feb 07, 8:27pm

you picked the wrong dystopia filter maybe?

i got two dystopias on my filter, dystopia and dystopia v1, pick v1 if u havent

and this game is awesome

Sun 25 Feb 07, 1:19pm

It's decent, not my cup of tea though.

Sun 25 Feb 07, 9:48pm

this game fucking owns

Mon 26 Feb 07, 10:17am

Actually, i do remember hearing something about them wanting to charge for this ages ago. Glad it didnt happen.

We said that we'd love the chance to create a full stand alone single player Dystopia game after we'd finished developing the multiplayer hl2 mod version.

The mod version was ALWAYS going to be free.