Author Topic: DEFCON gold! Woo! (Read 6455 times)

idolminds · « **on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 02:27:02 PM »

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After a staggering Five Months worth of beta testing, Defcon has finally gone gold. The master disk has been produced, checked, and sent away for manufacturing. The downloads are ready. We are on schedule for launch at 6.00pm GMT, Friday 29th September. It's all rather exciting.

One of the UK games magazines wanted to cover the exact moment of the Gold Master being produced. To "Capture the atmosphere of the moment", as they put it. However they changed their minds as soon as we told them what was actually involved. The truth is it's a special moment for us when we make a master disk, but nothing special actually happens. We fire up Nero, burn some disks, run tests on them, then put them in an envelope and walk to the post office. It often seems like there should be something bigger involved - like a big red button that we can press, that sets everything into motion while fireworks go off out the window and a live orchestra plays the 1812 Overture.

*Glee!*

angrykeebler · « **Reply #1 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 02:47:54 PM »

Is this coming out in a retail package? I refuse to buy anything on STEAM

idolminds · « **Reply #2 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 02:51:44 PM »

Uh....no kinda. So far there wont be boxes in retail stores. However you can order it direct from Introversion here. Ordering from them will allow you to download the game on Friday (this download does not require Steam at all), plus they will ship you a copy of the game in a box.

angrykeebler · « **Reply #3 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 02:53:35 PM »

okay sweet..thats what i'll do

P.S fuck Steam

shock · « **Reply #4 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 04:00:41 PM »

I'm not the biggest fan of Steam, but it I got the game for 10$ off it.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #5 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 05:34:40 PM »

Yeah, fuck Steam. You can pay not that much more and get yourself a nice box in addition to a Steam-free download. Would be worth an extra 20 bucks to me.

angrykeebler · « **Reply #6 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 06:02:18 PM »

$17.50 for the direct download AND free shipping on a boxed copy? Sweet.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #7 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 06:22:57 PM »

Exactly.

shock · « **Reply #8 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 07:07:20 PM »

10$ for the game and nothing to ship? SWEET

angrykeebler · « **Reply #9 on:** Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 07:57:31 PM »

Having to download it through STEAM? Swe--

oh wait..

poomcgoo · « **Reply #10 on:** Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 03:25:43 PM »

The version given to the press is "available" and has been for a little bit now, if anybody is impatient

Pugnate · « **Reply #11 on:** Thursday, September 28, 2006, 03:57:40 AM »

$10 for the game and $7.50 left over for a pizza as you play...? Swee... ok that's a cheap pizza.

poomcgoo · « **Reply #12 on:** Thursday, September 28, 2006, 07:50:00 AM »

I downloaded it. I normally dislike RTS games but this is pretty awesome. I don't know if there's a way to choose your country though. There's no MP in my version, just single player. Seems cool though, very atmospheric.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #13 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 11:42:41 AM »

Awesome. We can download it later today.

I'm all stoked and stuff.

idolminds · « **Reply #14 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 12:29:48 PM »

I just ran through the tutorial. Its pretty damn cool.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #15 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:18:09 PM »

This is annoying. I preordered off of Introversion's site, but I haven't gotten the email that's supposed to give me my key and download link yet. I know they already charged my credit card, so I should be on the list. Plus, they must have gotten pretty hammered because you can't get into the store portion of their site that would allow you to actually download the game yourself.

angrykeebler · « **Reply #16 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:18:36 PM »

Quote from: sirean_syan on Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:18:09 PM

This is annoying. I preordered off of Introversion's site, but I haven't gotten the email that's supposed to give me my key and download link yet. I know they already charged my credit card, so I should be on the list.

Same.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #17 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:24:31 PM »

Scratch that. I got the email, it was just stored as spam on my Gmail account so my email client didn't download it.

Happy waring folks.

shock · « **Reply #18 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:41:00 PM »

Haha, all of you Steam haters can take that. I was playing just a few minutes after the release(all Steam had to do was unlock it).

angrykeebler · « **Reply #19 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 03:03:03 PM »

Quote from: shock on Friday, September 29, 2006, 02:41:00 PM

Haha, all of you Steam haters can take that. I was playing just a few minutes after the release(all Steam had to do was unlock it).

I couldnt have played anyways.. i am at work

sirean_syan · « **Reply #20 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 03:30:29 PM »

Neither could I. I have work to be done... just a little more though.

idolminds · « **Reply #21 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 04:11:06 PM »

There was an issue on Steam with being unable to authorise. Didnt matter much...could still play in demo mode. Restarted the game a few times and it eventually took. They were getting hammered.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #22 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 05:32:44 PM »

I won't be getting it, I don't think. I'm too fucking poor and I'm not even remotely interested in looking at a game right now. Too depressed to want to have fun. Plus I want to wait until I have the money to get Darwinia + Uplink with their boxes as well, so... that's like $50 or something. I don't have that.

idolminds · « **Reply #23 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 05:46:53 PM »

Que, you can grab the demo if you want. Its pretty much the full game, except you can only play in 2 player games (one on one).

Quemaqua · « **Reply #24 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 05:58:46 PM »

Hmm.. might give it a whirl, then.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #25 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 06:12:09 PM »

I went through the demo and got slaughtered in a 3 player FFA so far. The game's pretty fucked up, but in a good way. It seems the trick to winning, score wise at least, is to get in a good first strike and rack up a lot of points before you're too far into the hole and there are still meaty tragets.

Cool stuff. I imagine multiplayer will feel a lot like Moonbase Commander. Not a lot of pomp and circumstance, just good fun with a few deep elements. I like. Plus, we could probably actually play with Idol.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #26 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 07:14:05 PM »

Urg. I guess I may grab it after all. It's the fucking weekend and I don't want to sit around and mope. I want to have fun. But Okami is too light-hearted. I can't bring myself to try to enjoy it when I feel this shitty. Blowing stuff up sounds like... better.

EDIT - So I cracked. Let's play sometime. I feel the need to be blown up by people I know and love.

Xessive · « **Reply #27 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 07:45:46 PM »

I checked it out.. I love the style, and I love the way it's all like looking at a satellite feedback from the command HQ display

But I don't know, the game is a little too slow for me, even with time compression at max. Again, it's a game I'd love to watch, not play

I know the visuals are simple, but I love them! It's so minimalistic, it's beautiful!

I really like Introversion's work.. Darwinia was awesome.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #28 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 08:14:59 PM »

Yeah. This would be like the perfect LAN game, provided you could keep your opponents from walking over and looking at the screen. You could just waste a whole night on one game and there'd be must commotion over every single hit.

idolminds · « **Reply #29 on:** Friday, September 29, 2006, 11:57:16 PM »

So this game kicks ass. Sy, Qu, and I had a couple games. Its strangely calm and exciting at the same time.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #30 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:00:17 AM »

Yeah, it's totally bizarre. On the one hand its totally intense trying to micromanage things and find weak points, but on the other hand it's just... sit back and watch the shit hit the fan.

So I clobbered the snot out of both Sy and idol on the first game, but they both put me deep in the ground on the next game, with idol coming out pretty far on top. Good stuph. Will be interesting to see how the game and community develop over the coming months. But I definitely want to play more with you guys. That was fun.

Xessive · « **Reply #31 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:09:53 AM »

I have to admit, I am very impressed with the simplicity of this game. And one subtle thing that I love as well is the music! It makes me feel at ease while I launch nuclear assaults

Quemaqua · « **Reply #32 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:21:23 AM »

It's much better playing with friends.

idolminds · « **Reply #33 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:27:20 AM »

Very much better.

Pugnate · « **Reply #34 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 01:44:12 AM »

I bet it is even better to play against enemies.

idolminds · « **Reply #35 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 11:56:54 AM »

Oh, found out something cool. I can start Defcon without starting Steam. Just copy the Steam.dll file to the directory and run the .exe directly.

Also, I can download the regular version of Defcon and just copy my authkey file to it and it will also work.

PyroMenace · « **Reply #36 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:07:41 PM »

Is it a multiplayer only game?

Quemaqua · « **Reply #37 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 12:12:03 PM »

It's meant for multiplayer, but you can add in CPU opponents. Hell, you can just spectate while the CPUs go at it. That's actually surprisingly fun.

And that's cool idol. Very cool indeed. Not enough to make me regret ordering the box, but still great. =)

shock · « **Reply #38 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 01:20:52 PM »

Anyone wanna play with me right now? I am horrible and need help.

angrykeebler · « **Reply #39 on:** Saturday, September 30, 2006, 01:32:31 PM »

I noticed the cost of the boxed copy has changed. I only payed $17.50, do i still get it shipped to me?

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Author Topic: DEFCON gold! Woo! (Read 6455 times)