Following the early, unplanned release of an unpolished version of Epic’s wildly anticipated FPS sequel, Unreal Tournament 2003, the firm has reacted angrily to the continued distribution of the demo.
Epic chief Mark Rein described the version as "generally indicative of something still too early to even be called 'beta’. A great deal of the success of a game comes from the last 5 per cent of development, which is why we like to say 'when it's done'. We've all played a few almost-great games and said to ourselves 'if only they got these few features right' - well Digital Extremes and Epic are devoted to getting it right so that your weeks or months of anticipation will be replaced by YEARS of joy." He continued, “We really want to ensure that people don't wreck their first impression of an absolutely wonderful game. The demo is close and before long you'll be playing it the way it was meant to be played."
Rein requests that the distribution of the early code is halted, and so it should be. Have patience you scurvy lot!
Epic chief Mark Rein described the version as "generally indicative of something still too early to even be called 'beta’. A great deal of the success of a game comes from the last 5 per cent of development, which is why we like to say 'when it's done'. We've all played a few almost-great games and said to ourselves 'if only they got these few features right' - well Digital Extremes and Epic are devoted to getting it right so that your weeks or months of anticipation will be replaced by YEARS of joy." He continued, “We really want to ensure that people don't wreck their first impression of an absolutely wonderful game. The demo is close and before long you'll be playing it the way it was meant to be played."
Rein requests that the distribution of the early code is halted, and so it should be. Have patience you scurvy lot!
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