Oriental Empires -- 4x historical strategy

[Hofstadter]

[Rayfer]

Nice vid Hof.....looks a little like Civilization meets Total War.

[Gusington]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Nefaro]

Or Civ and Hegemony: Philip/Caesar/Etc.  The seamless zoom into the troops reminded me of the latter, but turn-based.

[Gusington]

I enjoyed the first Hegemony but haven't played the others.

[Grim.Reaper]

In case people forgot, comes out on Early Access in just a few days....

http://store.steampowered.com/app/357310

[Gusington]

I did not forget...HOT DAYUM

[jomni]

In case people forgot, comes out on Early Access in just a few days....

http://store.steampowered.com/app/357310

I thought they won't do it?

[tgb]

I'm trying to wean myself away fromEarly Access, but may fold if word of mouth is high and price is low.

[tgb]

The again, maybe not.  I just went to the Steam page to check on the price and see if any reviews had been posted yet, and found this:

Boldface mine:

"The closed beta program will enable a fixed-sized and fully controllable testing environment, where feedback is manageable and easy to digest for the relatively small indie team. The beta program will consist of several different phases/waves, introducing a fixed number of new players to the beta program at different development points. Once the closed beta program for Oriental Empires is complete, the title will be launched as a solid and finished product"

I realize things change and a later decision to go into Early Access may have been made.  That's no excuse for this statement to still be on thr front page. 

Do the developers not understand the meaning of Early Access?

[Surtur]

Hi guys,

We are going live now at www.twitch.tv/iceberg_interactive.

As to the EA vs Beta, this is what I replied:

Hi Bernstein,

Thank you for your interest. You are a careful reader and you are correct. However, the reality of software development is that plans change. The closed beta was a great help for the dev in making a solid product. At this point however, we need more eyes on the singleplayer aspect of the game, such as balancing issues, while we focus on implementing multiplayer and preparing the final touches.

Cheers,

Surtur

[Anguille]

I have been part of the beta and think the game is already very good and many games have been released in a state much less advanced. To me, this just means that an very good game will continue to be worked on. 

[solops]

Bought the game this morning. Will play as soon as I can sort out my son's assorted college student related finances and my ATV repair issues. Its hog huntin' time tonight...

[JasonPratt]

Surtur,

I think TGB's point was that if you've gone to Early Access, it's confusing for the closed beta message to still be on the store page. Evidently you've finished closed beta, so it's time to take off that part.

Also, yay.  :D

[Boggit]

Just got my copy. Have started as the Zhou. Gus is right that it seems a cross of Civilization and Total War. Sweet! 8)