Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Goes Live January 30
According to a press release sent out by Sony Online Entertainment today, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes will be hitting stores at the end of the month. Both North America and Europe will get the game January 30, with an MSRP of $49.99.
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Competing against Burning Crusade surely can't be a smart move?
In any case I thought beta testers said it needed more polish before going live?-
yeah, theyre idiots. BC is not only a sure sell for the millions of active players but its also going to bring a large number of people BACK to wow who had their accounts inactive, werent playing etc.
If SoE was smart (lol) they'd give Vanguard another 3-6 months to not only give it some extra polish (though from what I understand it needs a more than polish) but let the BC storm blow over somewhat. -
I think a lot of people that are looking to buy the expansion are not the type of people playing Vanguard. I know because I'm one of those people. I can't stand the graphics in WoW. The gameplay is fun (though simple) but I never could get past the graphics. This is where Vanguard succeeds. Plus, the crafting and diplomacy abilities are really great in Vanguard.
Also, the game does need more polish no question. They are coming far in a short time, though, as I'm seeing modest speed increases in just the past few days.-
I'm curious about your attraction to Vanguard's graphics. My roommate got into the beta and I thought he was playing EQ2. The art direction is horribly generic, and on his relatively respectable rig (but it's not an uber gaming machine by any means) it ran like total ass. Obviously optimizations are coming and they're looking years into the future, assuming the game has that kind of legs, but I couldn't get past the dull generic world and character design.
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