My Xsyon Review Part 4 - In the Face of Crisis

willbonney

Howdy All,

Some folks have been following me here on mmorpg.com, and many others have decided to give the game a chance, and pre-ordered, due to some of my posts.  Now, since the pre-launch went as unsuccessful as it did, I think I, as a fellow gamer, owe them an apology.  Sure, the whole pre-launch thing did not have anything to do with me, what I did, as I am not an employee of Notorious (though some still believe me to be one).  For those that understand the gaming industry, many of us actually involved with it understand what an NDA is, but I honestly have no NDA contract and receive no payment from Notorious or any company involved with them.  I am however, a true FanBoi, and have no issue claiming myself as one.

So what's the point of this whole post?  Well, first to say that I'm sorry this game of Xsyon did not have a successful "Pre-Launch."  I wish I myself could have done more to ensure it's success, but as a customer, well, we don't get much say in the matter.

However, I myself am not giving up on Jordi Grau Davis, Notorious, or Xsyon.  I believe the choices he's had to make, due to the poor launch of a game he's quite literally put his life into, neither came easy nor do they sit well with his conscious. 

With that in mind, I give him my support, if that means anything.  I personally was dissatisfied with the lag, constant rollbacks, and the fiasco that I will now call "Xsyon's Lake Taho Land Grab."  Things got too big too fast, and well, I am partially to blame for that.  I as a fan of Xsyon, without anyone's consent or authorization, took it upon myself to share my experieces with this great game, and attempt to get it more attention with the "Gaming Community."

In that, both myself, and SaintBob, succeeded.  Many pre-orders rushed in at the last minute, and when the moment came, it was too much too soon, and the servers were not set up to handle it.  Now, whether it was Notorious' fault, or their server suppliers, that's not our business as gamers.

Gamers are a demanding lot, myself included.  When we buy a game, we want it to "work as intended."  We want no lag, a low ping, and all the Features promissed to us.  Now, I personally can understand things do not always go the way you want them to, with the coding of Features, relying on programmers to get it done the way it needs to be (in the eyes of the owners at least), and well, shit happens.  Having excuses or something to blame the problems on, well, is all well and good, but well, many of us in the gaming world are getting tired of those excuses.

I'm not writing this post to Condemn them though, Notorious or Jordi, but more to commend.  The customers who pre-ordered were promissed only that with purchase, we would receive 2 months of game time after the "Official Launch."  Though, we were also "told" we would receive a "Two Week" headstart.  With the initial push back of the sceduled Pre-Launch, and then it's total failure, we all figured we were once again being screwed by a gaming company.  It was even announced, that another wipe would need to occur, after their announced "Pre-Launch."  Many players took time out of our real lives, sacrficed personal time at work, and truly wanted to be there "first" to play.  We were let down.

But, a little light does show up at the end of the tunnel.  With this epic fail, finally a person who gets us gamers.  He's decided  to basically "if at first you don't succeed, try again."  Jordi is planning a new "Final Wipe" once things get better situated with the Server supplier, and also trying to make it so those tribes that weren't trying to "exploit" the lag and bugs, to be able to get their "place" in the game they had claimed.  He's also giving us our "2week head start" by pushing back the "Official Launch" 2 more weeks.  For those that don't understand, this is a major blow to him.  To both his Ego as a programmer, and a businesman (not to mention the company is now out some money).  It's why normally, when a game has a similar "Failed Launch," they don't make concessions to their customers.  Jordi though seems to understand us a lot better, and is at least trying to give us what we want.  In that attempt, you have my respect, and support.

So, to Jordi Grau Davis, you have my apologies for spreading the word, as well as my gratitude, for the hard decisions you have made.

MindTrigger

I personally do think you or the Xsyon team need to applogize.  This is an indy game, and there are bound to be some bugs along the way.  They did the right thing by pushing the release out a couple weeks and  letting those of us who pre-ordered have another two weeks of pre-launch.

The most important thing they can do is keep communicating with us like they have been.. I think the audience that is into a game like this is probablty a bit more intelligent than the average MMO gamer.  I say that because the game is very complex and deep. People who are into shallow games aren't likely to stick around long.  Point is, I think we can all understand some hiccups on this pre-launch.  The positive side of it is that some bugs were exposed, and are being addressed now.