My understanding is that MO was approved for steam under the greenlight program just over a year ago but is still to this day not listed on steam. Is this correct? Anyone have any real knowledge on what the holdup is?
"Sean (Murray) saying MP will be in the game is not remotely close to evidence that at the point of purchase people thought there was MP in the game." - SEANMCAD
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there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters.
Which is a nice way of saying that the Steam people took a look at the sorry state of MO and told the people running this thing to come back when the game actually worked. And was not a stoking pile of crap.
The Steam people obviously get a say in what actually is greenlit after people vote, and it looks like they were not impressed.
Not a surprise n the least...
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I'm no fan of MO but, steam has no issues selling games that don't work. Look at the reviews on commando 1 and 2. Those games wont even load on a modern computer without the user going and finding a FAN mod to make it run. Steam didn't take those games down and even puts them on sale once in a while. That isn't the only examples of this. I've had to go find fixes a few times for games I've bought off there.
I seriously doubt it's the people running steam that have kept this game of their list.
You are exactly correct in saying that garbage has been released thru Steam in the past.
But enough people complained about it (and those games you mentioned among others) that Steam is being more attentive, especially for Greenlight games, to prevent their brand from being damaged.
By preventing the very experience you had yourself.
(This is especially a problem with "oldware"; games that had never been designed to run on newer operating systems, I had the same problem with JA2, myself. But MO is not oldware, it is just a crap MMO that has never run well.)
MO is a crap mmo how? Yes the water is buggy as fuck, yes you can get stuck, yes you can lose all your loot, but what still makes it shitty? since the engine update it's actually decent. obviously you have a really old PC because I run the game flawless no lag in large battles maxed out dx11.
What you just listed is the exact reason why this game is shit. 4 years in and you are still dealing with game-breaking bugs such as this?
I really wanted this game to succeed but it is just too poor for me to pump money into. If I didn't have to sub to play this game MAYBE I would be a little more lax on it, but as it is it is downright awful.
And remember.. this is the game 4 years after release. 4.... YEARS.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
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Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
Is he serious? I can't tell..
It's been a long time since I've posted here. Not surprised to see the MO hate squad still here in full force. I will never understand why you guys do what you do, but I'm glad you feel so passionate about something.
Just to clarify the misconception here, SV has authorization to release on Steam at any time. They are purposefully waiting until they implement a few more features before releasing to Steam.
Over 4 years after they "released" the game by having players buy the client and pay a sub... THAT perfectly shows the condition of the product they tried to sell at release in 2010..
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
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Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
The developers always stated that because of their small team and limited budget, they would have to release and slowly improve the game, similar to what was done with EVE Online. It hasn't been as fast as anyone has liked, but the game has improved steadily and significantly over the years. That fact cannot be disputed honestly.
Even though progress has been slow, many of us have still enjoyed our time in game more than any other MMO currently on the market.
Clearly you won't be happy until StarVault is boarding up their windows and laying off all their employees. For their sake and mine, I hope you don't get your wish.
if their staff didn't readily abuse their playerbase they would probably garner less hatred. Thats just how it works, they reap what they sow.
I just pity them, with all the crap thats released these days they probably dont have a game to play and can only bitch and troll on forums, while we have so much fun in Mortal Online!!!
Guys, we found the criteria people judge MO by.
I have played MO for a very short time and having seen the MANY games on Greenlight i can honestly say MO is a far better product than MOST on Steam Greenlight.
I have no idea why it would not be available,must have been some legal issues or contract issues,perhaps Valve wanted to big a cut of any sales/profits who knows.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
I'm going to have to agree and I think MO is an incredibly buggy game with a corrupt staff and horrible CEO. I amno lover of MO... But i'm honest.
Steam green Light has pretty much zero quality control. I could make a "hello World" app that only says "hello Wo" and sell it as an RPG and it could get greenlight... And people would defend it. 3 years later they would be like "Its early access man- Chill out. Itll eventually say 'hello world" and when people scoff at my $60 price tag people would say "Devs need to make money too"
-It would be good times.
MO is waiting because THEY know this is the last hope they have and rather than just try for a cash grab they are really trying to gain population and save their game... Which they wont...
-True story. All of it.
Its bad when you have to quote yourself. Yes what I said was correct and directly from the head GM during gameplay. So all the theories aren't true look at what I wrote. If you don't believe me then goto the game and ask the GMs yourself.
The GMs are other players...
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018