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[lOpexl]

So, looking forward for the infos... Jabia will be really awesome/fun game, someday... we all just need to wait.

[delray]

I haven't seen a good piece of news with word "Kalypso" inside since I remember, and that'd probably be as long as I haven't seen a happy customer of theirs also.

If you think they will pay for your fixing of the game, Michael, you probably aren't aware of their "rip and run" market strategy regarding older game names they purchased.

[mr31337]

I haven't seen a good piece of news with word "Kalypso" inside since I remember, and that'd probably be as long as I haven't seen a happy customer of theirs also.

If you think they will pay for your fixing of the game, Michael, you probably aren't aware of their "rip and run" market strategy regarding older game names they purchased.

I hope you are wrong in this instance. I can't imagine Michael assuring the community of these substantive content patches if they hadn't been agreed all the way down the line (inc. Kalypso).

[Splatter]

Welll Bc own the Franchise and cordinates the the Game Development. So I see it that way that Bc is in Charge and Kalypso is a kind of junior partner

[delray]

The only hope for this game comes from a fact that Kalypso is only a distributor.

[Sleught]

Yes... kalipso is just a brand that zombify dead franchises, and run with the money.
Should have done my homework before pressingthe buy.
Lets see what the first serious patch bring, then we will have an idea of this game future.

[rally]

Don't know what serious patch might bring, but i'm sure that the things that keep people playing will be modding and love for the series
PS: btw bc_michael should've come back from the meeting he mentioned by now. We can expect some info update soon.

[Jungle Rhino]

Michael - where are the infos?

Has the CEO of Kalypso bought a new boat yet?

[delray]

Kalypso luckily is just a partial distributor here. It's BC that pays and it's Michael who ultimately decides if it's worth fixing the game... That's why I bought this one at all actually.

[Biggus Duckus]

I suppose a content update before Tuesday is out of the question

I'll be without internet for the next few months, but at least I'll have a reason to get back into JA when it comes back.

[ElmoNL]

Don't be so impatient guys. It will come when it's ready. You don't want the update to be as buggy as the 1.0 version of the game, do you?

[delray]

Well, there's 4 days left till Mass Effect 3... If they don't release it now, they can as well take their time till April or whatever. At least as far as I am concerned. ;-)

[ikbenrichard]

Well, there's 4 days left till Mass Effect 3... If they don't release it now, they can as well take their time till April or whatever. At least as far as I am concerned. ;-)

Well your not the only one.
I for one, gonne wait till i replayed a classic (fallout2).
then ME3. then PERHAPS this game again. For now its not in the shape at all, that i (we) want it to be.

[bitComposer_Michael]

Alright. On monday there'll be probably the announcement of the first update with it's fixes and features. Also a hint, what will be in the second one. Just to let you guys know.

[delray]

Thanks Michael. I'm happy to admit you're winning us over with continued support of the game. ;-)

[rally]

Thx for the info. With that i'll take a break from this game for a while. ME 3 is coming and my father is working hard so he can take his time to play. Seriously, it's gonna be another big fight for the right to play the game

[BHunterSEAL]

I haven't seen a good piece of news with word "Kalypso" inside since I remember, and that'd probably be as long as I haven't seen a happy customer of theirs also.

If you think they will pay for your fixing of the game, Michael, you probably aren't aware of their "rip and run" market strategy regarding older game names they purchased.

You're just fundamentally wrong on Kalypso, completely wrong. Have no idea what games of theirs you're bitching about but head over to their forums and you'll find a lot of satisfied customers that are loving the shit out of those games. Kalypso is literally my favorite publisher, because they have the balls to publish remakes of all the games we loved as kids but aren't COD/BATTLEFIELD/whatever so no one else will touch them. And they're doing a damn good job of it, especially for a foreign publisher (making localized versions, I mean, no racism intended).

Dungeons/Dark Lord: Okay the devs sort of changed some things from the original, but the spirit stayed the same. Not buggy and plenty of new content has been added to mess with. They've been actively working on these for literally years with new content.

Tropcio 3/4: Fantastic games that they have patched and stuck with content-wise since release. These remakes honestly could not have been much better than they have but could have been a lot worse. Kept active with patching, too. New expansion adding a shitload of content for T4 is coming up, $15 for a new game's worth of additions.

Airline Tycoon 2: faithful remake of the original, got a lot of flak for not including certain features... which are being continuously patched in, at Kalypso's expense. Again, not the publisher's fault, as the game wasn't buggy--just poor design decisions.

Port Royale 3, I mean holy shit who would have thought to remake that? PR2 was so good but a total sleeper, flew right under the radar because of Sid Meier's Pirates (lots of similarities with combat, etc). So pumped about this.

Patrician 4: see PR3, except it's out, was very good but a little dry, totally spiced up the original concept of the series by adding land trade/non-coastal cities in an expansion.

Sure, they've published some bad games. First Templar was awful, but they stuck with it with patches and recently released some kind of add-on or something... But a lot of the flaws were design decisions made by the devs. None of the games I've played from them were bad because they were buggy. They don't release broken games. Like, ever. They hold back on announcing release dates until the devs are god-damn-good-and-ready, which is more than I can say for pretty much ANY other company. And if there are problems, they listen, and fix them pretty quick. They listen to the community--shit a lot of the features they add in sequels and expansions were probably thought of by the community.

Is there any other publisher out there willing to take chances on the unique, challenging games we played as kids? Look at the EAs and 2Ks of the world, their shitty XCOM and Syndicate FPS remakes. Seriously, if you can think of one company that's done more to revive the best games of the late 90s/early 00s, please let me know.

I'm not getting paid to say this, but you clearly aren't very familiar with the company and it irks me to see someone badmouth the one "good guy" publisher out there.

And yeah, I'll say it: If Kalypso were the publishers on JABiA, it would not have been released in the sorry-sack-of-shit shape that it was.

[resonansER]

So, where is the patch???
Gone are all the promised deadlines...

[delray]

Lol, Kalypso PR merc is after me. ;-) You've named some of their worst rip-offs yourself. Old title with a lot of dropped features repackaged and sold as a new game with 0 support afterwards, that's rip and run for me. And that's their business strategy which I am honesty warning other players to be careful about.

Read reviews, read forum, wait a week or so after the release (because they delay sending review copies on purpose), whenever you see Kalypso written next to a title. And don't listen to PR mercs who tell you to pre-order to support devs or other BS like that, it's all to force you to buy a bad game you don't want.

[rally]

So, where is the patch???
Gone are all the promised deadlines...

Well, as Michael said, there might be an announcement on Monday next week. That's all we have for now.