FASA was forced to bow out of the gaming business a couple of years ago. FASA's products were sold to WizKids of MageKnight and hence MechWarrior: Dark Age notoriety. However, "Classic" Battletech is now available from the group that used to produce FASA's German material for Shadowrun. And don't hold your breath on a reconcilliation with Harmony Gold. No more Zentradi Officer's Battle Pods on the tabletop.
Release Dates are no longer that, they are more of wishful thinking on the part of the company (remember Daikatana? Falcon 4.0?).
The elasticity that release dates have gained is not what bugs me. What bugs me is that developers feel the need to release incomplete products to store shelves. I understand that sometimes a patch is necessary, but for the love of Baal, how many patches did Diablo 2 eventually see?
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My favorite Paranoia experience involved the GM running a Call of Cthulhu game simultaneously and not telling us until afterwards.
"Computer" was apparently an ancient translation of "Chorazos", and all the secret societies were just variant cults.
FASA was forced to bow out of the gaming business a couple of years ago. FASA's products were sold to WizKids of MageKnight and hence MechWarrior: Dark Age notoriety. However, "Classic" Battletech is now available from the group that used to produce FASA's German material for Shadowrun. And don't hold your breath on a reconcilliation with Harmony Gold. No more Zentradi Officer's Battle Pods on the tabletop.
Release Dates are no longer that, they are more of wishful thinking on the part of the company (remember Daikatana? Falcon 4.0?).
The elasticity that release dates have gained is not what bugs me. What bugs me is that developers feel the need to release incomplete products to store shelves. I understand that sometimes a patch is necessary, but for the love of Baal, how many patches did Diablo 2 eventually see?
Say it with me, people... In Russia, the cluster imagines you!
(Insert WHOPPR voice)
Shall-we-play-a-game?