View Full Version : 1 day left. what time can we download..?
wu-style
07/06/2009, 02:00 am
Now it is 1 day left. and im woundring what time i can download the game..? is there anyone who knows...?
maybe today after midnight :P
turntostone
07/06/2009, 02:33 am
Don't bet on it :-p
AFAIR the new games usually come out around 4-5 PM central european time ...i guess thats about 9-10'ish west coast time
anglerush
07/06/2009, 03:51 am
I work the night shift at my job, and I seem to remember coming home at 4:00am eastern time and Muzzled! was already out.
Jerec84
07/06/2009, 03:53 am
Instead of "1 days[sic] left", an hour:minutes:seconds countdown might have been more helpful. :)
Estel
07/06/2009, 03:56 am
Instead of "1 days[sic] left", an hour:minutes:seconds countdown might have been more helpful. :)
If they knew :p:. My guess would be that they're still working on finalising the game today and wouldn't like to put up a timer in case any show stopping bugs come to light and they just disappoint everyone.
Molokov
07/06/2009, 04:00 am
They wouldn't be able to do a hours/mins/secs because TTG don't work on a release schedule quite that accurate - just the day is good enough :)
So BE PATIENT. It'll come out tomorrow (just like the sun that Lil' Orphan Annie sings about) and it'll be at some point during the San Francisco working day.
Knurrunkulus
07/06/2009, 04:03 am
I would have liked an "hour: minutes: seconds" countdown as well, just to know till when I still have time to pre-order the game. I will only find time for it this evening (german time, that is) and I really hope that the pre-ordering can still be done by then. But if my maths are right, it should work.
mnstyle
07/06/2009, 04:27 am
I would have liked an "hour: minutes: seconds" countdown as well, just to know till when I still have time to pre-order the game. I will only find time for it this evening (german time, that is) and I really hope that the pre-ordering can still be done by then. But if my maths are right, it should work.
Yes, a counter would be great but for the one Day it doesn't make much
sense. :) It would be lovely if the Game released in the evening
(German Time). :D
Can't wait to tell Guybrush what do to, with my Mouse. *ggg* :D
burak
07/06/2009, 04:32 am
I would even prefer that they let us download an encrypted Archive already (maybe even a week earlier) and they just publish the code to decrypt it, on the second when it is 7.7.09, in somewhere like new zealand, which is a couple of hours ahead.
Laserschwert
07/06/2009, 04:38 am
I would even prefer that they let us download an encrypted Archive already.I bet they're still working on the game down to the last second.
Masta23
07/06/2009, 04:41 am
don't forget it will be going by telltale time which is 8 hours behind (if you are from Uk) so expect it later in the day to download. The exception was wallace and gromit which was available in the morning... as it is a british franchise.
burak
07/06/2009, 04:41 am
Working on it till the last second would be dumb !
Don't they have some kind of "Investors" that try to make sure that they do it allright ? Investment security or something ?
Well I'm going to reclaim my money if they do not manage to deliver the game to me till the 8.July according to their time.
Kyo555
07/06/2009, 04:58 am
Well I'm going to reclaim my money if they do not manage to deliver the game to me till the 8.July according to their time.
That's surely not going to happen. ;)
YarTTomlliw
07/06/2009, 05:04 am
Can hardly believe this is even happening.
To think, just as little as 2 months ago, we thought this franchise was still as good as dead, and now, 2 huge releases in the space of a fortnight.
I'm still pinching myself.. :P
badmonk
07/06/2009, 05:47 am
hmm wonder when the reviews are gonna hit the web?
Kyo555
07/06/2009, 05:53 am
hmm wonder when the reviews are gonna hit the web?
German review from MTV's GameOne is coming out tommorow!
Bernie
07/06/2009, 05:54 am
Best game release of 09 IMO! and it starts within the next 24 hours :D
Threepwood4Life
07/06/2009, 05:58 am
Some reviews get posted tomorrow and Wednesday from what I've been told. Can't wait only a few hours left!!!! :D
Novotnus
07/06/2009, 06:02 am
Right. Tomorrow at 11 AM GTM +1:00 (Poland) I'm having my diploma exam. Just wonder how long I'll have to wait for my game after the exam : )
Aractus
07/06/2009, 06:07 am
Yes and I'll be posting a detailed review at the earliest possible moment available to me.
http://scummgames.net/mitales.php
Sameo
07/06/2009, 06:11 am
i don't know but I've prepared my squealing like a school girl voice for the moment I refresh my account page and it appears :D
Shmeh
07/06/2009, 06:24 am
If a company was to give the exact second a game was going to be released, there would be so much traffic on the servers in the minute leading up to the release it would be crazy. To prevent the servers from crashing they would need to account for this before hand. By not giving an exact second, people are less willing to hammer the servers, waiting for the release, and so the server load at any one point in time is reduced. Also, there would be a possibility of this forum being over-run with "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED FIVE MINUTES AGO!!!! :mad:" posts.
Having a countdown to the exact second of release might seem like a good idea, but it would cause TTG more problems than it's worth.
wu-style
07/06/2009, 06:48 am
true true....
Anom2685
07/06/2009, 06:53 am
I needs it now.
wu-style
07/06/2009, 07:01 am
hehe! we all do ;)
wu-style
07/06/2009, 07:02 am
its like it is christmas
little-monkey
07/06/2009, 07:11 am
I'm hoping that it will be released by the time I get home from work tomorrow...but living in the UK I might just be getting my hopes up
The Burninator
07/06/2009, 07:31 am
Its usually around 3, 4 o'clock here, not sure about America, early morning I guess it would be morning for you guys.
wu-style
07/06/2009, 07:46 am
what about Norway then...?
onlyamonkey
07/06/2009, 07:51 am
I'm about to spazz out.
wu-style
07/06/2009, 08:02 am
to bad for you then!!!!
RMJ1984
07/06/2009, 08:18 am
If a company was to give the exact second a game was going to be released, there would be so much traffic on the servers in the minute leading up to the release it would be crazy. To prevent the servers from crashing they would need to account for this before hand. By not giving an exact second, people are less willing to hammer the servers, waiting for the release, and so the server load at any one point in time is reduced. Also, there would be a possibility of this forum being over-run with "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED FIVE MINUTES AGO!!!! :mad:" posts.
Having a countdown to the exact second of release might seem like a good idea, but it would cause TTG more problems than it's worth.
Thats why we in 2009 have a feature created that is called preload :) Telltale could use that as well as steam :)
toolbum
07/06/2009, 08:30 am
It's probably finished and ready for release, they'll probably be working on the next episode and making sure that the file servers etc are all ready and stuff. I'm excited tho fo sho!
doodo!
07/06/2009, 08:41 am
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
Sameo
07/06/2009, 08:45 am
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
FOREVER yes, but I don't understand what you mean by being able to lose downloads?
Did they up and walk away?
DVD's are much easier to lose then that which you can download off your telltale account all the time... Unless you're simple or something :p
backslash
07/06/2009, 08:49 am
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
You make no sense! Not reliable? Loosing copies? Are you deleting the files after you download them? You can redownload. Are you not saving the serial numbers? They're on your account.
And yes you can keep the disc version to yourself forever (unless they jump out of a moving car or something) but that shouldn't stop you from downloading unless you want to play it from start to finish but in all honesty what you've just said doesn't make a single bit of sense
Lennie Melvin
07/06/2009, 09:20 am
The tension is killing me!
oleshikaru
07/06/2009, 09:24 am
me to! haha I honestly cant wait! just got myself some lasagna so I guess that'll help killing time :P
would be nice to know within the hour of when it will be released the timezone I am in. ( Norway. think its gm + 1 or something like that )
JkGriffin
07/06/2009, 11:01 am
I guess that an hour/min/sec timer would only count down to server crash as so many before them :)
Olaus Petrus
07/06/2009, 11:13 am
I can wait. I'll probably download it only at the evening, because I have to work during the day and if I download it ASAP then I can't do any work.
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
Only way you can lose your games from your account is to share your password in some pirate site so that people download game huge number of times. But if you have downloaded all those times yourself (and not pirated your copy) you can get extra downloads by contacting Telltale. Also if you have downloaded full season you can order free DVD and you just have to pay the shipping.
Darkmeteor
07/06/2009, 01:52 pm
can't wait to play a new episode of Guybrush adventures !
I hope there's a lot of jokes, monkeys, insult fighting, and pirates in this game !
Dannysw
07/06/2009, 01:54 pm
whoops I woke up this morining all excited it would be there but forgot that 7th is probably in the US not over here. ohh well 1 day to go again then :P
Masta23
07/06/2009, 01:55 pm
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
you can redownload the episodes again you know?
Dannysw
07/06/2009, 01:56 pm
I don't think that I will DL tommorow because I rather have a copy that I can keep to myself FOREVER ... DL copies are so easy to loose copies of and it's not reliable. I did that with S&M and I lost most the games...until I bought them on a season release DVD ...
Dont we get the DVD and the download version with pre orders?
Shwoo
07/06/2009, 02:04 pm
In Australia it's coming out some time during tomorrow night when most people are asleep.
...
Dawn of the final day
24 hours remain
(birds chirp)
adventureaddict
07/06/2009, 02:12 pm
In Australia it's coming out some time during tomorrow night when most people are asleep.
Yeah..I'm just gonna wait til tomorrow.
Threepwood4Life
07/06/2009, 02:14 pm
I won't be able to play till after work, will properly get the email saying its available which will make me want work to finish early as possible. At least I have next week off so can play MI:SE as soon as its up on Steam.
Hours minutes seconds countdown was really needed, especially with the number of international gamers here. I'm from AUS, and it seems that I'll have to wait until the 8th. It's a bit annoying, as it will be released at like 2am on the 8th for me, and it never states anywhere it will be released the 7th American Time.
jp-30
07/06/2009, 02:17 pm
hmm wonder when the reviews are gonna hit the web?
Review coverage is embargoed until 12:01 am (Pacific time) on July 7
Estel
07/06/2009, 02:21 pm
They embargo reviews?
Yup ;) *gets back to typing*
I suppose that makes sense. They shouldn't be posted until the game is released, but I think it's ok to review import games, right?
Gah I want MI so bad.
jp-30
07/06/2009, 02:23 pm
Hours minutes seconds countdown was really needed, especially with the number of international gamers here. I'm from AUS, and it seems that I'll have to wait until the 8th. It's a bit annoying, as it will be released at like 2am on the 8th for me, and it never states anywhere it will be released the 7th American Time.
It's pretty obvious considering it's a US site that the times refer to US dates.
They do not do a 'minutes, hours, seconds' countdown, because they can't guarantee that sort of release accuracy. And then all hell would break loose if there was a hiccup and the timer hit zero and no game was available. Also, it takes time for the notification mailout, so some people get their notifications earlier than others.
A global simultaneous release is just that, not midnight in one's own timezone. Imagine that logistical nightmare that would be, not to mention the unfair hours on the support team.
It's been 10 years of waiting, another few hours won't kill you, and you will have waited the exact same amount of time (email delivery variation notwithstanding) as EVERYBODY ELSE...
Gah.
Yeah, but theres a big difference with the waiting. You guys will be able to play when you get home from work/school/whatever.
I will have to play it at 2am in the morning. Which sucks. So that's another few hours I have to wait until the reasonable hours of the morning.
So we are waiting longer.
badmonk
07/06/2009, 02:27 pm
German review from MTV's GameOne is coming out tommorow!
Some reviews get posted tomorrow and Wednesday from what I've been told. Can't wait only a few hours left!!!! :D
thanks for the replies guys!!
really excited about this now! :)
Teppic
07/06/2009, 02:32 pm
Dawn of the final day
24 hours remain
(birds chirp)
*Plays ocarina*
Oops.
They embargo reviews?
It's probably one Largo Embargo... :D
np: Tim Exile - Don't Think We're One (Listening Tree)
In Australia it's coming out some time during tomorrow night when most people are asleep.
...
Dawn of the final day
24 hours remain
(birds chirp)
Classic :D
neilka
07/06/2009, 02:58 pm
These are the times that my "new episode available" emails have arrived for Wallace & Gromit:
Episode 1: 5.57am UTC
Episode 2: 4.06am UTC
Episode 3: 2.42am UTC
Hero1
07/06/2009, 03:06 pm
Review coverage is embargoed until 12:01 am (Pacific time) on July 7
Well there's already a review out on shacknews. I'm not gonna link to it because its less than favorable, but they seem to be criticizing what the game is not instead of reviewing what the game is. So can't take it seriously, the fact they went early with their review makes it even more annoying. :mad:
The vague timer is alright with me, as long as the email with download link is nice and prompt!
Toothbrush Creepwood
07/06/2009, 03:20 pm
Well there's already a review out on shacknews. I'm not gonna link to it because its less than favorable, but they seem to be criticizing what the game is not instead of reviewing what the game is. So can't take it seriously, the fact they went early with their review makes it even more annoying. :mad:
Lol...whiners!
Shwoo
07/06/2009, 03:26 pm
I think I'd prefer to see a review by someone who hasn't played the old games. It's too easy to twist games you played years ago and loved into an ideal that's impossible to live up to.
Why was the shacknews reveiwer complaining about Guybrush's design? He looks like a combination of how he looks is LeChuck's Revenge and Curse of Monkey Island.
Toothbrush Creepwood
07/06/2009, 03:27 pm
I think I'd prefer to see a review by someone who hasn't played the old games. It's too easy to twist games you played years ago and loved into an ideal that's impossible to live up to.
Why was the shacknews reveiwer complaining about Guybrush's design? He looks like a combination of how he looks is LeChuck's Revenge and Curse of Monkey Island.
Because he grew older...
Estel
07/06/2009, 03:28 pm
The Facebook page says "Morning", presumably PST.
Because he grew older...
Well, I know I haven't!:D
Trixie
07/06/2009, 03:37 pm
Well there's already a review out on shacknews. I'm not gonna link to it because its less than favorable, but they seem to be criticizing what the game is not instead of reviewing what the game is. So can't take it seriously, the fact they went early with their review makes it even more annoying. :mad:
I've never played any MI game so i'm gonna ignore the review really. A Adventure game with comedy is a good game compared to most others being released not naming any.
PorkLord
07/06/2009, 03:47 pm
oooh another similar thread. Yeah review embargos are for 3pm here in Australia so I'm expecting it in around 5 hours
Estel
07/06/2009, 04:05 pm
oooh another similar thread. Yeah review embargos are for 3pm here in Australia so I'm expecting it in around 5 hours
Surely 1201 PST is a universal embargo time, which would be in 7 hours?
Shmeh
07/07/2009, 05:16 am
Thats why we in 2009 have a feature created that is called preload :) Telltale could use that as well as steam :)
Pre-loading might be a fine solution for games that have already had discs "go missing" from the production factories, but when the games premier is digital distribution only, pre-loading just gives the game to software pirates before the paying customers. I think I prefer no timer to pre-loading.
Estel
07/07/2009, 05:24 am
Pre-loading might be a fine solution for games that have already had discs "go missing" from the production factories, but when the games premier is digital distribution only, pre-loading just gives the game to software pirates before the paying customers. I think I prefer no timer to pre-loading.
Don't most Steam preloads not download a couple of critical files? i.e. in the case of Half Life games, they'd download all of the textures and sound files etc. in advance, but the main (and quite small) executable wouldn't be available until the game was released.
Shmeh
07/07/2009, 07:33 am
Don't most Steam preloads not download a couple of critical files? i.e. in the case of Half Life games, they'd download all of the textures and sound files etc. in advance, but the main (and quite small) executable wouldn't be available until the game was released.
I'm not sure how Steam pre-loads work, but if that is the case, then this method increases the complexity of the setup, therefor increases production costs. It also increases the number of things that can go wrong when downloading and installing the game, potentially increasing support costs.
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