Shattered Suns Delay
announces August 19, 2008 as the new release date for
Shattered Suns, Clear Crown Studios'
upcoming science fiction real-time strategy game (thanks Gamer's Hell). The game was
announced with
an October 5, 2007 release date, and word on the latest delay was for a second
beta testing phase, which is still open to the public. Here's a
bit:According to representatives at Clear Crown Studios, input from beta
testers is vitally important to the company. Input from beta testers during the
first beta test for Shattered Suns in September of 2007 prompted the company to
move the original release date into 2008 so that the company would have time to
add a variety of new features the beta testers had requested. New features
inspired by beta testers included a greater variety of weapon customization
options and the introduction of supply lines to the game's economic challenges.
Now the company has asked beta testers for more input on the newest Beta2
version of Shattered Suns. One important feature Beta2 testers are getting a
sneak peek of is a unique new style of single-player campaign. The campaign
style breaks from what the company calls the "traditional style of RTS
campaigns" which sandwiches game play in between opening and closing cinematic
scenes. Instead, Shattered Suns uses a campaign style inspired by instant
messaging, including a separate interface for the campaign allowing the player
to chat with computer-controlled characters in the game's story line. The
company claims that the IM-like interface offers them the freedom to create a
truly epic storyline for the game, including non-linear story arcs, more
realistic characters and more interesting plot twists.
According to Clear Crown Studios representatives, beta testers for the Beta2
release have given the new campaign style a thumbs up. As many as seventy-eight
percent of beta testers surveyed like the new style of campaign in Shattered
Suns as much or more than the traditional RTS campaign style.
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