KyoZero
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| 09 Jul 2014 10:51 AM |
| Honestly It's like any game that still get's updates is considered "Beta", just because you still update a game sometimes doesn't mean that it's still in beta, heck if that was the case every single game on Roblox is pretty much in beta because any good (and active) game creator doesn't stop updating their games. |
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SeeDeeC5
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:01 AM |
Beta means it is still going underneath beta testing which means people are testing the system and that it will most likely update soon.
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KyoZero
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:04 AM |
| But most games doing this earn't even being tested anymore, they're just being expanded on heck Welcome to Venezia has been in beta for like a year now hasn't it? From what I've heard the game is perfectly stable, it's just having more things added. |
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SeeDeeC5
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:07 AM |
| Yes, I believe Welcome to Venezia has been under Beta testing for a long period of time now, and some other games pretty much say the system is going under beta testing, then the creator leaves it alone for months, years etc. |
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Calico
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:07 AM |
Beta is the software development phase after alpha. It basically begins after the software, in this case, the "game" is feature completed. Meaning that all the basic features in the game (GUI's, locations, tools, etc) are finished. The phase usually involves public or a closed group of people which test the game for bugs/data problems/crashes etc. After the game is stable, it is then released. Not all games follow this trend, as some games are always in open beta, meaning any user can play and "test" the game for bugs. A finished game can still receive updates (E.g. Skyrim) and also receive DLC. Consider Sword Fight on the Heights 4 - Shedletsky. He hasn't updated the game for a while, and even a longer time if you don't consider exploit-patches as updates. The irony in this post is ironic. :3
Also, "Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome when we're living our dream"
"Everything is better when we stick together Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony" |
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KyoZero
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:09 AM |
| Exactly, games which are finished and are just getting new content are still considered beta, infact every game that is in beta that I've played is stable, but just gets new content. |
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Calico
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| 09 Jul 2014 11:10 AM |
| Oh, and Welcome to Venezia is only said to be as "beta" because Sonic doesn't want to be hated for making a game that is paid-access. That feature was controversial when it came out, and many players decided to use it as a "testing" period and people who bought paid access would receive benefits from buying it when the game came out to the public. Sonic is basically abusing this by pretending it's in beta so people would buy access to it, making him more money than he would receive if it was open to the public. |
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