Hey if nothing else I'm 100% positive the soundtrack will be top tier like every other amplitude game. Aient nothing going to convince me that won't be fire!

I'm just musing but it seems to me that there's always a certain unease as highly-anticipated games draw closer to their release dates and the developers are not keeping us abreast of all the day-to-day developments. Some insecure posters will attempt to 'provoke' a spokesman to announce that everything is fine by asserting without any evidence whatsoever here that the game is going to be delayed.

I have no reason to believe it will be delayed but I am open to the possibility that it might just happen. I wouldn't see a postponement as a bad thing either. I have so many fantastic games to play that I'm not twiddling my thumbs. But there seem to be a lot of folks who have set the bar very high for the development team and so they'll need to make sure that the game is as good as some expect and they might decide that it's not going to be 'good enough' to satisfy the Civ-killers.

To me, the developer silence means that they are working really hard to get this game finished. The 6-8 weeks of development is incredibly intense and they can't show us something that doesn't look as good as our expectations demand. At this point, I'd say that there is 0% chance of another open dev. But if they were to delay the launch, I'd be surprised if they didn't sweeten the delay with an open dev or maybe even beta access for those who have pre-ordered.

dustwhit wrote:

oh. ok. well crap. That's like taking out the best part. All the preorder folks got to print the darn thing, huh. I'm sure it looks swell on 8.5x11. Can't wait!

No one is forcing you to print it.

For OP, the sky isn't falling.

Leremblompes wrote:

For OP, the sky isn't falling.

How can we be sure though? Do you stare at the sky every day, for years, to be able to respond with 100% certainty?

In all seriousness, I figured I would respond to your extreme framing of what I posted in kind. I'm nervous about the launch given the last time we saw the product with our own eyes and haven't seen it since. I like many, if not all here, want to see this thing kick butt. Perhaps some of us are worried more than we should but you really can't be resting comfortably with no worries if you tested what was available. The game isn't in a slam dunk situation is all I'm really conveying. If the game doesn't get delayed, we don't get any other tests, and it launches amazingly I'll come right back to the forum and iterate my congrats you can be rest assured of that.

I don't think the game is going to be delayed, however many of us are really looking forward to it and hence full of hopes, nerves and anticipation builds up. It's actually surprising how many fans of this historical 4X genre we have and how bad is the competition in this field. Personally I am looking forward to explore modding capabitilities in hope that we might have something like Realism Invictus or Rhye and Fall for Humankind.... with all the mechanics Humankind has that would be something incredible.

However, lack of information from developers is worrying to say the least. We had a lot of info on cultures in the previous months so now lack of it feels as the developer is having some issue with finalizing the game. More posts, screenshots or small videos would be highly appreciated.

AndreyP wrote:
It's actually surprising how many fans of this historical 4X genre we have and how bad is the competition in this field.

It really is, and like you said I think this is why it's so much more critical for us to have hope this nails it out of the park. I'll keep the hope up if they don't end up making any new announcements before launch... we'll find out all soon enough one way or another I guess lol.

kryton24 wrote:

AndreyP wrote:
It's actually surprising how many fans of this historical 4X genre we have and how bad is the competition in this field.

It really is, and like you said I think this is why it's so much more critical for us to have hope this nails it out of the park. I'll keep the hope up if they don't end up making any new announcements before launch... we'll find out all soon enough one way or another I guess lol.

In almost exactly 31 days.
*nods*

If you haven't heard yet, we have now officially announced a new release date: August 17th.

Full details in the blog: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/763

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

If you haven't heard yet, we have now officially announced a new release date: August 17th.

Full details in the blog: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/763

Thanks for heads up and power to you guys for your home stretch. You guys got this!