Grimoire - Release Date Likely to Shift

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Cleve shares with us some highly expected news today, which is that it is very unlikely that the released date of Grimoire for the 29th of May is going to be kept.

I wanted to tell all those asking that these delays have nothing to do with Valve, which is merely going through their usual channels to verify all financial information. They are currently waiting for the U.S. to clear our tax identity number before they can promote us to our "pending" page on the Steam store. I regret to say it is not likely we will make the 29th the way things are progressing. The instant our page goes up we will have a date set in stone and it is likely to be very soon, within a small window after getting approved. I am making maximum use of this time to polish any and all details of the game which is ready to release right now. If I released it today in the next 60 minutes gamers would find it completely playable end-to-end and far denser than most of the RPGs they have ever played, but would be likely to still notice certain regions seemingly sparse or not quite populated. Luckily I have a waist-high stack of notes gathered over 20 years that specify in enormous detail what should go into those areas and I am adding these remaining touches now. I am also adding small fixes recommended by recent testing and feedback. As many of these as is possible will go in before and after our launch of the game. We are not selling the game as "Early Access" because the only person on the planet who would describe Grimoire as "incomplete" would be me ... and I obviously have a problem defining what that is when I almost always have some small new feature I'd like to add whenever I play it.
Who knows, next thing we might hear is that because of the last minute changes to the game the game is broken and needs some fixing, causing some extra delay....

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Oh man, I even booked a week off to play this. Now I have to go and explain to my manger why I am cancelling my holidays and will need to re-book. FFS>:O
 
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What? "likely to shift"? Nevah!
 
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He's using this limited time to "populate sparse areas" based on some notes? Hahaha!

I love this guy.
 
I am shocked at how little shock I have from this news.
 
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Cleve.

Cleve never changes.
 
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He's using this limited time to "populate sparse areas" based on some notes? Hahaha!

I love this guy.

He's the best, no doubt. Frankly, the real entertainment has come from his weird posts that have nothing to do with the game, his many promises the game is "complete", and then the myriad of excuses why it didn't get released. I've played the "Super-demo" and was extremely underwhelmed.

Looking at his latest claim to be populating sparse areas, it looks like he's already laying the foundation for the next set of delays.
 
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He doesn't need foundation. He just needs to stay Cleve.
 
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Yeah who didn't see this coming. And of course now he's saying that maybe the game isn't really so finished after all. I'm not even sure why RPGwatch is suddenly doing news bits on this story again. For awhile there seemed to be a general agreement that there would be no Grimoire news unless it was actually released.
 
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Him and Derek Smart should never publish any game but still go on doing them. Their vision is certainly nothing to write home about but their trolling skill? That is something.
 
Him and Derek Smart should never publish any game but still go on doing them. Their vision is certainly nothing to write home about but their trolling skill? That is something.

Some random poster on a webstite states someone should never make games...why is that?

Their vision isn't the problem, they actually have some good ideas it's their execution.

I don't think anyone can fault anyone for wanting to publish something though.
 
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Some random poster on a webstite states someone should never make games…why is that?

Their vision isn't the problem, they actually have some good ideas it's their execution.

I don't think anyone can fault anyone for wanting to publish something though.

What. The. Hell. I was joking Mr Shiny Knight. Your justice was swift. How lucky we are than your zealous sight is on us, poor random mortals.
Sure, they do as they please.
 
I barely even know this Cleve guy, but I'm totally not surprised. He's clearly someone who doesn't have the ability to work with schedules very well. He is lucky he's not thinking of making a living by selling games, I guess.
 
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Yeah who didn't see this coming. And of course now he's saying that maybe the game isn't really so finished after all. I'm not even sure why RPGwatch is suddenly doing news bits on this story again. For awhile there seemed to be a general agreement that there would be no Grimoire news unless it was actually released.
Just couldn't resist this time ;)
 
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I barely even know this Cleve guy, but I'm totally not surprised. He's clearly someone who doesn't have the ability to work with schedules very well. He is lucky he's not thinking of making a living by selling games, I guess.

He did though. The man has cred.
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What I love about this post from Cleve is it almost sounds coherent.

It makes you think he has an assistant now or a PR firm.
 
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Few people know how to and when to avoid double taxation. I'm a bit surprised that Steam does not have a good procedure on how to deal with it.
 
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