Topic: The Three Musketeers - First Impressions

The main thought I had coming away from Three Musketeers was wishing it had been a retail title. The visuals were stunning, but with some extra file size space and some polish, I truly believe this game could have been mammoth at retail.

Gotta say guys, the feedback from this forum's awesome. I relish each and every comment. I just wish we could promote the game more, being a small developer we're really limited as to what we can do sadly:(

Well you're doing a great job with what you ARE able to do. Surely this has been a learning experience for you guys in that it's allowed you to test the fresh waters of the WiiWare service. Hopefully now you know more of what to expect with WiiWare and you know the process and the competition a little more as this can help you approach future titles with confidence. As you can see, many would love to see more work from you guys irregardless of how "small" you guys might be.

Believe me, we are a real small outfit when compared to the likes of the big guys. Still, it is nice to see that people are enjoying 3M, I hope the sales figures reflect it! I need some wages!!

@eripmav I went and voted on Metacritic. i gave it an 8 ,it should be up soon.. What can i say, it grew on me. Do you guys not know how much money you've made so far?? I picked up my copy first day along with many others. Did it do good the first week?

We don't have a clue as to how well it's done until a month or so's time. Blows really. Until then we have to wait and see unofficial chartings..

I'll be able to buy it in... two and a half weeks. I'm a sucker for a solid platformer.

I worry that its lack of appearance on the Top 20 by now could be a bad indicator of sales for the game, especailly with HB Cards Arcade on top. Hopefully Europe gives more love to it.

I bought it tonight and, from what I've played, It definitely suffers from a lack of polish. Animations are stiff at times, and the transitions, even from cutscene segment to cutscene segment, are too jarring for me. The style is great, though! I beat the first world today, and I'll keep at it when I can. Meanwhile, looking over your stuff, I'm curious about Dracula Twins (BigFish says its 40 meg..but is that just a demo?). I'm curious why you decided to go base games on mythology and stories and whatnot when you seemed to have good original ideas as the other team. Of course, your originality comes through these games just as much, hehe.

The game was heavily overshadowed by Monkey Island. I think you need to get in contact with IGN and other websites besides this one and get reviews out. I feel that there are a number of people scratching their heads over whether to get the game or not, even a week and a half later. With NyxQuest coming out soon, too, that may cause a little competition where it isn't wanted.

And if it sounds like I don't like it, that's not the case. I enjoy the game, but I can see a number of flaws that, combined, could reduce a lot of enjoyment some people have toward it otherwise.

Okay, I just beat this game yesterday and I ended up with 1233 coins collected and my status was wealthy. Eripmav, I know you said something about multiple ending in this game but I'm not sure if the one I got is the best ending or not. It took approximately 3 hours for me to complete it. Overall, I was impressed with this game but when it ended it just left me wanting more! How about a sequel Legendo?

Talk of sequel's really dependant on how well it sells. Fingers crossed. Our main problem at the moment is that we're unable to gift the US, due to Nintendo's stupid restrictions only allowing us to gift in our own territory.

I've tried contacting IGN over and over again, can I get a reply out of any of them!?

I know it's an odd one to request but would the continental chappies on here care to divulge some information with me?

Basically, I'm looking for the biggest games magazines in each territory of Europe. I've stumbed upon a few but obviously I don't know which are the big players! All help's appreciated!

If you're waiting on a reply from IGN you'd better pull up a chair. Or maybe a bed.

Tell me about it. I've tried and tried, the chap who was the main contact of mine has recently departed from the Wii section and I have no idea as to who took his place!

That's a problem, yes. The only solution in this scenario would be to order a 1000 or 2000 Nintendo Points Card for the place you would like to gift it too and email them the code. You could purchase one off eBay but you gotta make sure the card's code can get emailed to you (to avoid having to wait for shipping, etc.) and that the code will work on North American Wii's (NTSC).

Hopefully sorted now, fingers crossed:) Sorry for the late reply, not feeling 100% today. Stress induced no doubt!

I'm curious as to other comments other users may have with regards to our wee game, anyone care to share their views?

@eripmav: I went over to Metacritic today and rated The Three Muskateers. I decided to give the game an 8. I was impressed with this game so I felt that it deserved a good score. I am still enjoying this game and I am sure that many others would too if they just give this game a chance. Good luck and keep up the good work!

Two questions-1. What's this Dracula Twins? I saw O-Watt mention it.
2. I got confused when you brought up gifting. What was this for? Did i miss something?

1 - Dracula Twins is a PC platformer we developed some years ago:)

2 - Gifting I bought up because of the inability to do it from PAL to NTSC territories and vice versa.

Cheers Wolf. I need to think of some guerilla tactics...mmm.