Those were hopeful release dates and realised it wasn't going to happen so they've had to push back. Annoying for a lot of people but over the last 6 months or so I've come to understand this situation a lot more and realise actually game development does take a long time and there are problems that do happen. This isn't a scam and is far closer to becoming a reality than say 3 years ago.

TL:DR ( too long didn't read ) The game is fine, it's a work in progress and is almost ready. Yes the devs didn't meet their deadlines but it wasn't really a deadline and that's why they introduced the dev tracker so we could see how long is left. Secondly the town square is by no means a beta module, it's a pre-alpha module and the beta comes after all 3 modules have released. The devs Haven't been good at communicating in the past but are trying to be better now, to be honest what would you rather have? Devs working hard on the game or not working as hard because they're giving us an update every 5 seconds? In other words have patience like the rest of us and relax. It'll be ready when the remaining tasks are finished, the new website will hopefully launch at the same time and once the steam verification process has been approved we'll be able to play town square.

No you're missing the point. The TC doesn't mean hacks as in hacking the game code they mean hacks as in hacking in game. No we can't hack in game except for the street sign that was mentioned in the last stream.

They've got it in their heads that they'll be able to magically come up with vast amounts of money and that every police officer will just take a bribe. On 9/10 servers 9/10 players will genuinely ignore bribes as the whole point of role-playing a police officer is to bring criminals to justice. This is what I mean by typical GTA children who think identity is the same and this is why I specifically mentioned in a different post that this game shouldn't be for children because the usual call of duty and GTA kiddies will be on here thinking it's the ok coral. I'm not phased by this so called biker gang whatsoever Because it's just a bunch of children coming from Grand theft auto. Any mature and serious role-player would not have the attitude of " this is my town and I'll kill anyone who disrespects me" for real take that childish ass mentality out of here or go and spend most of your time in prison I don't care either way as like I said, I'm going to be spending my time on a server/ servers where this can't happen. Said it once and I'll say it again, if you aren't a mature role-player then identity isn't for you. If you want to be some big bad ass biker gang that thinks it's sons of anarchy then go back to GTA and keep playing that and let us enjoy our fun instead of trying to ruin it for everyone else. ( Let's be honest you're just acting like dictators thinking you'll own everything which I can assure you if that's what you want then go host your own server and play privately with your friends. ) Far as I'm concerned I'm done with this thread, one thing to make a point about how you like to role-play but for real this is just a bunch of kids saying I'll have my way or I'll kill people, rockstar article or not you're just children acting out and most of us don't care and aren't intimidated so good luck with that plan if yours. PEACE OUT!!

Fail to see why people are complaining. Steam verification process is nothing compared to how long we've all waited. We don't need negative posts every week.

Only form of hacking is the street signs to convey messages as confirmed by John himself

And this is just it. You think because there's a group of people who follow you that you'll all of a sudden become a big crime syndicate that has control of the map. People aren't wanting to play identity so they can have some biker gang tell them what's what, they want to play identity so they can actually roleplay a second life. The problem is you're taking things from gta and having the same attitude/ outlook. Yes you can roleplay a criminal but there's a big difference between role-playing a criminal and just waltzing into identity thinking you own everything. As far as holding you all goes what do you think prisons are for? The fact you're on here bragging about how you're going to kill people who disrespect you tells me that in game you're just going to go round griefing and causing trouble which will get you in prison. I can assure you there are more genuine players who will be in the police. You guys won't be millionaires and you're having a laugh if you think you're going to make millions within a few days like gta so why you think you'll just be able to pay off the police i don't know. Doesn't matter anyway because frankly people like me will be playing on servers where things like this won't happen.

They aren't the shit, it'll be the typical group of people thinking they own the place and when they get into the full game it'll go the opposite of how they want. True serious role-players don't just come in from gta thinking they Mr gangster cus they got "100" members ??. I can't wait to not see them rule.

You call it a waste, I and many others call it dedication towards wanting this game to succeed.

Pfft 45 is too much my ass, come back to me when you spend 500 on the VIP package like a lot of players have.

Is the map size still 200km square? With identity becoming more well known the map size could easily be expanded and made bigger not that 200km square isn't big enough as it's a lot bigger than GTA V.

Hi Luke nice to meet new people. You don't need friends to play identity but having friends is always a good thing and makes the experience more fun. I'd be happy to make friends with you feel free to send me a message if you have any questions to ask.

Well what the hell do you want? It'll be ready when it's ready and not a second sooner, quit bitching and acting like you're entitled to the game now ??

If you wanted to seriously role-play a biker crew then you wouldn't need to kill people. Legit biker gangs don't kill people, especially small time wannabe trouble makers. Identity isn't going to be anywhere near the same as GTA, for a start yes you can get guns but what makes you think you're going to be allowed to buy guns when the first thing that comes up is " member of a biker gang "? In order to get guns you have to have a license to buy them and passing the license won't be easy and furthermore as far as licenses go it doesn't include fully automatic weapons. The second method of purchasing weapons is to buy them illegally from the black market but good luck being able to afford 10,000 dollar a piece rifles seeing as prices in the game are going to heavily reflect real life and earning money will be the same so unless you know how to perfectly aquire ingredients to produce drugs and know how to sell them to the right people in large quantities, you aren't going to be some big powerful scary gang anytime soon and the fact there are people who think it's as easy as pie being able to go round on killing sprees being the big man, you're going to get hit with reality in this game. And let's be honest, the police are going to keep an immediate eye on biker gangs seeing as the majority of them are just people coming from gta thinking it's business as usual. In GTA you can kill all you want and do whatever, in identity it's serious role play.

Ahh a real shame I have to say but at least they've given clarification on it and considered it before deciding they didn't want to.

This is a strange question but I'll ask anyway. Would the devs of identity ever consider using facial capture technology to make your characters look like each individual? I know on Xbox 360 rainbow six Vegas used this system but would the devs ever consider it? Would it be too expensive? Would it just not be something they'd like to do? Furthermore how would it be implemented if it was to be considered? I can imagine and I'd love to see people in identity as themselves although I suppose the whole point of identity is it's a second life separate to your own. Any answers are always appreciated

If poker is a thing you can do during town square I'll happily challenge you to a few games to get experience at it. And as money won't be a thing in town square it can be some friendly competition

I'm absolutely hyped, cannot wait for this to release however I'm going to remain patient knowing that it's not finished until it's on steam ready to play and if that means waiting another week or two then so be it. Here's to John VanderZwet and the entire team of asylum for all the hard work they've done from the start until now and beyond.

From what I understand, the moment you pull a gun out it's basically realistic damage, so if you pull a gun out and shoot someone in the head, chances are they're going to die in one shot. As for having a gun pulled on you I don't know how much time you'd have to pull a gun out and shoot them before they shoot you

Right this post needs locking, I'm fed up to high hell of getting email notifications about this thread, right we get it there are plenty of whinging little b******s complaining about a game they've been pledged to for a few months. Get the f**k over it and grow a pair of balls, game development takes a long time and this game will be out when it is so stop whining and get a life. If these posts keep coming up I'll be requesting the mods to step in because I'm fed up of every other post being some whining little t**t going on about the same thing the other 100+ posts do. I have a big passion for this game as much as most of us here do but my f*****g god I'm bored to death of whining little kids going on and on about it.

Jesus what is it with people being whiny little weiners? I'm going to straight up tell you to either quit being a little bitch or go get a refund because you're a little bitch. Funny how it's always the same formula, some whining asshat wants to complain about something that's got 1000+ posts where people complain about the same things everyday ?? If people really have a massive problem then walk away it's not hard, but alas they'll use the same line of " but I want this game to succeed" well if you want it to succeed then shut the f**k up and stop giving us ear ache

right can we please have this sorted? every week now there is at least 2-3 posts like this where it's someone whining about anything and everything. yes people are entitled to express their feelings but legit this is every week if not every day and most of us are fed up of seeing it. also if you've been here for 2 years like you claim then you'd know to be patient like the rest of us as opposed to some people who have been here a few months and think they deserve everything for nothing.

Another typical whinger who has no argument or anything constructive to say other than "devs r lazy dur de he hur" ?? probably friends with ecorp or something.

Although lucky has already given the answer, I have to say no offense but this isn't grand theft auto where you can just buy different types of guns. Has to be realistic and realism is that you can buy the weapons listed in Lucky's answer.

You're not going to be seeing a massive variety of guns. Citizens will have access to a standard pistol for self defense, a hunting rifle for hunting and that's about it. SWAT on the other hand will have access to mp5's and more serious gear but that's it. There won't be full on assault rifles for everyday people and there won't be sniper rifles