Where is the promised "unique and never seen before" single player campaign?

[w0rm_lord]

Creative Director on the project, Gian Paolo Vernocchi, told me “the campaign in Empires Apart has a meta-map kinda like Total War but with a very boardgame-y feel to it.” Unfortunately, that’s all I could get out of him at the moment regarding the campaign. Vernocchi did provide me with a few more details regarding extra single player content in Empires Apart, however.

“There are plenty of single player modes planned”, said Vernocchi in our interview. “Skirmish mode is obviously gonna be there as well as a Survival Mode where you pick a civilization and try to survive waves of increasingly strong opponents. We’re going to have a Challenge mode that will have the dual function of teaching you how to handle particular situations in the game as well as teaching you some advanced mechanics of some of the Civilizations. And lastly we’re gonna have a very unique Single Player campaign which is gonna be a procedural and repeatable experience that takes hints from board games to create something really unique and never seen before.”

http://onlysp.com/empire-earth-age-empires-inspired-empires-apart-will-single-player-campaign/

The fact that the game has shipped without it, feels like it was rushed out, and is preventing me from buying this game.

[Zamy]

That was 2 years ago, over 1 year ago we announced we would have focused on multiplayer for the release.

A campaing may come in the future, but if singleplayer is your only aim, you shouldn't buy it for the moment :)

[Mars2020]

I am not concerned about the lack of a single player campaign, the inability to rotate buildings, and other similar items brought up in various posts. Zamy is correct in the fact that it was always known (at least within the last year) that a single player campaign could be launched in the future - after the initial release. It is not fair for people to criticize the game on features that were publicly announced would not be included. The developer has been very transparent about what the game is and is not. And I thank them for that.

However, it is fair to offer constructive criticism about "fact based" items, such a performance issues and other technical glitches. The developers are aware of the current concerns, and I am confident fixes are in the works.

Personally, and although Empires Apart has been marketed as a competitive multiplayer game, I am disappointed about the AI. It is clunky which makes for less than satisfying matches. I fully believe if a game has certain features - single player options for example - the features should be polished at launch and supported after release. I truly hope the developer does not lose sight of those options as - campaign or not – they are significant to many players.

Bottom line, everyone should do a little research on the game before offering blunt and misdirected critiques.