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Originally Posted by r0bc
Its both funny and sad watching people try to protect this thing like its one of there kids.
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It is, but the majority of overzealous posters are on the other camp, trying to shoot it down like it's the spawn of the devil, that's funny too.
Most here don't have a problem with people being critical, what they have a problem with is people being intolerant of other opinions. Does it work/not work well enough for me? Ok, i just give my outlook on things and that's it, i'm not going to try and ram my opinion down other people's throats.
It's the "game is broken and you're an idiot if you like it" mentality that annoys people. Trust me, if you saw the comments i get on reported posts and my PMs since i started moderating, you'd be able to easily reach the same conclusion: the vast majority of the community is comprised of very reasonable people, it's just that they are not usually the vocal ones
It's not what we say, it's how we say it that carries potential for bothering people and boring them senseless.
There are many ways to draw attention to flaws in the game, but most people are too bored to do it correctly so they just vent and that is the boring way which naturally tends to be sidelined, ignored and ridiculed.
I have no problem with anyone dishing out the verbal hurt, they'll just have to live with the consequences of their actions and it's a conscious choice they make on their own
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Originally Posted by gflinch
Here is something that keeps coming up in my mind that hasn't been adressed yet, that I have found.
What was the team doing for 7 years?? I know it's something that takes time, however we saw lots of screenshots over the years that really looked promising and it looked like progress was being made. There where a few times that the sim was pushed back, this happens, and usuallys for the better.
BUT, how is it that so much could be broken after all this time of them working on it? We are talking about fundamental things like sound, graphic glitches (sli), etc. Now we are told that these major game engin parts are being rewritten and are given a relatively short time frame for these new parts to be released (a month or two IS very short for a ground up rebuild of key game parts).
I really love this game, even at it's current state.
But personally I would rather the devs not say much of anything, than give us so many stories their credibility comes into question and we don't know what to believe.
I can only imagine that there have been a lot of internal personnel and financial problems over the years of the games development.
In some respects I guess I'm glad we have the game at all, someone was able to keep the project alive, over it's long dev time.
I guess it could have been worse: ie Derrick Smart, if any of you remember that name and his project.
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I think the remake of graphics is a big task to do in such a small time. My theory is that it was probably baking in the oven for some time, they just had to put it on hold due to the forced release and having to focus on band-aid patches early on and now that things are somewhat better they are going back on it.
Something like being working on it say since January, pausing from March till the last patch and picking up from where they left. Then, when things were looking like the new system is actually good and will work, they go ahead and announce it. I don't think they would intentionally drop a bucket of sharkbait here and jump in the pool if what they announced wasn't almost finished and they weren't sure it would work.
I mean, we get the same "how long till next update/they can't do it/we're abandoned, hold my hand" threads before the previous ETA is even met every single time, imagine what would happen if they said "hey guys, we have new graphics coming up" and it took 5 months for it to happen
