I was sitting here reflecting on the game. I totally get the frustration and even the anger over it not being what was marketed to us.
I try to keep in mind that CoVid created delays and other issues.
I try remember that part of why there are deadlines for games like this one are related to simple fact that the money pot is not bottomless. There has to be a point where you put what you have developed out on the market in the hopes of not losing everything. Sometimes, that's gonna come back to bite you in the ass.
I try to keep in mind that many people are confined to their homes, often involuntarily. That jobs are being lost. That businesses are going under. That having no option, other than to stay home with your kids while they may (or may not) be forced into online learning is stressful.
I try to keep in mind that the past few years have shown us the decline of the gaming industry. We, the buyers, want more depth, more immersion, more graphic beauty, more personal interactivity. The simple problem here is that the industry is struggling to find ways to give us what we demand... and in a timely and cost effective fashion.
I try to keep in mind that many of us, MANY OF US, are not programmers. We do not fully understand the limitations of code. We complain and bitch about how things are not perfect... but the simple fact is that the overwhelming majority of us cannot do better.
I try to keep in mind that expecting perfection is not reasonable. We often expect in others, but we would each be mortified and angered by having others expect it of us. The devs are just human. The marketing team should made us all aware much sooner that the game was not going to be what we were first introduced to. It leaves me wondering if the marketing team fully understood where the dev team was. Makes me wonder if the administration was being transparent with them.
I try to keep in mind that for the past few years the gaming industry has failed at almost every level. NMS is an anomaly... and frankly still falls much further from than mark than Cyberpunk does, imho. I wanted BG3 to be good, not great, and it will clearly never be what it should have been. But I take consolation from the fact that it was not put in the hands of EA and Bioware. The teams that "created" Anthem... again a colossal failure. I hoped Wolcen would be the next Diablo... no change there. I then hoped that Godfall might be able to step up and be the next big looter.... nope. I look at the Dragon Age games, Mass Effect Andromeda, Fallout 76... awful. The announcement by Blizzard that the next Diablo game would only
be available on mobile..??!!! And the list goes on and on and on.
It has been a grievously disappointing few years for gamers, so I definitely get all the angst and frustration.
In the end, I bought the game and it is not at all what I was hoping for. However, I have been alive long enough to understand the over-hype... and to even prepare for the game to fall short. I can still hold out hope that they will turn the corner and repair some of they failed at. It would be unreasonable to expect them to deliver on all points, I never expected them too.
I can enjoy what I have received. I do not feel cheated. I would encourage you all to hold out hope and be constructive in your appeals to the Team at CDPR to fix this game. I don't suggest you need to be pleasant or passive or accepting; be loud and angry and unapologetic. But be constructive.
I try to keep in mind that CoVid created delays and other issues.
I try remember that part of why there are deadlines for games like this one are related to simple fact that the money pot is not bottomless. There has to be a point where you put what you have developed out on the market in the hopes of not losing everything. Sometimes, that's gonna come back to bite you in the ass.
I try to keep in mind that many people are confined to their homes, often involuntarily. That jobs are being lost. That businesses are going under. That having no option, other than to stay home with your kids while they may (or may not) be forced into online learning is stressful.
I try to keep in mind that the past few years have shown us the decline of the gaming industry. We, the buyers, want more depth, more immersion, more graphic beauty, more personal interactivity. The simple problem here is that the industry is struggling to find ways to give us what we demand... and in a timely and cost effective fashion.
I try to keep in mind that many of us, MANY OF US, are not programmers. We do not fully understand the limitations of code. We complain and bitch about how things are not perfect... but the simple fact is that the overwhelming majority of us cannot do better.
I try to keep in mind that expecting perfection is not reasonable. We often expect in others, but we would each be mortified and angered by having others expect it of us. The devs are just human. The marketing team should made us all aware much sooner that the game was not going to be what we were first introduced to. It leaves me wondering if the marketing team fully understood where the dev team was. Makes me wonder if the administration was being transparent with them.
I try to keep in mind that for the past few years the gaming industry has failed at almost every level. NMS is an anomaly... and frankly still falls much further from than mark than Cyberpunk does, imho. I wanted BG3 to be good, not great, and it will clearly never be what it should have been. But I take consolation from the fact that it was not put in the hands of EA and Bioware. The teams that "created" Anthem... again a colossal failure. I hoped Wolcen would be the next Diablo... no change there. I then hoped that Godfall might be able to step up and be the next big looter.... nope. I look at the Dragon Age games, Mass Effect Andromeda, Fallout 76... awful. The announcement by Blizzard that the next Diablo game would only
be available on mobile..??!!! And the list goes on and on and on.
It has been a grievously disappointing few years for gamers, so I definitely get all the angst and frustration.
In the end, I bought the game and it is not at all what I was hoping for. However, I have been alive long enough to understand the over-hype... and to even prepare for the game to fall short. I can still hold out hope that they will turn the corner and repair some of they failed at. It would be unreasonable to expect them to deliver on all points, I never expected them too.
I can enjoy what I have received. I do not feel cheated. I would encourage you all to hold out hope and be constructive in your appeals to the Team at CDPR to fix this game. I don't suggest you need to be pleasant or passive or accepting; be loud and angry and unapologetic. But be constructive.