Something ends, something begins.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost here, our wait is almost over. We, as a community, waited 2 or more years for this. Before we dive into the plains of Redania and Temeria, I'd like to thank certain people, community as a whole and also share a small token of gratitude.
Click image to enlarge!
The first and the biggest thanks go to my best peeps @Kinley @sidspyker @Totalimmortal @KingHochmeister @Sephira for countless hours of good fun.
Big thanks also goes to: Insurgency group (Enemy team, when? @Alan989 enemy kills, when?), IRC chat( @GHOSTMD , @goopit - you ever leave?), of course The Hairy Bear, hipsters from Music Thread and to @TemerianGirl adorable groupees!
And of course to all the people I had the pleasure to talk with.
Thanks to the mods, for keeping this mess alive and to REDs - especially @Marcin Momot for answering my stupid questions patiently and to @theta77 , who forgot about me and my Q&A ;_; (my faith is still strong)
Yet.
The statement below will be personal, yet I think shared by some here.
We had great moments, but also awful, pitiful moments, especially in the recent months. The more we were close to the release, the more uneasy about the game, but more so, about the CD Projekt RED. I was the first person to defend the devs, often for a good reason, but now, I'm not so keen to do that.
It's understandable to make a mistake, even couple of them, but in recent weeks all you did, was making mistakes (aside from the glorious CGI trailer, which was my only uplifting moment of the recent days)
And, paraphrasing Jeremy Clarkson - All that makes me feel, is sad. I don't see the old CDPR rebel soul anymore.
It's not about the grass being too green, or the textures being a bit bad. It's not about the Microsoft deal. It's not about the downgrade and console parity, per se.
It's about disappointing so many people, because of the lack of any information, about fragmenting the community and forgetting about your roots. You were loved by all of the people, even by pirates and 4chan. Now, they hate on you. You blew it, spectacularly.
I understand, making games is business and you need a lot of money to make a game like this, make sacrifices to stay alive. But it's just too much.
You need transparency. Have the balls to state to your customers, why you did the thing, they didn't like. And here we are, radio silence and PR speak. Ignoring the consumer's rage is not a long term solution. This is why Valve, a company that CDPR seems to be resembling more and more, is getting so much hate, especially recently. People started to realize, their care for gamers is just a marketing illusion for making them pay more. Why not do both?
The whole situation is not making me feel angry, betrayed. It's just sad and disappointing. I'm sure the game will be stellar and still look amazing, but please don't go that route.
I still love you
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost here, our wait is almost over. We, as a community, waited 2 or more years for this. Before we dive into the plains of Redania and Temeria, I'd like to thank certain people, community as a whole and also share a small token of gratitude.
Click image to enlarge!
There are 22 forum members and 7 CDPR members in the picture. Find all of them. As before - sorry I couldn't fit all of you. I rushed the image more than I would like anyway.
Also - this image is a joke, please don't take it too personal
Also - this image is a joke, please don't take it too personal
The first and the biggest thanks go to my best peeps @Kinley @sidspyker @Totalimmortal @KingHochmeister @Sephira for countless hours of good fun.
Big thanks also goes to: Insurgency group (Enemy team, when? @Alan989 enemy kills, when?), IRC chat( @GHOSTMD , @goopit - you ever leave?), of course The Hairy Bear, hipsters from Music Thread and to @TemerianGirl adorable groupees!
And of course to all the people I had the pleasure to talk with.
Thanks to the mods, for keeping this mess alive and to REDs - especially @Marcin Momot for answering my stupid questions patiently and to @theta77 , who forgot about me and my Q&A ;_; (my faith is still strong)
Yet.
The statement below will be personal, yet I think shared by some here.
We had great moments, but also awful, pitiful moments, especially in the recent months. The more we were close to the release, the more uneasy about the game, but more so, about the CD Projekt RED. I was the first person to defend the devs, often for a good reason, but now, I'm not so keen to do that.
It's understandable to make a mistake, even couple of them, but in recent weeks all you did, was making mistakes (aside from the glorious CGI trailer, which was my only uplifting moment of the recent days)
And, paraphrasing Jeremy Clarkson - All that makes me feel, is sad. I don't see the old CDPR rebel soul anymore.
It's not about the grass being too green, or the textures being a bit bad. It's not about the Microsoft deal. It's not about the downgrade and console parity, per se.
It's about disappointing so many people, because of the lack of any information, about fragmenting the community and forgetting about your roots. You were loved by all of the people, even by pirates and 4chan. Now, they hate on you. You blew it, spectacularly.
I understand, making games is business and you need a lot of money to make a game like this, make sacrifices to stay alive. But it's just too much.
You need transparency. Have the balls to state to your customers, why you did the thing, they didn't like. And here we are, radio silence and PR speak. Ignoring the consumer's rage is not a long term solution. This is why Valve, a company that CDPR seems to be resembling more and more, is getting so much hate, especially recently. People started to realize, their care for gamers is just a marketing illusion for making them pay more. Why not do both?
The whole situation is not making me feel angry, betrayed. It's just sad and disappointing. I'm sure the game will be stellar and still look amazing, but please don't go that route.
I still love you
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