Well I can't speak for Bains, but I personally remember all the hype around Strike Commander back in the day. The things we've been promised... basically every question asked was answered with "yes, of course it'll do all that, and more!"
I don't think Chris is a bad guy, far from it. He's not incompetent either, he's proven himself with some of PC gaming's classics. I do however say he has a history of overselling things, and I say that without fear of contradiction, except by people not old enough to have experienced it.
Customer hold companies to account all the time. I love gaming, but there is this double edged sword due to the fact that we gamers are at once both customer and fan. This can be a great thing but it also means things really have to get bad before the majority start holding the company to account if and when this is required, and by that point its sadly often too late.
Also game developers can take advantage and liberties in a variety of ways far more easily than compared to say, a utility company run by a CEO you have no disillusions about.
As for Chris Roberts. He made some games back in the day. Some good. It was short but I really enjoyed Privateer while it lasted. I thought he'd clearly learned from Elite which helped the game - I'm talking about the trading side. But at the same time truth be told it was using bit map graphics, rear view-quarter view-side view, at a time when games like X Wing were way ahead with vector graphics.
I wasn't there for it but I know he's had his failures as well but I'm sure he's in no way unique in this regard. Either way he's no second coming.
I have watched him and his company closely now for over a year and I genuinely think there is much they could have done better. I get the feeling he's lost control at times. Particularly to the money men, or money woman as I think the case is with CIG.
It also always grates me when they harp on about how open they are. The way they communicate is one of the the things I feel they are worst at. Sure they can bore you endlessly with details about the nose art but when it comes to the things that really matter they are very poor, and worse often come across as disingenuous or patronising.
By this point there are a lot of people with a great many perfectly vaild concerns.
Reading through
this thread follocusing on just one issue it struck me just how many. And I lost count with the number of times people favorably compared how the ED team were operating with respect to how they treat their customers. Having now spent a little bit of time watching developments over here I can understand why.
These guys are clearly not all stupid malcontents who simply just don't get that Chris Roberts and Crew should be put on pedestals, can do no wrong and should be excused at ever turn.
They are gamers with many real and fair concerns, and as a group they are growing all the time. And as mentioned, matters are then made orders of magnitude worse by this category of fan that approaches being a backer as act of almost religious faith. I have no doubt matters would be significantly better all round had this group not sabotaged every single attempt at reaching CIG with a voice that wasn't restricted to singing their praises.
Btw just another topic but have you guys seen this video about the A.I in Star Citizen?
http://youtu.be/2aokaaWeRjc
Yes, enjoyed it, and some new material in there, thank you.
