Whilst I can't completely refute your characterisation there, it would be considerably more fair to say I'm a member of the 'has played every single game the guy has been even tangentially involved with and have an entirely realistic opinion of his ability to deliver a) on time and b) within budget' brigade.
I can't be salty about SC Rafe because I didn't back it for exactly that reason. I devoutly hope that it gets a full release and is awesome. I just can't see it happening with nobody to wind in some of his more outrageous flights of fancy and yes, there have been plenty of those.
I'm sure some E D players would prefer the approach initially. However I suspect that when they realised just how much of it is smoke, mirrors and handwavium, their appetite for it may tail off somewhat.
Whatever you may think though, don't mistake my scepticism for a tribal attitude because it just isn't.
Lol well I'll give the respect of at least partially accepting my response.
But on time and on budget is pretty rare in the gaming world isn't it.
You can't even claim ED is on time and on budget as it's still technically in open Beta in many ways, a viewpoint most will find hard to refute.
Yes CR has gone wildly off course with SC, but most of that is the backers fault, I've said before several times in previous threads that if SC had not increased the scope of the game LONG before the constant ship sales we have now, and delivered the game he initially outlined people would have been hella mad at the product they got for the money given.
He initially wanted an updated Freelancer "the one that got away". When US$75 million dropped in his lap did he have much of a choice? Not really. By the time it was US$150 million and he was buying a full on MoCap suite etc etc, the BDSSE possibility was in high gear.
ED's got it's own smoke and mirrors as well (handwavium too, funny you should use that
exact phrase) - I did a post not long back reminding the forum of a post by Bambi from 2 years previous, "broken promises, 2 years on" and in the intervening time little had been added from that initial list which was written 2 years after launch, a list that comprised entirely of KS sold content, outlined by DB himself no less.
So 4 years and a few months and...... not much has happened. Tweaks here and there and stuff "we are very excited about(tm)" in the wings - which seems largely to be much needed improvements (again) to existing content, that's been begged for since day 1 - mining and exploration.
