Watching.
Agree with his statement that the in-game community is generally nice. But ok, can say that about many games. The ED community in-game is generally nice, with the odd exception, same as in SC.
Haha, he had a mullet as a kid. I can sympathise.
He knew he didn't like the pricing structure, the bugs, the performance, so he's aware of that (maybe not fully informed about the lies, but ok).
First impressions good. Nice.
Fell to his death twice... ooops. Oh well, teething issues.
30k. Feels frustrated.
Starts mining, enjoying, says its as good as it was made out to be (mining is one activity that CIG have actually done well on though from many sources).
Killed by another player. Quits game.
Went back in (persistent).
Says overall, rewarded with a fantastic game.
"Most amazing community" - while i won't disagree, its worth remembering this is not a released game, largely populated by big and dedicated fans. Let's see how global chat looks if SC ever releases.
Game deleted his hand mining tool and he had no credits. Player sends him credits (funny how often the solution to bugs is just for other players to send money).
Players were being really nice, including one called "Jared" - hmmmm.....
Another player flew to location just to lead him around (large areas issues, not new player friendly, veterans know where to go).
Ok, its 40 mins long and got work to do, so i'll jump to the end here.
Final thoughts:
Glad he didn't listen to the "scam citizen crowd" - ok, so basically he's saying he's ignored all the information people might have tried to give him about why some people have issues with CIG. He should have listened and then made up his mind.
"I see vision and passion" - neither of which ensure the promised game will be delivered.
"This could single handedly be one of the best and most detailed games ever" - ooooh, he's got the fever.
"will i throw money at it? No" - good man, he hasn't got it that hard... although maybe in a few months he will be coincierge
"Would i recommend this game to you?" - for me, yes, but with a few caveats. "Its alpha"
"Not a huge amount of content in the game yet"
"If you can afford it and you don't mind the risk, then yes" - not exact text, close enough.
Overall, likes the game, aware of most issues, did not listen to the skeptics (willful ignorance), had fun despite bugs, etc. Would recommend only if you're prepared to play an alpha game with limited content but if so then he thinks you will enjoy it.
So... not bad, just a shame about him dismissing skeptics without listening to them. Otherwise quite fair review. He doesn't hide his early frustrations and doesn't try and and sell it as being more than it is.
You could learn some things from him Little Ant.
Fishing: A hobby where people invest hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to catch something that you can buy for less than $5/lb at the supermarket...
