I will post what i have said in another thread. Whenever there is a certain outrage, complaints, observations, etc. On hyped up games that are not out yet.
Back in 2004, as I'm sure many of you know, before Fable 1 came out, Lionhead promised many things to their game that did not end up exactly coming true. A long and incredible story that would take your breath away half-way through the game, vast depth, very open-ended gameplay, Skin pigmentation varying from sun exposure, planting a seed and watching it grow into a tree over time, etc. You get the point, some of which if not most did not come true in the final product.
Now when i got Fable, i never actually read or have heard any of these promises of potential content. I just got the game because of what I've seen from the videos, from the features it really did have, and well...because it looked pretty damn awesome. And in the end, it was money well spent. I loved game for what it did have and had my own gripes for whatever problems it also had. But overall, the game was my drug and played countless hours on it.
However, there would also be people who have paid a lot of attention to that kind of coverage, coverage for what peter said that would end up being lies or whatever the game DID NOT have. The game overall still got positive reviews and really high ratings anyway, but there would still those people that go into what we call "nerdrage" over some of the "what's not in it" features and completely debunk the game for it. Like it's all of a sudden the worse game ever for it. Would i be pissed if i heard some of what peter said at the time? Perhaps, i won't doubt that possibility because it has happened before with other games. But I look at games for what they DO HAVE that would claw me away the $60 dollars. The features it did have that would entertain me and make me play the game for hours on end.
I would continue from then on to always look at it from that point of view and i will always look at it that way. Because if all you do is look at the game for what it doesn't have, then you will end up refusing to see any of the good things that a certain game does have. Bad games are games that don't have much going for it. They have little if not any good qualities about the game itself, not because it didn't have me be able to jump higher then a raccoon.
So what I'm trying to say is, for whatever game developer decides to add or remove on their product, the game they have worked on for 2 or 3+ years (in Skyrim's case 6 years!), decide on it if that ends up being the right decision when the game finally comes out. I mean lets gets real here, You all know were both going to get the game the day it releases, or at least well play it eventually. I know i will be waiting on the midnight line to purchase it. And i think there is a good chance that were probably going to love it anyway, no matter what Bethesda decides to add or remove (unless of course the game really is trash XD). But judge it for what it has and if the features it does have is worth the money, worth the praise it's been getting since the trailer, then so it shall be. But if it's not, then it's because the game itself does not have the features that interest you. That way, for whatever game you do get, that you do love or hate, I swear you will never be disappointed. You will also be within good reason to be mad if the game really ends up sucking XD.
