Neal, don't you think you're being just a little hard on those who are expressing dissappointment with this game? (Granted...some are labouring the point for sure...but hey..that's ok, isn't it??) This "get over it and move on!" dictum; perhaps just a little severe?
I for one have bought every SH game that has come out,
but not this one...I accept that the publishers have made a business decision to target the mass audience...I get it and have "moved on"....doesn't mean I'm happy about that...or that I am not going to express my dissapointment a little in the process. That's the fantastic thing about your forum; it is the place where I can do that..and have intelligent posts on the subject. The best place in the world to discuss sub-sims!
I'm curious though, Neal...there really DOES seem to be a genuine disconnect between expectations of the hard-core community and what Ubisoft have produced this time...probably more than when SH3/4 came out (questionable?) You interviewed the deveopers in the lead up to this game's release...was there any sign that they had seen or even registered the mounting concern that manifested itself on your very forum when you interviewed them? Or was it more about sticking to a line in order to build profile for the upcoming release? Did you feel yourself able to talk about these issues? I'd be curious from an interest point of view; I was a journalist here in Australia and I know what it's like to have a canned interview...and feel constrained in my questioning line...but I've never done an interview with a games studio. Grateful your point of view... Thanks.
Nimmo55 out!