At this point COVID has nothing to do with it. They have proven themselves incapable of meeting their SELF ASSIGNED release dates time and again. That one can get worked on all the way up to the night before release. These days most games (and this one announced it) get Day 1 patches that are essential for the game to actually run. Going gold means the game build is stable enough to be printed on a disk and distributed.Multiple delays are a sign of not meeting internal metrics for progress, they indicate problems with development, not additional time for “polish.”.The Switch, the least capable console, was added late in development after the trailers were widely watched.We haven’t seen actual gameplay systems or mechanics just two months before release but long after they started taking pre-orders.I have the highest hopes, but the following is undeniable: The marketing and development of this game scream red flag.

For heavens sake, I'd have done it myself if they gave me the chance to interview some folks of the company. Writing a decent article/explanation instead of that half hearted FAQ wouldn't have cost them a single penny. Thats just not cool, they could have handled that differently. I was already annoyed with their idea of a collectors edition, which surely was a nice idea when they thought about it, but just way too expensive without any benefits and a bad toy that doesn't even seem to work properly.Īnd now they come around with that like 'just take it' and strip away a major part of the preordering boni as well. Whoever is doing communication right now has either been fired or is on early holiday. Instead of giving us a halfway decent, authentic message, stating something like 'yeah we're sorry, but honestly nothing to do about it, we had some unforeseen issues, or we had some issues we believed we would be able to fix until February', we get 'will be delayed on last gen' with six different sources stating six different details. Honest folks.īut it has become more and more obvious that this seems to be just another marketing strategy. You know, the thing I initally liked about the game/producers was that it is a small company, first timers, with huge ambition, love to the lore and detail. I'm not having an issue with the fact that last gen will be delayed, I have an issue how that happend.

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