I dunno why a bunch of you are bringing up Star Citizen. Aren't BHVR just doing the graphics and another company is doing everything else?
As I've said before in other threads, the devs are NOT solely to blame. Yes, they should have been WAY more open about this stuff. However, the group you should REALLY be upset with is the publisher. They're the ones that choose release dates. They're the ones that force developers to cut content, and are the reason why so many games nowadays are releasing with so little content.
You know who I blame? All the people who said "SM is/was better" and "Lets just make it a lobby game."
If you honestly believe they somehow changed their entire vision, on which the game sold itself to thousand and thousands of people, because 5-6 people said "i want something else" on the forum... then for lack of better words, you are crazy to give that train of thought any credence.
Space Marine was/is a better game because it's an actual game that is finished. EC is not. EC is going to be in the larva stage for probably half a year after launch if not more. The lobby idea is stupid as hell. This game was always suppose to be that strange PS2 love child open world butt baby they always said it would be. Real Talk: It's not an MMO anymore.
Some of the first game's I started following through development were Lionhead games. Molyneux prepared me for this with what would finally become Fable. Fable is still one of my favorite games, but Molyneux's promises always make me wonder about what the game could have been. Then more recently I got the chance to read this article, and I realized the guys working on the game really wanted to put out what had been promised, but things happen and they end up just doing the best that they can. TL;DR: Making games is hard. Things don't work, but people who make these games Love making them, and want to give us the best game they can.
