I think we can all agree that for the devs more important than what fans want is the goals imposed by Sega. That is a budget limit, a certain development window and at least some predetermined level of quality.
Yes however, do you think SEGA told them to insert minecart and a giant casino board level into the game? This was something in the end cost SEGA time and money and yes, they have restrictions, but so does every other publisher and developer. Here are some facts, this game started life in January 2009, originally slated for June/July release this year, that's a time frame of over a year and a half. That's six extra months the classic Sonic games, bar Sonic CD, did not have.
We of course cannot discuss team size and budget, but the fact is they've had more time to develop a smaller game.
I don't imagine them editing 2 levels and then saying "well it's done.. let's all stare at eachothers until the game comes out". They are using their time to improve the game the best they can.
I said the majority of development time was spent changing those two levels, which they probably did. They obviously did other things, but they would pale in comprisions to the changes made there.
The basic physics engine is the first thing coded into the game. They would never change that. Nor basic game mechanics (like the homing attack) that have the stage design built around them.
But they did tweak some things out. I don't see how we can argue that they aren't doing enough and that they made "empty promises" when the little changes they made might actually be enough to achieve the same effect we want without restarting the whole game making process.
Again, I think the devs are showing they are listening to the fans. And I do not think it's right to downright call them liars. At least play the game before saying those things, know what I'm sayin.
The same effect you may want, not what the other group were promised though.
CrazyTails posted a quote from Ruby that goes against the entire design of the game that Ruby said it did. It is of course not his fault and boils down to the men up top, but it is what he used to describe the game, it would be one thing if he said "A new Sonic game, aiming to get closer to the roots of the series is coming soon!" however he went on with a full blown description that completely misleads everyone who want a return to better times. Infact the ending line goes against everything that someone like CrazyTails could expect.
So how can this not be called an empty promise or a lie? I realize you wish to defend the game, but this is a fact you cannot side foot around. Ruby said something that is completely not true for this Project Needlemouse in terms of it's gameplay, which was his intial quote.
The physics were wrong. They said they tweaked it out. You haven't seen the changes they made yet. What are you complaining about?
You do realize you are talking about perhaps extremely minor changes, a few glitches changed but overall, you are still getting Sonic Rush's physic engine. Yes it might be polished and tweaked a bit, but this is not the physic engine we wanted.
Example, did you not enjoy Metroid M while the fans are all apeshit over it? Do they not seem unreasonable? Fans will just complain about stuff everyone's fine with.
That's because you are no fan of Metroid and I would like it if you refrain from commenting on it unless you are a fan. The game might be fine but this is not what Metroid is about, the lengthy plot (Calling it "deep" would be an insult to actual good story telling) removal of exploration and a drastic change on core fundamentals of what is Metroid.
We do not become fans of the series simply because of x character, we become fans of the content. If this content is radically changed, why should I care or even have a positive opinion about it if it's something I personally think is not befitting?
So please, do not say fans like to complain, a lot of us do have good rational reasons, it be one thing if it's change in just character design, another thing when it effectively changes the gameplay which is what many have voiced their concerns over.
