Erin worked on Lego games. Like what about his resume made you think he was ready to tackle a mmo? This project was doomed to nepotism from the start. A few people made a bundle of money and a bunch of fresh grads got their first experience making a game.
Those Lego games were pretty successful and Erin ran those Production teams (unlike Chris who was dabbling in movies at the time). But you make a valid point that those weren't $200 million MMOs. But honestly, I don't see nepotism here (Sandi is an entirely different topic). I think Chris recognized his own limitations and hired his experienced brother to help address those limitations. I thought it was a great move and made sense. I still do.
dude its total nepotism. You dont transition out of small lego games and into something that big alone. Trust me. I know what I'm talking about. Going through it right now, the proper way.
Juuust curious, why do you consider the Lego series which has made billions 'small' but an unreleased game from a genre that's kinda limpy, from an creator that hasn't seen a release in 15 years? I mean, yeah, they're 'just lego games', but those things have been *wildly* successful.
It's probable that everyone involved with this project was over their heads.. more so when the creep came in, but I don't see how CR would have done better. It's not like the people that have experiance making these games were the type that'd be willing to take a chance on a game that's crowd funded. I've little doubt that CR's brother would have said that he could do it, and there's little reason for CR to not believe him. It's the same for most people, they hire they talent they know.. doubly so when they themselves know very little (if anything at all) on the scope of what they're attempting. There's a lot to fault CR for, but hiring his brother that did have game experience isn't one of them.. Keeping him.. now that's a whole different issue.
Well said. It could well be that CIG's responsibility to deliver bug fixes ends with the adoption of Lumberyard regardless of the exact wording of the contract. I doubt Crytek would even want duplicate bug fix reports from CIG and Amazon. And I too don't blame Crytek for suing, since the ability to prevail sometimes depends on how long one tolerates a situation.
what does any of that have to do with someone who spent money expecting to be able to play a game?
is it? surrounded by yes men is not the way to make great content. Its a hard job and one with lots of fights to make sure the best ideas are moving forward. When your entire fan base yells down dissenting opinions it hurts the content. Ask me how I know. Ask me.That's an interesting take at revisionist history
The game has been polarizing since its announcement for many reasons. I had a friend give me flack back in 2012 when I just said, "It sounds great but a bit too good to be true. I'll believe it when I see it and likely have money in hand on release." My only regret with Star Citizen is that I didn't use the free game code I got with a r9 290 card about 3 years ago just to be able to play it myself without spending money on it.That's an interesting take at revisionist history
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