Shinobi-san said:
Hmm i dont know...if you doubting whether or not the gameplay shown at the time was real or faked then we cant really discuss this further, as you are making bold assumptions here and are implying that both Hello Games and Sony were intentionally lying about the game. Which you previously said you are not doing.
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I don't want to automatically resort to that. There's always the possibility that Sony and Hello Games were overly optimistic about what could be achieved only to find out later as development progressed that they had overestimated their capabilities.
Shinobi-san said:
As for the OP and thread - you've made several implications here that you are of the opinion that Sony and Hello Games have indeed gone about misleading marketing.
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I don't know if I would phrase my stance in that manner. I would say marketing used by Sony and Hello Games has the potential to mislead people who may not know better. I am not making any statement as to whether this misleading was intentional or not.
Shinobi-san said:
What i would say is that the previous builds of the game should have had a note in the video saying at what stage of development the game is at. "Alpha build" etc. most gamers are familiar with those terms.
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This would have been nice.
Shinobi-san said:
I just think its sad to see this kind of criticism directed towards Hello Games in particular, they are genuinely good developers who care about their game. The way they have addressed their support base has been admirable. Its very easy for a developer to actually go about misleading marketing and then just be no where to be found once the game is released.
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I'm sure Hello Games cares deeply about their game but at the same time, their game is out on store shelves and selling at $60. This is a price similar to many AAA games developed by much larger teams with more manpower at their disposal.