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Nuvendil on 01 June 2015
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oniyide said:
Nuvendil said:
oniyide said:
Nuvendil said:

How can you doubt it when that was the main reason they dropped the PS360 version in the first place. IMHO they should have just straight dropped the Wii U one right then and there however

I meant that I doubted that the version back when they claimed they "had a blast with it" and had it "holding up pretty well" had significantly worse and less demanding physics than now.  They had already dropped the 360  and PS3 then and were pursuing high end PC as their major showpiece. The question isn't about how demanding the physics are now but then and if they were being deceiptful back then.  And if the physics now are not so different from then, then the answer is yes, they were misleading.  That's what I was getting at.

It is different than it was back then, they kept on pushing and pushing which is why they had to drop last gen versions. They probably thought they could get a lesser version running on Wii u but i can only guess they just couldnt. too optimistic yes, but i wouldnt say misleading

You are assuming that.  That interview was from after they had dropped the PS360 already.  If the problems with that are why Wii U is suddenly insufficient, then clearly he couldn't have "had a blast" racing in the rain on the Wii U at the time of that interview.  So I would say there are good odds that he was lying then or lying now.  Maybe they were hopeful and lied then to buy time, still not how you should do things. 

If that's the case, then - again - they shouldn't have continued to lead people on, talking up the Wii U and how awesome it was going to be.  And then their sudden - and I mean very sudden - change of tone after Bamco came in and gave them the big funding made it worse.  It was unprofessional conduct, a rampant problem in the industry.  "Good intentions" aren't an excuse for being an idiot in terms of your PR and at times jerks to people who you hyped up yourself. 

But frankly, I don't buy any of it.  Not what they said then, not what they say now.  I'm not convinced the Wii U version ever really existed in any real form at all.  No one ever actually saw it.  The PS4, Xbone, and PC all eventually got their showing at least behind closed doors.  The Wii U version was never seen by anyone.  Ever.  Anywhere.  We have nothing but a pinky promise from a developer who has a vested interest in not looking bad.  And pinky promises don't mean much in the industry anymore.  I don't cut any big company slack when they act this way, not going to do it for Slightly Mad just because they are sorta indie.