| Dulfite said: 1) Wasn't it reported that the first trailer, when it came out at the reveal, was made quite a while before the reveal, indicating even at that point the game was further along than the trailer showed? |
1) The trailers for Sword and Shield released months before the launch of the game too, and when it launched, it had very little changes from those, even with things that people complained about before release. Textures were unchanged, NPC movements were unchanged, big spaces were too empty...
2) That's right, Nintendo-made games get a lot of polish in their last months. But this is Game Freak we're talking about here, not Nintendo. And ever since they went 3D, the performance of their games has gone down quite rapidly. Just look at the dip in quality SwSh can get in certain parts (like the wild areas, or the very short draw distances), and that was with all of the corner cutting supposedly done to improve performance.
3) That's not a point in favour of the game. If the game's going to need months to get enough content to justify its purchase, why bother launching it so soon? This is not acceptable behaviour, just finish the game before releasing it.
I would say that, after the disaster that was Sword and Shield (from failure to communicate, to new levels of corner cutting and recycling, to simplifying the story and gameplay once again, to charging extra for less content...) it would be wise to be skeptical of Game Freak. I don't know whose fault is it, if it's Masuda being unambitious or The Pokemon Co. putting a lot of pressure from behind the scenes, but the quality of their releases has reached a breaking point for me. And unless we see some drasting improvement, I'm not going to support them. Don't preorder, wait for reviews.
Though in the end, it's not going to matter much. People complained a lot with Dexit, and after all the boycott threats, SwSh ended up becoming the fastest selling pokemon game ever. I don't believe the fanbase can put their money where their mouth is.
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