Bloody hell guys! You're worse than the devotees at the Sporeum Forums!
Actually Maxis just brought on a new guy from the Civilization IV team, Soren Johnson, to help develop it. Clearly this means it is not EA's fault, much as you would all like to blame them, but a developing issue. I suspect they're having difficulties getting some of the phases to gel, specifically, I imagine, the civilisation phase. This news was released on April 18th, and I'm
sure that when a new member is brought on to finish a game mere months before the most recent guesstimation of a release date that the schedule will remain the same. Seriously, I'd rather they get the game done and with what they've promised than released early and unfinished. We all know how
that goes, don't we?
As I posted on the Sporeum in response to this development:
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Well there you have it folks! We're going down in history as the pre-game fanbase that waited, along with that of S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Half Life 2 and others. And those games rule!
As I've said before: I'd rather have a finished title that'll last forever (or at least until the next sequel) than a crowd-appeaser that's a piece of junk. Playing the safe-route I see. If they don't live up to expectations it'll actually kill the bloated monster of a corporation that is EA, such is the cost and customer-confidence invested in Spore.
Otherwise it could go down in history like Fable, Munch's Oddysee and Halo 2, all marvellous games that were a disappointment to many because the hype they were given was pan-dimensional in scale.
What do you expect when it is the flagship title and maiden voyage of several brand new conglomerate genres? I know the time will be well spent by the guys at Maxis...
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"Ho! I've conquered the galaxy, again! Booyah!"
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It's not delayed by a year, guys, just a few months. By the current projection it isn't even a whole year from now.
I'm actually not too bothered. While I am extremely eager to play and highly anticipate the game, I expect my own constraints on actually acquiring it contribute to by apathy.
But then I am apathetic towards just about everything. Except science, inanity and apathy.
SURRENDER TO APATHY. THE HYPNOTOAD COMMANDS IT.
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