Machine for Pigs & Custom Stories

[samueljustice00]

I don't even bother venturing in those.

This is completely off-topic but do you find that this "forum bitchiness culture" is more or less irritating since you've been "in the business"? I'm sure being on the receiving end of whining is always bad, but as a passive observer of reactions to other games/companies you're not personally a part of do you have a different perspective? And what's your experience of past colleagues and their posting habits?

I always cringe a little when a developer reads/responds to something I've posted because it's like "shit, they know a hell of a lot more than me about this situation and they're probably yelling DICK at their monitor even as they type a very calm and friendly response" hahaha.

It's a case by case basis, developers are 99% gamers, so we understand the frustration a lot times. And a lot of the time the frustration is usually caused by expectations not being set correctly by the developer (with people building their own expectations up into something unbelievable).

It never really bothers me directly as I know I'll never ever be able to please everyone, I just make games I know I would really want to play, and if people dislike that, well there's very little I can do about it so I'm not going to lose sleep over it as long as I know I've done the best I can.

So in answer to your question, yes and no. It gets tiring when the same topic is bought up and up again yet the answer is plain as daylight and right there, and should be understandable. But there are other times where gamers absolutely have the right to be upset and should be vocal about it.