Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 2

[Tesseract]

Some clarification needed, I think.

First of all, and most importantly, FG told us specifically that we'd have to wait until the end of the summer. They have an internal schedule/deadline which isn't 100% pinpointed but is as close to it as they can get when they're projecting several months into the future. To complain that there's been no information before we've even reached the end of the summer is silly. If they'd given us a specific release date of, say, September 1st, would people complain on August 20th that FG hadn't given us new info? Of course not, but this is more or less the situation we're in! We have a release window if not a release date. It's going to get narrowed down as we get closer to the end of the summer, but until then it's completely arbitrary to demand information. We already know what they're doing and how long it will take.

Secondly, the game was officially said to have been completed in February but in June it was made clear that The Chinese Room had still been working on it. Dan Pinchbeck tweeted that he'd completed his final piece of work on the game in June. If new work was being added that late then more polishing/testing/bug-fixing would obviously be needed.

We have all the info we need. In fact, we have all the info FG could possibly give us at this stage. To feel like you're being kept in the dark at this stage is a difficult position to defend.

Indeed, we've already got an update and Summer is yet to end - feels a bit weird saying that when it's winter here - but Paddy is right, I'm still happy with the update Frictional Games gave us. There is work left to do and when that work is done and as summer comes to an end I'm sure Frictional Games will have something to say but for the time being I think it's best we just be patient. Other than that I don't really see what difference it makes to anyone if they just gave a release date - sure you'll know when the game is expected to come out - but as Paddy pointed out would you continue to complain before the aforementioned release date about the lack of info?