I'm curious to see what the general opinion of Team Gizka as well as their handling release date information made available to the community. This isn't intended to cause arguments; simply a thread where people can discuss what aspects of information made available could have been handled better.
My personal views on Team Gizka is that they have taken on a massive task on restoring the cut content of TSL and I have nothing but respect for the team (who are let's not forget- doing this free, in their own time and possibly at some expense to themselves). Also from what has been released so far (i.e. the trailers available on Youtube) seems to be of a very high standard and will be a great asset to the existing version of the game.
However from what I have observed in the forums there seems to be an element of frustration from fans, mainly because this project has been hyped up substantially and everyone is now eagerly awaiting it's release. I think estimates on a release would have helped fans along the way, simply saying "coming when it's done" in my view seems a little disrespectful towards the community- We all appreciate that no definitive release date can be given as it's unpractical and will result in a repeat of what happened with the original game (a product not at the standards that it could have been). I feel a bit more communication on this would have quelled some of the "bitching" that has been going on.
Some may argue the fact that as this is being done for free Team Gizka don't owe anyone anything, this is true to an extent but in taking on this task and publicizing it in the way they have I feel they owe us a little more insight into a time scale of release other than simply when it has been finished. (maybe they should have had a PR team ;-])
Just to reiterate this isn't intended to demean Team Gizka, just to let people share opinions on what they could have handled better ...Regardless of when it is released- Hats off to Team Gizka and to what I'm sure will be a truly amazing project!
I have to mention that Team Gizka locked this thread in their forum which I find to be very childish especially as I am not looking to start arguments, but to simply allow the community to express their opinion on what TG could have handled better.