ma_peche

It's very disappointing to get an update e-mail with the subject line, "Expected ship date" and then get something vague like, "Winter 2014." Winter ends in a few days, and the end of 2014 only has 11 days of winter, so I'm guessing that's the time frame, but we already had announcement of expected completion "forth quarter 2014" and "by the end of 2014" so this isn't really news or update worthy (especially as it sounds as tentative as the rest). It would be nice if the update says there's an expected ship date, to provide a date, Winter is not a date (even if you narrow it down to a specific year). </rant> Other than that, it's looking really good. I really appreciate the detailed updates, I funded the Torment kickstarter, but they've gone to ground and are very sparse with their updates.

I would adore more companions, but I can't justify saying "to heck with the development cycle, we need more things!" Of course, I understand Obsidian takes its job very seriously and would never compromise game integrity or renege on its promises, but having comfortable planning time and manpower produces a different product than the minimal planning time and manpower to produce the promised result. I'm sure that the game will be spectacular either way, but with more time to polish the details, entertain new ideas that designers or artists may come up with, all lead to a better game and might be compromised with more on the development plate. Even if all the new money raised goes to hiring new personnel to tackle the new content, this raises two issues. First, new personnel likely won't be the same caliber as the current dev team. Next, the new personnel still needs planning, leadership, and to interact with the other departments to produce a seamless product, thereby slowing development. I would prefer additional content be released at a later date as expansions. The backers would be paying for it either way (by buying the expansion or funding the stretch goals), but this way we'd get something sooner, and everything eventually. I don't even know how many companions there are at this point. For all I know, they could have everything I could possibly want in the game and I'm in no position to say I need more before I know what I'm getting.