Sierra loves the people that play their games

[LOL]

Sierra's Alex "Marweas" Rodberg comments on the Homeworld community...

"Frankly, the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time."

The quote can be found here: http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...201#post207201

Relic deserves better. Sierra lost it when the Williams' left.

[PaperWork]

Hey, he said "frankly".

[James]

Now, you see, the problem with quoting something out of context is that you can make anything sound like what you want it to. In a thread titled "No HW2 at ECTS?!?!", where they bitched about what a bunch of assholes Sierra is, Alex Rodberg said-

*yawn*

Well, I'll be concluding my participation in this forum with this post. Frankly, the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time.

I just returned from Leipzig, Germany, where Homeworld 2 was demonstrated at a consumer Games Convention larger than ECTS. The game looked fantastic and people responded to it marvelously. Given that trade shows like ECTS are used to hype upcoming products, not products practically in stores, and given that VUG has about a gazillion games to market (most of which have greater earning potential than HW2) we made the decision to focus on other products at ECTS.

Enjoy the game.

I look forward to hearing more complaints about how Sierra ignores the community. I'm sure accusing instead of asking, and bitching instead of learning will accomplish your goals admirably.

Cheers, and goodbye. - Alex

Other gems and facts I learned reading a bit more is about how Atari bought Infogrames and "I never even heard of EA a few years ago", and things like that. So anyway, I don't blame the guy for getting snappish at this collection of losers. Also, the "this miniscule community" line seems to refer to the Relic Forums, not the Homeworld fan base. My five minutes on that board didn't leave me impressed, I'd ditch 'em too.

James

[Segatron314]

heh, I was just talking this sort of thing on the action adventure thread. I sure miss the golden days of "rock-star" developers like Al Lowe and The Two Guys from Andromeda. And to add insult to injury, I am probably going to go into the dying adventure game market myself, just because I love the stuff.

[James]

Do it! Do it!

James

[Compass]

So is Homeworld that good? Single-player wise? (i'm on 56k). I'm looking to catch up on PC games I missed in the past few years.

[Segatron314]

Do it! Do it!

James

Heh... I am working on that, in due time *evil grin*

[NoFace]

I never thought Homeworld was that good... I remember beta testing it (for multiplayer) and it was like, create a sizeable army, warp next to the other ship, blow it up. Much ado about nothing in my opinion.

Needless to say, my expectations for Homeworld 2 aren't very high.

[PKBMax]

So is Homeworld that good? Single-player wise? (i'm on 56k). I'm looking to catch up on PC games I missed in the past few years.

No.

I found it to lack strategy and focus.