What is a TRUE FAN? (debate thread)

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Originally Posted by Viktoria

I like your post.. and I love the closing sentence.

Me?

If so thank you. I wanted it to be fair even though as an opinion it's bound to be biased.

The Thief series has a zealous following, to the point of them being both obnoxious as well as wonderful, something shared by the Fallout series. The bile that got directed towards Fallout 3 in particular. Personally I found it average and would have preferred to have seen what would have came from the Van Buren project being made. It didn't stop me replaying Fallout 1 + 2 though.

There's so much stomping of feet though regarding sequels and reboots though that it really grows tiresome. I'm really looking forward to seeing what EMontreal come up with and if they have a new lead character, new factions etc then I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. I don't have to buy the end product, I can wait and see what peoples reception towards it is then make a purchase decision. I was highly sceptical of how Human Revolution would be. The shackling of the game to steamworks meant I wasn't going to buy it at full price. I instead waited till it was at a reasonable to me price before buying. A rarity in itself as I usually will simply ignore steamworks shackled products. I absolutely loved HR though and that surprised me. Happily surprised me.

If people are interested in seeing the headache in getting the roles of customers and fans confused, their expectations and entitlements just check out the whole mess regarding Mass Effect 3. As a customer you were falsely marketed towards as a fan you were all the more easily taken advantage of due to your emotional investment. As a true/hardcore fan you were bent over a barrel.

Best of luck to EMontreal with Thief 4. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing what you make. I know I've got possibly too high a set of hopes due to how much I admired the art design in DX:HR but I reckon you can pull it off.

An optimistic customer.



This needed a windmill.