Normally I wouldn’t feel like making a new thread with the Forum currently being as littered with all sorts of nonsense as it is now but with the existing degree of abuse I decided that it won’t make much difference if I share some of my thoughts for the sake of amusement.
So, people rant. Let’s face it, people go ape****. People act like freaking lunatics about Bannerlord. Is that a problem?
Well, at first I was rather upset by these post. After all, people do display inappropriate behavior! The first impulse for a reasonable response is to remind the ranters that there is a very explicit disclaimer that the game is nowhere near its intended state and people SHOULD NOT buy it until they are 100% sure they are ok with playing a mid-developed game without a definite completion deadline, etc, etc. Remind yet again and again. The game as a commodity is yet non-e-xis-tant, just as some new Netflix show you are waiting for is not out yet, a fiction book is not printed, a new flavour of your favourite cereal is not on the store shelves yet and it is in no way obliged to be.
But then myself I discovered that a chill pill is a thing (I actually suggest that you try it if you’re like me). After that I gradually became to enjoy these rant-post and even share the most hilarious quotes with my friends so we can enjoy them together.
Finally, at the third stage I started to think. Why are people acting like this? Is this unique to Bannerlord? And, as far as I can see, it is. Which turns out to be a good thing.
As a fact, people get zealous about a semi-indie video-game. I conclude that this is somewhat unprecedented. People got excited about World of Warcraft, GTA, Skyrim, yes. People have made YouTube videos of them dreaming of desired features and content for bunch of good games. But being THIS excited to go beyond all reasonable frustration over insanely inflated expectations to loose sleep and experience a spectrum of strong emotions, bordering with delirium, transmitted through various, various literal opuses before the game is even out? I can’t recall.
Conclusions? We are dealing with something unique in the field of creative and experimental community gaming. The game dev history is being written as we proudly witness. Let us pity the feeble minds of the weak who cannot hold to their sanity in the coming of Bannerlord.
So, people rant. Let’s face it, people go ape****. People act like freaking lunatics about Bannerlord. Is that a problem?
Well, at first I was rather upset by these post. After all, people do display inappropriate behavior! The first impulse for a reasonable response is to remind the ranters that there is a very explicit disclaimer that the game is nowhere near its intended state and people SHOULD NOT buy it until they are 100% sure they are ok with playing a mid-developed game without a definite completion deadline, etc, etc. Remind yet again and again. The game as a commodity is yet non-e-xis-tant, just as some new Netflix show you are waiting for is not out yet, a fiction book is not printed, a new flavour of your favourite cereal is not on the store shelves yet and it is in no way obliged to be.
But then myself I discovered that a chill pill is a thing (I actually suggest that you try it if you’re like me). After that I gradually became to enjoy these rant-post and even share the most hilarious quotes with my friends so we can enjoy them together.
Finally, at the third stage I started to think. Why are people acting like this? Is this unique to Bannerlord? And, as far as I can see, it is. Which turns out to be a good thing.
As a fact, people get zealous about a semi-indie video-game. I conclude that this is somewhat unprecedented. People got excited about World of Warcraft, GTA, Skyrim, yes. People have made YouTube videos of them dreaming of desired features and content for bunch of good games. But being THIS excited to go beyond all reasonable frustration over insanely inflated expectations to loose sleep and experience a spectrum of strong emotions, bordering with delirium, transmitted through various, various literal opuses before the game is even out? I can’t recall.
Conclusions? We are dealing with something unique in the field of creative and experimental community gaming. The game dev history is being written as we proudly witness. Let us pity the feeble minds of the weak who cannot hold to their sanity in the coming of Bannerlord.
