ParaLives: Manage your Expectations

My name is Rummy. I have opinions.
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[@Little_Dragon626]

While I agree that expectations should be managed, I do not agree with the video as a whole as it's message seems very negative. The reason I believe we should manage expectations is that if you let your imagination run wild on features and how the game is going to be, you run the risk of being underwhelmed when the game actually comes out Just making a blanket statement of "Don't get your hopes up this game will be released" isn't a message that should be spread. And though that wasn't word for word what the video said, the negative outlook of the video makes it feel very much like that's what the core message it.

[@rummyplaysgames5367]

I appreciate the feedback. I would agree that the video came out more negative than I originally intended. I've just seen so much hype about how this game is going to blow The Sims out of the water and it worries me that there is going to be a huge backlash if it isn't want people expect. In some of the examples I gave (such as No Man's Sky) these small developers got dog-piled because they weren't able to meet the expectations they had set, and that's sad to me. Indie developers bring so much to the table that I don't want this group to be shunned when the game isn't up to the hype.

[@Little_Dragon626]

@@rummyplaysgames5367 Oh yeah definitely, having high expectations can be as bad as a game not delivering what it sets out to do. I've mentioned that people should keep their expectations realistic, after all the PL team isn't huge, so they can only do so much. That being said, I do believe they want to make the best game they can