(02-22-2016, 06:24 AM)Sannakji Wrote: That is their roadmap, if they get bored of working on it and want to take a break I'm sure they will. Not one person here (apart from maybe you) would fault them. The re-texturing has already taken several years. Which is perfectly fine.Nothing wrong with pacing yourself. Never said anything about that.
Quote:The biggest issue with your post is your claim that " The art style has changed at least four different times". Firstly, the art style shouldn't be changing AT ALL.It isn't a claim, it's something tomaya literally did several times over the course of building a pack for this game before disappearing off the map to work privately.
Quote:Look at the 4K mod for this game; just photos slapped over and treated as textures, and it looks terrible. The art style in this mod has merely got MORE FAITHFUL to the original. That is not a bad thing, and it certainly isn't a weakness on the team's part. I think they've expertly kept the original game's aesthetic and art direction, but given it the graphic fidelity of games released in the present day.This isn't really my issue. I'm not really concerned with how they're doing the art style and I have no particular criticisms there. My hope is that they actually pick a framework and stick with it instead of rebuilding a third of the game's textures and then restarting after numerous attempts. I dunno, I just want their time to be spent well and maybe that's not my place to speak on but I figure if you're going to put in all this effort, you should have something to show for it. I'm not even talking about having something ready for the general public; I'll happily wait for however long it takes for that. It's just that with tomaya's previous changes in direction, melon's post from the last page about how the team has been operating, and then this recent post about not just redoing the art style but implementing -substantial- gameplay changes in, expectations seem to be in the stratosphere.
If they come back and fulfill their promised release dates and especially come through with the gameplay changes, I'll more than welcome eating my own words. I just don't expect much after watching how things have progressed.