@Silly_G I agree a complete cart is best. My problem is how LRG handled the Celeste situation. Multiple people asked LRG whether the game would be delayed for the DLC during sale. LRG responded they absolutely would not delay the game due to the PJM2 fiasco. They had become known as a company of delays, and could not be that company any more. This was confirmed by Doug and Josh. Shortly after orders closed, they announced they may delay.
The developer stated early on the DLC would release soon. Months later, he announced the script was being started. More recently, he took a break to make Mario Maker levels instead and has been silent with the game’s progress. There has never been an estimated deadline given, though he just announced he is getting close, but that is what was stated earlier in the year. 7+ months later, still nothing.
During this time, LRG has been inconsistent. They went from Celeste would not be delayed, to they were attempting to get a timeline from the developer to see if delaying would be worth it, to it has been delayed and should come out shortly, to a blanket statement that they are waiting for the DLC and it will get here when it gets here.
It shows their lack of communication with the developers. There is no guarantee that the game won't need another patch after a delayed release. They pushed PJM2 back a year to get the full game on the cart, and it was released in a broken state. Power Rangers is an even more recent example of LRG putting a game up for sale with pending DLC, and it shows they haven’t learned their lesson even after getting burned multiple times. Celeste was likely the first LRG game purchase from many new customers who have never shopped with them before. I am not surprised that some would be hesitant to give them more money given the mess of the situation that LRG and the Celeste developer have created.
@Indielink I appreciate your response and agree. Time off is a thing that happens. In this case, the Celeste developer has shown poor judgment in announcing an update while the physical product was being sold with an established roll out date. Further poor judgment in dragging out the DLC for half a year now with no end in sight. Even though he is certainly allowed free time, it shows even further poor judgment in spending hours of that time developing levels for another game, even if for fun (taking time off from developing levels to develop levels?). He put himself in this position due to multiple poor decisions. He should have announced the DLC after the LRG orders shipped, or had them hold off on selling the game until he finished it. People have money just stuck in limbo over this. Hi Norm!
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@Silly_G
I agree a complete cart is best. My problem is how LRG handled the Celeste situation. Multiple people asked LRG whether the game would be delayed for the DLC during sale. LRG responded they absolutely would not delay the game due to the PJM2 fiasco. They had become known as a company of delays, and could not be that company any more. This was confirmed by Doug and Josh. Shortly after orders closed, they announced they may delay.
The developer stated early on the DLC would release soon. Months later, he announced the script was being started. More recently, he took a break to make Mario Maker levels instead and has been silent with the game’s progress. There has never been an estimated deadline given, though he just announced he is getting close, but that is what was stated earlier in the year. 7+ months later, still nothing.
During this time, LRG has been inconsistent. They went from Celeste would not be delayed, to they were attempting to get a timeline from the developer to see if delaying would be worth it, to it has been delayed and should come out shortly, to a blanket statement that they are waiting for the DLC and it will get here when it gets here.
It shows their lack of communication with the developers. There is no guarantee that the game won't need another patch after a delayed release. They pushed PJM2 back a year to get the full game on the cart, and it was released in a broken state. Power Rangers is an even more recent example of LRG putting a game up for sale with pending DLC, and it shows they haven’t learned their lesson even after getting burned multiple times. Celeste was likely the first LRG game purchase from many new customers who have never shopped with them before. I am not surprised that some would be hesitant to give them more money given the mess of the situation that LRG and the Celeste developer have created.
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@Indielink
I appreciate your response and agree. Time off is a thing that happens. In this case, the Celeste developer has shown poor judgment in announcing an update while the physical product was being sold with an established roll out date. Further poor judgment in dragging out the DLC for half a year now with no end in sight. Even though he is certainly allowed free time, it shows even further poor judgment in spending hours of that time developing levels for another game, even if for fun (taking time off from developing levels to develop levels?). He put himself in this position due to multiple poor decisions. He should have announced the DLC after the LRG orders shipped, or had them hold off on selling the game until he finished it. People have money just stuck in limbo over this.
Hi Norm!
Re: Celeste Creator Matt Thorson Shares Series Of Super Mario Maker 2 Levels
Should be finishing that Celeste DLC instead so that Limited Run Games can actually produce and ship the game we paid for 6 months ago...