Don't give me that bullshit. I've followed the games development since 2012, and they did not meet even half of their [u][b]own[/b][/u] expectations, let alone my expectations.

Then you weren't following that carefully. Because there are hours of video on YT with him playing demos of the game and telling interviewers that it was going to be: 1. A solo game in a shared universe 2. Any chance of running into another player would be extremely unlikely 3. That the game was going to be an exploration and survival game. Not Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen. Which is clearly what some people wanted this game to be so desperately that they convinced themselves that it was going to be.

1. Yeah. They did this. 2. You mean impossible? The games code has been checked, their is nothing suggesting that you can meet anyone 3. This is such a broad term. Yeah, they technically did most of this, but it's not that great.

Actually, there's a huge reddit post about all of the things that were promised and didn't deliver. The game was a huge lie. Glad I called hype back when I first heard about it. I knew it would flop.

I don't need to read someone else's misinterpretations. I've seen those kinds of claims . Problem is that I actually [i]saw [/i] most of those interviews myself, or saw him give the same stock answers in other interviews. Taken in context----especially with the hundreds of hours of GAME PLAY FOOTAGE they put out there on YT months before the game released (a fact that such posts always seem to [i]conveniently[/i] overlook) --- their meaning was clear. You were playing a solo game of exploration is [i]shared[/i] universe that was so large that you would likely never even run into another human player. This is not about a dev lying. This is about some people not knowing how to be reasonable, responsible consumers....and blaming others for the consequences that result from it.

It literally lists what he said was going to be in the game and what didn't actually show up in the game. And everyone of them had a YouTube link to Sean Murray saying it would be in the game and then never being in the game. It literally doesn't matter what you think because facts are facts. I do agree that the game was extremely overhyped though and I am very glad I never fell in that trap. I've always asked "what the hell do you do in the game? Just explore and that's it? No other purpose besides explore and survive?"

See the link below where I link nearly 25 minutes of gameplay that was done as a live walkthrough with IGN. This is from April. A full four months before the game released, and plenty of time for people to assess any preorders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-uMFHoF8VA What people are doing is that they are IGNORING hundreds of hours of demo gameplay like this, and live interviews where he carefully, and transparently describes the game. To focus on a few, ambiguous, out-of-context statements. That they then TWIST to mean whatever it is they want them to mean. The fact is there has never been a marketing campaign THIS transparent in the history of gaming. Facts without CONTEXT are meaningless, and easily manipulated. In fact one of the most effective ways to deceive people is to bury a lie in a small amount of truth. Beause only thing more vicious than lies....are half-truths. And the number of half-truths being put out there about this man, and how he introduced this game to us are LEGION..and they are all coming from the "community". People who don't know how to be mature, responsible consumers...and want to blame HIM for what THEY failed to do before spending their money. ...and for anyone who did their HOMEWORK, the answer to your question is pretty clear. You explore. You survive. You trade, fight and interact WITH NPCs while trying to find your way to the galactic center. That is what Murray has ALWAYS said what the game was about. People just don't -blam!-ING listen. Then get mad about the fact THEY didnt' listen.

http://onemanslie.info/the-original-reddit-post/

Seen it...and and other ones like it. ..and they're all crocks. Like I said. A handful of ambiguous statements that people took out of context...and then twisted into meaning what they wanted them to mean. The only way to NOT get a clear idea of what this game was going to be with the video I linked was to either have NEVER WATCHED IT...or to have SLEPT THROUGH IT.

Lol how is it a crock? It blatantly shows Murray saying what was going to be in the game and then shows the list of things that weren't in the game. I'm not disagreeing with you about everything. I know hype was a huge part of it, but there's no doubt about it that Sean Murray lied about alot of things. That's another reason as to why steam and Sony are accepting refunds. Or were. Same with Amazon. If it was all hype it would be all our fault and no refunds would've been accepted. You have to admit that he lied about alot of things which is why the refunds were accepted. I couldn't care less about the whole thing because I knew for a fact it wasn't going to be a game for me. Unfortunately he needed to be much much more clear about what the game was going to hold and they needed to show alot more and go into alot more depth. They kept alot of secrets about the game that had red flags from the start. I'd say 50% hype and 50% Sean Murry lying and even over exaggerating things. But whatever. Not my problem I was just pointing out evidence and facts about what actually happened. We as a community need to stop hyping up every single game that's going to come out and just play it without knowing too much about it. If it's something you're interested in, fine, play it. If not, don't pick it up. But don't listen to what everyone else says about it because 9 times out of 10, it's just a bunch of overhyped bullshit that people make up in their minds to make it sound like it's going to be the best game ever.

Sean Murray outright lied. He said there would be limited multiplayer in the game and there's none to be seen. [i]~ Nyahh! =^,.,^=[/i]

No he didn't. I've seen him give that same answer in a number of interviews. Each time(in context) it's clear that he's referring to the fact that the game takes place in a shared universe ( which it does) and each time (in context) he [i]emphasized[/i] that such a meeting would be extremely unlikely to occur. You just have a lot of kids who twisted these statements into what the [i]wanted[/i] to believe. Had he actually lied then I wouldn't have expected the game they actually delivered or been scratching my head wondering why he was trying to explain what the game was days before it was released when it was obvious that's what it was going to be from the [i]hundreds[/i] of hours of in-game footage that could be found via the most [i]basic[/i] of searches on YouTube.

The meeting did occur though. On the first day. To which they both couldn't see each other even though they were at the exact same place on the same Planet. I agree most things have been taken out of context, but his statement about the only way you'll be able to see what you look like is if you find another player is completely misleading as there's no possible way to ever find another player. Just their discoveries. The only 'shared' thing is a database, nothing more.

Not according to the game. If you read the details of the situation, the two people contacted each other and communicated OUTSIDE of the game. But this is a game which can be played both off-line...and on-line. ...and both parties acknowledged that when they were on the same planet that the day-night cycles were not synced up. So---from an in-game perspective----they were NOT there at the same time in the game universe. Even though they may have been there at the same time in OUR universe. But this gets RIGHT back to the root issue. That statement is NOT a promise of "multiplayer" game play...and the core game experience is not altered ONE BIT by whether that feature is in the game or not. I can't believe people are acting like this.