A game is not a feature list.
After the hostility in the "high heels" thread and seeing the general behavior of certain community members I quit reading and posting in the forum, also stopping giving feedback and ideas (This is also part of the reason for my plans how to handle larian in the future). But now as the game is going to be released I came back taking a look and I have to say I'm also disappointed. I for myself absolutely understand the sentence I quoted and I agree with you. On the other hand the Kickstarter campaign is some kind of a promise. A mutual agreement where two sides make a promise. We gave you money and you promised certain features, so I guess you can understand why some people are rather emotional about it. I guess it's not so much about the dungeon, thats kind of not so important if you look at the size of the rest of the game. But the companions thingy ... well, this surely gives hard feelings for many people, same with the AI personality. However, best thing is to wait and see. There are some things where I hadn't the impression you are listening much to the ideas and complaints of the backers and therefor I'm not very likely to back you in the future. This is not an advice to other people or something like that, only my opinion and what I'm very likely going to do.
I think you can handle those level of critic, at least you likely have to admit there is a point to it.
If they delayed the game, people would complain.
If they implemented the features, but half-arsed them because they lacked the time, people would complain.
If they cut features so they can release the game, people complain.
Nothing wrong with being disappointed, but to think you have been slighted? like they failed greatly? Have you seen the competition out there? You do realize nothing out there can even hold a candle to what Larian has made? As Swen pointed out, this game has easily 60-100 hours of play. When was the last time you played a game with that much content? Hmm? Last time I checked, the average game was around 8-10 hours of play and even then those games are filled with bugs and broken promises.
It is fair to be disappointed, but the level of reactions I am seeing from people is... well.. it is like it is disconnected from reality. It is also insulting how ridiculous people are acting in their attacks. If you know anything about this company, you know these people seriously care about their games and if you think you are disappointed in them missing a couple of features, I can promise you they are far more disappointed than you ever will be.
It blows my mind here how short sighted people are, how clueless they are concerning what this company has provided compared to what is out there. You want to poke them a bit for missing a deadline or failing to implement a feature, etc... fine, they can take it, but all of this gnashing of teeth by people, these claims of "I will never support you again" are so superficial and fake. It is the same mantra you see every release from all the AAA companies out there that stick it to their customers and yet... they keep buying those garbage titles. Though hey... never mind that right? Larian betrayed you all, woe is me, life can not go on... it really is rather silly.
