The Avernus claim is the one Im most sceptical of. Its one thing to dredge up recorded audio files for an epilogue or something, quite another to claim entire regions were just cut from the game. That would mean maps, assets, characters, quest lines, encounters, etc. If someone really has found all that, I want to see evidence of it, not just someone posting their claims on multiple forums. You might well be talking about restoring something that was never really developed in the first place.
Im certainly not going to get my hopes up based on this list that keeps popping up everywhere.
Additionally, these 'dataminers' don't even share how they found this, no methods presented, no tools, where to search... just nothing. Just bunch of randoms do trololo on people that doesn't have critical thinking.
I don't believe until i really see something. I hope people stop parroting this because it hurts the game.
Well some dataminers have posted videos showing what they found. I wouldnt automatically dismiss all of them.
But this list isnt even from someone claiming to have done it themselves, but someone claiming to have put together a definitive list of what others have found. No sources or references to what was allegedly found for the vast majority of it.
Even if they are being basically honest, they could be still be making all sorts of assumptions, extrapolations and wildly inaccurate conclusions. Theyve given us no way to judge for ourselves which makes me immediately suspicious.
Amusingly, when I said this elsewhere, someone actually posted links to the relevant software tools and said that if I didnt trust this list, I should datamine it myself. When all Im suggesting is that people might want to exercise a bit of caution about unverified claims on the internet.
