Sh*t On Denis Dyack Day continues with our third story on the lovable loudmouth. This time, Denis dredges up the ongoing legal battle between Epic Games and Silicon Knights. Claiming that Epic defrauded a large portion of the games industry, the too talkative Too Human creator lays the blame for his game's delay squarely at the feet of the Unreal Engine masterminds.
"[Too Human has] been a four-year development cycle and it would have been out even quicker, but we had to re-write the engine because of all the Epic stuff," claims Dyack. "The trial is proceeding; we feel really good about our claims, and we're hopeful that justice will be done. We all feel really strongly that they have defrauded us, and a major portion of the industry."
Nasty accusations indeed. Of course, none of us really knows what went on with Epic and SK, but so far I'm yet to see anybody else blaming their problems on the Unreal Engine or its creators. We'll find out how well SK did without Epic however, since Too Human is out soon, and we'll have the review up as quickly as possible. For some reason nobody wants to send me a copy ... I've got no idea why that could be.
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1:42 PM on 08.18.2008
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Jim the world doesn't revolve around you. If you check Metacritic, no one made a review yet so you're not alone, they don't hate you, etc etc. Stop the pessimism!
Think about it.
Although I do struggle to understand why Jim shits on Dyack ALL the time. Give the game a fair shake mang.
I think Jim shits on Dyack all the time because Dyack makes ridiculous claims, starts fights on the Internet, and spent 9+ years developing a game that sucks ass through a straw (y'know, from what I've played).
So until then, everyone needs to shut their damn mouths.
Do you have a link? I can't seem to find it.
1up.com gave it a C-.
Reviews are out. Too Human PR won't talk to me, only to other staff members. Besides which, it was a frigging JOKE over how much shit I get Denis. Jesus.
Still doesn't mean that it's Epic's fault Too Human sucks, as they didn't program the motherfucker.
So I suppose what I'm saying is that I'm a sucker for this game...so I guess that's why the hate seemed out of place. Of course, I admit, it's probably warranted.
Regardless, I intend to sit in the corner by myself playing this and having a grand old time. I DON'T NEED YOU ANYWAY.
*sniff*