• CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    idk some of the ships are literally just single concept art images and have been for years, kinda hard to imagine that can possibly be in good faith.

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      Good faith, no. There’s about as much good faith as a silicon valley tech bro looking for venture capitalists.

      I don’t think Chris Roberts doesn’t believe in what he’s doing. I genuinely think he wants to make what he’s promising because he’s been trying to do that since the 90s. But he’s also milking the development time/funds as hard as he can.

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        He’s also using the funds to live out his dream of being a movie producer, something he desires as much (if not more than) being a game developer, with the Squadron spinoff mainly being an excuse to hire big-name actors he likes to deliver his script.

        Not that that’s a bad thing, but he hasn’t really changed much over his decades-long career, flaws included.

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          He filmed those scenes 10 years ago now.

          Some of the actors are going to be dead before it releases

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          Well, some of those actors know him. Mark Hammel has worked with him before in Wing Commander.

          But yeah, you’re right; same old Roberts.