fatso the wombat on 6/4/2004 at 15:23
Well put me in the category of people who does care what happens to him. Harvey in my opinion is a genius. Sure he made a few mistakes with DX:IW but the end result was he has learned from his mistakes. Also he seems to have a design philosophy of trying something new, going out on a limb to bring fresh ideas into a stagnant gaming industry. So if his new company gets off the gound, I should be very interested to see what they are doing.
DaBeast on 6/4/2004 at 17:14
Nedan wins
Tundra-Spectre on 20/4/2004 at 17:47
fatso the wombat, it's great that Harvey Smith has learned from his mistakes, no doubt you believe that he is well on his way to creating a game of Deus Ex calibre. People do have to pay for their mistakes especially when customers are paying good money for them. Also lets not forget that actions speak louder than words, Harvey Smith can really talk the talk, he sang high praise of Deus Ex IW and now look at it. Until we all see an exceptional piece of software from Harvey Smith many people are going to remember him as someone who made stupid decisions in creating Deus Ex IW.
Gingerbread Man on 20/4/2004 at 18:28
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Originally posted by Nedan Now I'll admit that maybe you could right that off because Harvey left voluntarily & Randy possibly did not. But you have to admit that it does say a little bit about how the community feels about the two.
This is true. But what it says mostly is that Randy forged a closer active relationship with fans, whereas Harvey preferred to stay in private communication with a few people. Different approaches for different personalities.
Some people knew all about Harvey's leaving a week before anyone announced it, but Harvey being how Harvey is he preferred it remain quiet. Randy, on the other hand, did not "leave" so much as "get fired" and when this information about a project lead of a game in development getting the boot mere weeks from the game's release was happened across in a rather short and uninformative article, this sparked interest and reaction far more than the voluntary (and most likely perfectly amicable) departure of a project lead who had just completed the title he was responsible for.
Nedan on 21/4/2004 at 00:10
And from what I noticed GBM, people seem to more willing to push the blaim off onto someone else other than Randy for any future problems we might have with Thief 3. But with DX:IW... fingers were pointed straight at Harvey right from the get go.
If anything, it definately tells me that a close active relationship with fans is probably a must.
