[Lieutenant Dan]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flamehead

Seems these guys are really painting themselves into a corner. On one hand, I can understand them wanting to wait until it's as perfect as you can get it because they want to blow away the consumer, but it's happened so much now that when if finally does get released, they're going to get SO much heat because: a) Some bug or quirk will still be revealed, and/or b) The final product will not be as mind-blowing as many believe it should be with it having taken so long, i.e., "we waited this long for THIS?!?" With the Forza's and other "simulators" of the world building fan-bases and simulation fans getting more discerning and expectant these days, I have to wonder if the final result of the release will be a collective yawn after the initial hype of the release dies down.

Flamehead is wise.

It's my feeling that once Polyphony got a real good look at Forza 3 last fall, they decided their current best wasn't good enough to 'top' it. This was probably made more apparent after they got a retail copy and played it more extensively.

PD has always set the bar very high, even for themselves. Now, as Flamehead pointed out, they are pushing expectations even higher with another delay to the point where nothing less than a REMARKABLE game that's virtually flawless will be expected.