So you're fully buying into the Peter Molyneux style of development, I get it.
I think for a lot of us, we're just more cynical about developers that talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. None of what they've been TALKING about has actually been shown properly in videos (Again, all of you defenders out there: It was NOT shown AGAIN during yesterdays panels - Which very much makes me believe that all they have is indeed still just a tech demo, not a real game).
How exactly will the crafting work? How will the trading work? How will the farming of resources work? You don't know, cause you've just been TOLD that these features will be in there, yet you've never seen them.
Remember Molyneux telling you that you'll be able to plant a tree and see it grow? Same thing. You're buying it. Most people here on GAF don't.
Being a developer, again, my bullshit detector goes crazy when it comes to what's happening here. I just don't understand why they're making all these promises that they'll most likely not be able to fulfill (And I think after working in this industry for like 10+ years gives me some credibility).
Again, procedural generation has been around for a while (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhyyUiYQolA#t=240) and it's not something extremely challenging to do, technically (although, granted, their results do look nice, even though there's lots of popping), but the issue always boils down to: Can you actually interact with all this stuff? How do you actually craft an 'infinite universe' while making sure that there's gameplay there?
I bet my balls that most of you - who are very, very, very excited about what they're seeing here - would NOT be happy about a Space Proteus. You're expecting Space Minecraft and Space Minecraft it is not. And it never will be.