Maximilian said:
I just don't get the Dyack hate here; he's a really nice, creative guy who seems to work overtime to make a good game. He also goes outta his way to communicate with the fans. What's the deal?
I don't have a grudge against him, even if he did (with Kojima's full complicity, mind!) ruin MGS, one of my favorite games, with the shitty new dialogue, voiceovers, and cinemas.
I really liked the Legacy of Kain and Soul Reaver. Totally different games whose gameplay I enjoyed tremendously. I thought the universe was pretty stupid, but, hey, it's a video game.
The next SK game I played was Eternal Darkness. The second game I got for the GC, in fact. I thought it was pretty cool, in some ways, but the gameplay seemed much less satisfying than their earlier games -- which I guess is sort of defensible since they were doing a Resident Evil sort of game. The further on I got in the game, though, the more irritating the plot and "universe" got until I just gave up.
So, I don't "hate" him. The sincerity and seriousness with which he was discussing ideas that are utterly cliche and spent even within fantasy/sci-fi pulp deserved mocking. My response didn't provide it, I admit.
So, uh, in short, drohne already said everything that needed to be said