I appreciate what the both of you are trying to say, @Kolba_Yoda and @LunasaMoon. I would ordinarily show the same kindness and generosity towards game devs and give them the benefit of the doubt- after all, no one is doing this full time and everyone faces challenges and delays. However, this particular dev has an absolutely awful track record when it comes to delivering anything at all- you may be relatively new supporters of this dev but I’ve backed many of their games- preordered their games and been extraordinarily patient with them. But they simply haven’t learnt- they have taken their fan base for granted and that is extremely uncool- I support many devs and there are far more hardworking and honest devs out there who don’t treat their fans and supporters like crap.
As for the devs offering a ‘whole new game’ with expansions- that’s quite simply a poor lie! Developers who can’t even deliver the base game shouldn’t promise more before until they have managed to even release the originally planned game! That’s been a strategy for these guys- they fail to meet deadlines repeatedly and then post an update promising more content which, let’s face it, is just going to take them longer. What’s the logic behind this? As in any other profession, you should let your work do the talking and sadly there’s barely any work that these guys release. Do you know that the original game itself was delayed by almost a year- deadlines missed at least 6-8 times?!
I understand why you might think this is harsh, but I stand by every word of what I’ve said- their behaviour is scammy af. I’ll wait till the end of this month to see if they deliver anything at all, and then take my post down and happily apologise if I am proven wrong. Till then, this is completely in the devs’ hands- let’s see what they deliver!