OK, well I was trying to be gentle and courteous, but:
Originally
posted by
feldon33:
After 9 years, which is most likely?
A) It is impossible for a creative team built on mutual respect to produce a great product
B) Jim has simply had rotten luck in the teams he's been involved in.
And to Dale, I suggest looking at the best games released in the last 5 years. They are photorealistic, with incredible lifelike animation, motion, lighting. They are almost indistinguishable from film. Today's computers can handle anything we want to throw at them.
Jim has (I believe) made it very clear that he is unwilling to do it any way other than alone. That is his right as the artist/developer. So, there's at least one more possibility:
C) Jim can't do it.
Which is why I asked the questions I asked. I apologize if
this way of asking it is offensive to some - I did not intend it to be, and in particular, I have no intention to offend Jim.