Apart from the engine improvements which are always positive, the huge changes to how s&box works seems like a huge over correction to the negative voices while also being way too late to make a difference.
There was never an actual issue with how the current asset system worked, and is still leagues above how the steam workshop functions, so removing it and replacing it fully with the workshop is a huge downgrade and will make s&box even more shit of an experience to use.
Removing Terry ("citizen") from the game as well just seems like disservice to the artist who have created him and improved him over the years, and the people complaining about it have no real actual critique apart from "he's ugly". It was all just an extra cherry on top of actual complaints just because s&box never actually had the backing platform quality to give terry a good time to shine so people just shit on him to add fuel to the fire and seem to have no real interest in actually giving the platform a shot if it did improve.
I really wish this isn't a final roadmap on things to come as all of it just seems like more hole digging instead of actual problem solving.
Even then from what I constantly see in the community currently and from some facepunch staff, nobody wants to actually hear valid criticism and the community will continue to worship anything done while facepunch plugs its ears and insults anyone who actually speaks their mind.
I'm saying this all with good intentions and have no ill-will against s&box, but being part of the community for years and seeing the direction it's going just saddens me.
There was never an actual issue with how the current asset system worked, and is still leagues above how the steam workshop functions, so removing it and replacing it fully with the workshop is a huge downgrade and will make s&box even more shit of an experience to use.
Removing Terry ("citizen") from the game as well just seems like disservice to the artist who have created him and improved him over the years, and the people complaining about it have no real actual critique apart from "he's ugly". It was all just an extra cherry on top of actual complaints just because s&box never actually had the backing platform quality to give terry a good time to shine so people just shit on him to add fuel to the fire and seem to have no real interest in actually giving the platform a shot if it did improve.
I really wish this isn't a final roadmap on things to come as all of it just seems like more hole digging instead of actual problem solving.
Even then from what I constantly see in the community currently and from some facepunch staff, nobody wants to actually hear valid criticism and the community will continue to worship anything done while facepunch plugs its ears and insults anyone who actually speaks their mind.
I'm saying this all with good intentions and have no ill-will against s&box, but being part of the community for years and seeing the direction it's going just saddens me.
