I think you may be onto something regarding Rivet Games. Imagine one of TSW's most requested routes to only be shadowed by a certain infamous developer. Now we're talking. Prediction for TSW6: "DTG will happily announce London to Peterborough as the core UK route featuring the Class 800, Class 700 (both variants) and Class 387. Additional DLC's will be available for be available for the Class 91 and the Class 717". Oh wait so a very exciting route I see, nothing can go wrong surely? Incoming the fans smart enough to spot the odd layout of the route from the "lighting looking overbright on many sections, tunnels modelled as if it was done from a Nintendo 64, hovering or standing near the pantograph of the Class 700/1 sounds like a Class 385? (Reference to the Class 377/2)" What else who do we have? Oh yes, so many missing services or ones timed incorrectly than in real life as well as drum role please......The PIS system saying one of the weirdest displays one could imagine, so "Welwyn Garden City" is "Wyn Grd City" to squeeze as what would a certain developer do. Not just on PIS on Platforms, but on locos as well. So what does this tell, RIVVVVEETTTT GAMES has once again returned to be the ultimate villain of TSW by ruining one of the most iconic UK routes. Fans will of course go full on blasting against a developer the second smart people discover the faults and hopefully start a rampage. DTG will go into hiding equilivant to Boris Johnson in 2022 facing his scandals encouraging us to "forget it and move on", serious enquiries by players are made and is once again sugar coated by the release of new locals or routes to hopefully "quiet the crowd". Two or three roadmaps later, after Liam saying "he'll won't work on any more remasters" comes back and resurrects himself to fix "ECML South" and do all he can. He ends up with a splendours fix on most cases, but still leaves the route half-baked as what WCML South ended up as (Talking of still missing Class 390 AI services as well as the playable Class 350 services that are meant to be there). Into the new year of 2026, a scandal arises with the CEO of DTG and Rivet games were involved in a corruption scandal as well as found numerous objects of love toys between each others companies. Everyone is shocked at boths behaviour which ultimately ends of the relationship between Rivet Games and DTG. Rivet Games are shut down for good. The Fife Circle and ScotRail Express will be taken in house to Skyhook Games and the rest to DTG themselves. Remasters to the likes of all the routes will be done "as soon as practical." What I've told here is what an infamous story can turn out if something like this continues? Whether the devs care, it's something that should be noted. Like when was the last time since TSW2 was that the case? Everything since then has been short term marketing, less focus on fixes, no community streams alongside communication.
That ain't no prediction, that sounds like it's just your slightly warped fan fiction that you hope and want to happen, and on that basis, oh lord.............humanity is soooo doomed........
Until the Devs acknowledge their work are "no longer up to standards", many people will continue preaching their words until otherwise. Many are still hurt to this day from the treatment WCML South even though Liam did a "somewhat improvement".
Not when the Fat Controller's engines visited the Other Railway on the mainland back in Book 12... Or indeed in any of the art covering Oliver's escape to Sodor.
Hurt by the "treatment" of a DLC for a computer game! I get being hurt by a relationship breakup or the death of a pet or a loved one, I can't see me being hurt over some pixels on a screen no matter how passionate I am about TSW!
Honestly, I think I can direct anyone with these sorts of feelings to some grass that is feeling "hurt" by how untouched it has gone. Maybe they can help each other out.
