The first time I heard a musician refuse to interpret their own song, I found it odd. It made a little more sense as I got older and heard more examples.
When I started seeing people talk about the personalities behind video game franchises, it made a lot more sense. We don't need all of your vision, just some clues.
That was a painful year or so. So many restarts and hopeful explorations only for it to.. never in any useful way ever give the game it promised.
A shame, as the basic mechanics were seemingly all there - I never could wrap my head around what went wrong.
The worst of it though is I now can't stand to listen to a childhood hero's bullshit.
It's ok, I still have Populous II and Syndicate on WinUAE