Well the stories behind Vanguard were pretty damning in terms of McQuaid. After the game was released lots of info got out there about how he wouldn't even come into the office for weeks on end....or would ask them to change things randomly with no discussion.
They ran out of money on the project and pushed it out the door, but all the while he was talking out his ass about performance and other aspects of the game that simply were not true.
It had some interesting ideas, but I don't trust McQuaid on anything after that. I know SOE is pretty liberal about their descriptions on games, to try to make them sound more grandiose...but McQuaid just flat out lied in many statements. Much in the same vein as Flagship Studios and Bill Roper.....while I wasn't swindled in that case anything either of them are involved in....I question heavily especially if they have anything to do with announcements or information releases in anyway, both have a history of deception to make a buck on false hype/etc.
They ran out of money on the project and pushed it out the door, but all the while he was talking out his ass about performance and other aspects of the game that simply were not true.
It had some interesting ideas, but I don't trust McQuaid on anything after that. I know SOE is pretty liberal about their descriptions on games, to try to make them sound more grandiose...but McQuaid just flat out lied in many statements. Much in the same vein as Flagship Studios and Bill Roper.....while I wasn't swindled in that case anything either of them are involved in....I question heavily especially if they have anything to do with announcements or information releases in anyway, both have a history of deception to make a buck on false hype/etc.