Dude, if you can't post a fair pole, don't post one at all! -Low pop cap: EW have been told that the pop cap will barley be noticeable by Delphi -Lees details: Just the fact that there is space battles in this says there is going to be plenty of detail, not to mention 44+ planets. -Smaller game: 44 ground maps and 44 space maps is hardly small, not to mention i saw that the requirements for the game will between 2-5 GB of hard-drive space. -All that was said was that you will not be able to mod it on release, not that they will not offer much if any support. - But of coarse they want to be able to make expansions, it is a good way of keeping games alive. -As for respect, i highly doubt anyone will loose respect for the game just because it will not be moldable at Launce, and if they are then they never really supported the game at first. -Ok, how is anyone offended by the broadside being in the game, ever head of creativity??? -and if you dont like the time line and the units, don't even bother with the game, not everything has been released about the game yet because they want people to be hyped when they open the box for the first time and see the game guide with a list of all the available units and be like" WOW SWEET!!!" -petroglyph has already said hey will be working on all aspects of the game as long as they possibly can and will be adding patches if they have to the day after launch. -Don't know much about gamespot multiplayer, but this game is going to have anything but a short life span. -And neither would the game.