imagine ordering the most delicious salad you could possibly think of at a restaurant. you get to watch each stage of it being made, even getting chances to taste test it at various stages of its development. it's basically perfect, except when it's ready, it goes to a completely different table, and the salad you get is just Ice Soup. just the most bland, tasteless thing imaginable. it's even a little warm so the ice is already melting, leaving you with nothing but a bowl of water.

that's what watching this game going from beta to release felt like