Warren Spector took to Facebook yesterday to vent his frustration at the new Wolfenstein: The New Order. Later the same day he posted another message, that in part was an apology to the Machine Games team.
"I owe the Wolfenstein team an apology. I wasn't trying to diss you or your game. I have total respect for anyone making a game. I know how hard it is... And to everyone who pointed out that I didn't know enough about the game to judge, well, you were right. Consider this my mea culpa. I hope I can buy you guys a coffee or something at some show to make up for all this rigamarole."
However, Spector still wanted to make the following point:
"Though I was wrong to take out general frustrations on an individual game and on a single team, I'll stand by my overall statement about lack of variety and innovation in mainstream gaming. I was simply expressing, once again, my long-held belief that we make too many shooters, lots of which look, sound and feel like basically the same game dressed up in different clothes. I've been saying that for years - it's nothing new. Wolfenstein got in the line of fire, but I've been shooting at this target for a long time."