Bleh, my phones autocorrect isn't fun. If you ever notice odd suddering in my posts... that's what's causing it. It's really annoying. =/
2004 IIRC was when a demo of a fully destructable building was shown to public. It was cancelled so it wouldn't interfere with sales of another in house project, Battlefield. Battlefield was not going to have to share sales, it is entirely different game types. Ren is not a military shooter deathmatch type thing. It is an tactical objective based thing. Even battlefield objective modes aren't that objective, anyone who plays CoD S&D knows it ain't about the bomb, it is about 1 life takedown team vs team. It is elimination.
RPS did a piece on it - pretty much sums up my impressions on it too. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/06/grey-goo-release-date/ Very 'safe' formula.
I feel your pain. Somehow i can't set my keyboard to English, so my phone tries to autocorrect english to my native language, which is about as much a pain as you imagine, only worse. ~Sent from my MSI GX660 (yes, that last line is a joke )
No idea. Release is scheduled for later this month - doesn't say where. A cursory glance through discussion between fans of the game suggests that they are releasing a bit too early, might be worth waiting for a few patches after release to buy.