I don't feel sorry for any of them.
Look, I get that they tried very, very hard, and I appreciate that. However, their job, the thing they get paid money for, is to make satisfying games. They quite obviously failed at that. If I fail at my job duties, I don't get a "that's okay, you tried very hard, analyst integrity" as a cop-out, I get reamed.
They failed at their job, the consequences are their own. Let's not act like they made this game and then gave it to us for free out of the goodness of their hearts.