shikamaru317 said:
I have now read multiple statements from Rockstar devs saying that any overtime they have worked they volunteered for. One woman said the longest week she has worked since she began on RDR2 2 years ago was 58 hours, far less than this 100 hour figure that is floating around. The 100 hour figure came from an interview and was very likely exaggerated because Dan wanted to show the level of dedication to making the game as good as possible that his team has. Also, even if it is true, critics shouldn't let it affect their scores. They are there to judge the game, not the working practices of the developer. They might actually do more harm than good, if these devs really have been busting their butts working long weeks to get the game ready for release and make sure it is polished and perfect, it would be devastating for them to see the game review lower than expected, it would mean all of their hard work was for nothing. Some publishers even deny their developers a cash bonus if a game's metascore falls below a certain level, any critic who let lets this news affect their score could actually be directly hurting the developers they claim to be defending. Not sure if Take Two is one of those publishers, but I know that Zenimax (Bethesda parent company) has been guilty of doing that in the past. |
This is an incredibly weak argument from you and I pretty much already addressed it. People do not like challenging authority. People who complain about long dev times are less likely to find good jobs as developers for major companies. And "volunteer".... hm ... wonder how that can be exploited.
The best thing to do is just not take a side on the matter. I don't think Rockstar is inherently guilty or innocent, and quite honestly most of the testimony saying that Rockstar is a good company does not actually go against or disprove testimony that states the opposite. We don't have enough information right now. But the answer is not to just label those who are concerned as SJWs. Give me a break. This is the same kind of crap you did with The Witcher TV series where you over reacted and then got denied the satisfaction of being right. Even if Rockstar is innocent, your condemnation of people who have some concern is ridiculous. STOP IT.
As for your last point, none of that is disagreeable. Luckily, that's not the part I was responding to.
Last edited by AngryLittleAlchemist - on 19 October 2018
