TheJimbo1234 said:
At many points someone could have brought up the problems with the game design and concepts and acted how I said (e.g. veto the retarded parts of the game). The fact that everyone went along with it is shocking. |
I want to live in your world, where empirical data always persuades the folks in charge, and if it doesn't then doggoneit the nebulous shareholders
(few of whom give a damn about specific games, or games in general, and many of whom probably don't even know they own stock) will surely listen to a game designer when he brings this matter to their attention!
Unfortunately, in our world the company officers often prefer tight schedules and pet features, the directors are more invested in the officers whom they've chosen to run the company than some cog in the machine, the investors pay little attention to any but the biggest projects, and the employee who unilaterally "vetoes" his boss' commands quickly ends up in the unemployment line. And this is for the average company, not a titan of The Industry like EA who has proven, repeatedly, that it will raze entire well-known development studios if it so pleases, thank you very much.
