It saddens me that these recent reports of poor crunch time working conditions at R* are probably going to cost the game some metascore points with the SJW critics. 

If it was real sure, but the reports seem to be bogus, and yet the outrage is still happening, mainly being perpetuated by the SJW types. Watch and see if some of the known SJW sites like Polygon don't give RDR2 some of it's lowest scores. If those critics give RDR2 high scores I will be amazed. 

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. 

I have no seen no actual developer saying that they have worked a 100 hour week. I might have missed it if that does exist, but I haven't seen it. The 100 hour number came from Dan Houser in an interview, the head of Rockstar, and based on the context it was pretty obvious to me that he was listing it as a positive, not a negative, he was very likely over-exaggerating to show the level of commitment that his team has to making the game perfect. Every response I've seen from actual Rockstar devs suggests that the maximum is about 60 hours, which is par for the course with AAA developers when crunch time hits leading up to release. Now, is it shitty that game developers don't get paid overtime because they are salary workers? Absolutely, I agree that is something that should be changed. But it just seems to me like the internet and the media is singling out Rockstar for something that the entire AAA industry does, and that is what annoys me. 

Why do you seem to have such a problem with the term SJW? Seems like it sets you off for no reason at all. It's just a blanket label for people on the left who are becoming increasingly belligerent in their quest for what they consider to be social equality. It's no different from when the left labels anyone they disagree with as alt-righters, even when the person who happens to disagree with them happens to fall closer to the center of the political spectrum. The Witcher tv thing was absolutely not an overreaction by fans, they reacted exactly the way any fanbase would when they learned of a potential serious mistake being made by those in charge of the IP. There is no proof as of yet that they weren't actually going to through with BAME Ciri before the backlash from fans, it's possible that they posted that casting call on purpose just to test the fanbase and see what they could get away with. Even still we ended up getting a race change for another character besides Ciri, they changed the race of Fringilla Vigo. 

I apologize if I offend you or anyone else by using the term. It's just easier to hit 3 keys on a keyboard than to write out something longer that accurately covers the group of people that I'm talking about. And yes I realize that not everyone who is upset about these reports is a stereotypical "SJW", there are those in the center and right who want to see the no-paid overtime at game developers problem fixed, myself included. I just feel like it's going to be sites like Polygon who have shown themselves to be very leftist in the past who are going to let it affect their reviews. That is the only reason why I used the term in this thread.

I too am done with this conversation because we've derailed the thread enough for one day xD  Hope you have a nice day. I've got some AC Odyssey to play personally, I have alot to finish in that game before RDR2 hits next week xD