▲ 1314 ▼ Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Duke Nukem Forever PTSD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Perhaps. I suppose saying: “Delaying a game which is making coherent progress is better than forcing devs to cut their work short.” is a much less catchy quote. Duke Nukem Forever suffered both from not giving the appropriate development time to a single workflow, and from the related problem of upper manglement constantly demanding changing the game so much it was like starting over again and again. The leaked 2001 Duke Nukem build is promising. If the devs had been supported in focusing on that rather than constantly retooling the game to chase trends, it may have at least been decent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Daikatana PTSD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If only there had been a 20% higher cocaine budget for John Romero. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Perhaps. I suppose saying: “Delaying a game which is making coherent progress is better than forcing devs to cut their work short.” is a much less catchy quote. Duke Nukem Forever suffered both from not giving the appropriate development time to a single workflow, and from the related problem of upper manglement constantly demanding changing the game so much it was like starting over again and again. The leaked 2001 Duke Nukem build is promising. If the devs had been supported in focusing on that rather than constantly retooling the game to chase trends, it may have at least been decent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Daikatana PTSD permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If only there had been a 20% higher cocaine budget for John Romero. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago If only there had been a 20% higher cocaine budget for John Romero. permalink fedilink source parent