While I agree that not every game not made great isn't lazy I don't think we shouldn't call out the ones that are. No man's sky sucked at launch and the devs knew it and they worked their butts off to update and deliver the game they promised, not lazy. Aspyr ported Star Wars Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy in late 2019 and you still can't even read mission briefings because there's no scroll mechanic, the HUD overlay covers up dialogue subtitles, and game saves don't display the proper information for the save file, If features like this can't be fixed in the course of over 2 years when other also small studios can and do all the time then yeah I'm gonna call them out as being lazy until they give evidence to the contrary.
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Re: Soapbox: Can We Please Retire The Phrase 'Lazy Devs' Already?
While I agree that not every game not made great isn't lazy I don't think we shouldn't call out the ones that are. No man's sky sucked at launch and the devs knew it and they worked their butts off to update and deliver the game they promised, not lazy. Aspyr ported Star Wars Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy in late 2019 and you still can't even read mission briefings because there's no scroll mechanic, the HUD overlay covers up dialogue subtitles, and game saves don't display the proper information for the save file, If features like this can't be fixed in the course of over 2 years when other also small studios can and do all the time then yeah I'm gonna call them out as being lazy until they give evidence to the contrary.