I remember back in the day when EA was winning the worst company in the world award over and over, I thought Ricitello was getting an unfair rap; how much of the bad could've really been his fault?
I heavily reevaluated that opinion over the last year.
Thanks for the coverage of this, I only skimmed the headlines on Reddit yesterday.
Also, huzzah for Steam Next Fest. I love these events. I've downloaded and played a bunch, with more to try later this week. Yet to give Europa a go, but it's on my list.
So far, I've enjoyed and Wishlisted:
Bzzzt (Celeste's platforming comes closest to mind for me)
Tents and Trees (picross-y, very chill)
Sandy's Great Escape (Sokoban, lovely pixel graphics and good take on the puzzles and mechanics)
Holstin (isometric horror/investigation/puzzler with beautiful graphics and atmosphere; not so sure about the combat demo tho)
Talos Principle 2 (incredible philosophical puzzler to rival the first game)
Jusant (well, already had this on my list -- gorgeous climbing game)
My Work is Not Yet Done (I'm not sure what this is yet, but it's original and atmopsheric and weird)
Some excellent shouts there, my namesake! I am so, so excited for Jusant but it's out in a couple of weeks so figured I'd wait rather than try the demo.
Yeah fair call. I feel much the same about Talos 2, though my PC is showing its age now unfortunately. Definitely time for an upgrade over the holidays.
Sorry, I have to point out that senior people getting golden handshakes despite their incompetence is not exclusive to capitalism. There are plenty of non-capitalist cronies who lived richly due to their contacts, not their abilities (I live in a country where the political elite are very much communist in ideology, and they reward incompetent - even criminal - yet connected people all the time). Blaming capitalism misses the point that cronyism appears in every system, and is often more abused in other systems, particularly autocratic ones.
A thought - Unity's profile and spread as an engine has been quite incredible during the past decade, and I'd easily consider it the low-end rival to UE's high-end model. Even if it was the board calling the shots, doesn't Riccitiello deserve some credit? I find it hard to reconcile that he was an awful leader, yet presided over a massive growth period for the engine. Or did Unity explode before his tenure and has simply just coasted along for a decade? Even that is pretty impressive, or suggests that the game engine market is in a truly dismal state.
I remember back in the day when EA was winning the worst company in the world award over and over, I thought Ricitello was getting an unfair rap; how much of the bad could've really been his fault?
I heavily reevaluated that opinion over the last year.
Thanks for the coverage of this, I only skimmed the headlines on Reddit yesterday.
Also, huzzah for Steam Next Fest. I love these events. I've downloaded and played a bunch, with more to try later this week. Yet to give Europa a go, but it's on my list.
So far, I've enjoyed and Wishlisted:
Bzzzt (Celeste's platforming comes closest to mind for me)
Tents and Trees (picross-y, very chill)
Sandy's Great Escape (Sokoban, lovely pixel graphics and good take on the puzzles and mechanics)
Holstin (isometric horror/investigation/puzzler with beautiful graphics and atmosphere; not so sure about the combat demo tho)
Talos Principle 2 (incredible philosophical puzzler to rival the first game)
Jusant (well, already had this on my list -- gorgeous climbing game)
My Work is Not Yet Done (I'm not sure what this is yet, but it's original and atmopsheric and weird)
Some excellent shouts there, my namesake! I am so, so excited for Jusant but it's out in a couple of weeks so figured I'd wait rather than try the demo.
Yeah fair call. I feel much the same about Talos 2, though my PC is showing its age now unfortunately. Definitely time for an upgrade over the holidays.
Sorry, I have to point out that senior people getting golden handshakes despite their incompetence is not exclusive to capitalism. There are plenty of non-capitalist cronies who lived richly due to their contacts, not their abilities (I live in a country where the political elite are very much communist in ideology, and they reward incompetent - even criminal - yet connected people all the time). Blaming capitalism misses the point that cronyism appears in every system, and is often more abused in other systems, particularly autocratic ones.
A thought - Unity's profile and spread as an engine has been quite incredible during the past decade, and I'd easily consider it the low-end rival to UE's high-end model. Even if it was the board calling the shots, doesn't Riccitiello deserve some credit? I find it hard to reconcile that he was an awful leader, yet presided over a massive growth period for the engine. Or did Unity explode before his tenure and has simply just coasted along for a decade? Even that is pretty impressive, or suggests that the game engine market is in a truly dismal state.