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I agree with both of those points. Companies not compensating for crunch is an entirely different argument than how valid or necessary crunch is. But with Epic"s case, they have one of the best compensation packages in the entire industry. Employees can make a ton of royalties based on the...

No. There is a ton of effort to make accurate schedules. Specifically, EARS has invented new positions whose job it is to make sure the game can ship on time without causing crunch, but it still happens no matter how much effort is put into the schedule. The thing about games is that shit...

That Mike Capps quote was taken completely out of context. I know for a fact epic crunches less than a lot of companies, and the output = ferraris in the parking lot, consistently. People can say all they want about poor management being the cause of crunch, or that good games can be made...

Things like "episodic content," fancy ways of dropping NPCs in the world, zones that are affected by seasons, or trees that grow over time are all just gimmicks. They ultimately are meaningless in the scope of whether or not a game is fun. The next step in the genre is to take combat in a...