Apparently, TT Games has been doing extreme crunch culture since the mid-'00s, only getting worse with time. I’ll wait until it’s on discount and most/all of the DLC is out, as I really don’t like supporting games produced under such circumstances. It’s not as horrendous as some studios, but it’s still an abysmal working environment.
Yeah this was horrible to read about. Management chose a less efficient engine than Unreal Engine to cut costs and made things way harder for their workers; they’ve been working on this thing five years. Luckily there are promising signs of improvement at TT now by anyone who went through stress to make this game has all my sympathy.
I’ve never played a lot of games/engaged with news about the industry until recently and with this coming just after Lucasfilm partnered with Quantic Dream, who are even WORSE, I’m realising just how terrible pretty much every game studio is. The whole industry is a disgrace and has a long way to go in terms of decent working conditions.