Thomas Mahler, CEO of developer Moon Studios, has hit hard at CD Projekt Red and Hello Games, among others. The game director of both Origames thinks these studios are screwing up the industry.
On the ResetEra forum, Mahler expresses his displeasure with how developers constantly lie about features in their games. Mahler started: “It all started with Molyneux (developer of Fable, ed.). He was the best at making promises that never made it into the product. He showed this behavior for over 10 years before gamers and journalists finally didn’t tell his lies. more believed. “
Then came Sean Murray (developer of No Man’s Sky, ed.). He loved being in the spotlight. Even days before the release of his game, he hyped multiplayer, which didn’t exist at all. Gamers and journalists were dissatisfied, but after the game got several updates, everyone had already forgotten about the lies and deception. In fact, he received multiple awards because after numerous updates, his game finally resembled the product he had promised years before. Thank you, Geoff Keighley. “ Murray also gave a sneer to the journalist who set up The Game Awards.
“And then came Cyberpunk. The whole PR department did everything they had learned from Molyneux and Murray and went all out. Every video CD Projekt Red released was so carefully crafted it looked hugely compelling. They just promised. not that the game would cure cancer “, Mahler continues his argument. The end product of Cyberpunk 2077 was only a fraction of what the developer had promised, he continues.
Mahler has a personal reason to be angry with these developers. His game was released in 2014 Ori and the Blind Forest on the verge of getting a cover article from a gaming magazine. Got it at the last minute No Man’s Sky nevertheless this attention. Mahler initially understood it, since No Man’s Sky the ‘bigger game’ is, but he still felt quite screwed when the final product came out.
Mahler calls the aforementioned developers ‘snake oil sellers’, a euphemism for misleading marketing. “Gamers and journalists all go along with it and don’t seem to mind. A lot of people acknowledge that misleading promises have been made, but still say they like the game. That’s not the point. It doesn’t matter. if the snake oil still tastes good. Just don’t sell me a product that doesn’t exist. Just don’t fucking lie to me. You screw gamers, you screw journalists (who should know better) and you sew other development studios “, this is how Mahler concludes his argument.
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