Since i saw that gameplay footage which was released like somewhere in the last 5 years its all i can think about when Sq42 is in the news again. Until that point i just hoped that maybe somehow someday an unpolished but interesting game will come out. But that footage looked so unfun and ass after ~10 years of development i lost all hope.
this will be xbox in 2032:
As a longtime and somewhat casual but dedicated viewer i wasnt even aware of that fact.
But i still think getting onsite acccess to devs comes with compromises. Which still is legit. But i(!) still feel it comes with some constraints. Otherwise we would see nothing tbh IMHO.
Edit: Just to be sure: I still have mostly nothing but praise left for noclip.
My biggest gripe with noclip is that their documentaries feel just a tad too corporate. Like i’m(!) personally(!) convinced some money was exchanged between the dev/publisher to make these docs happen. (allegedly, no proof, vibes)
BUT(!!) idk how else you would get that close access to the stories they like to tell. Also they’re really fucking good at telling and surfacing stories in these tight constraints tbh. If you’re not a particular fan of a topic they cover it can feel sometimes a bit ‘shilly’. But if you are in some capacity fan they always give you some really cool insights into the development of ‘your’ game. Danny O’Dwyer is a fucking magician in that regard. I never feel cheated besides the thoughts in my first sentences in my post.
not wearing pants is a sign of success tbh