You’ve already made it pretty clear that you find the idea repugnant, so what’s the point in asking? You want to moral grandstand that you’re better than those people?

You don’t know how fae work if you’re applying logic to their shit like that. The ancients said the truce is ended. There’s probably some rules lawyer bullshit that the courts are pulling to assert that the sea has already overwhelmed the land. Probably some climate change shit (sea levels will raise to this level now, and ‘the land’ actually refers to a court appointed spot off the coast of Ireland, which will be under water within the century. Since it’s a done deal at this point, with no way to reverse course fast enough, the deal no longer holds)

Point being… the truce is over. Buckle up, buttercup.

I have no problem if games reached this via a similar model that Larian used here (lots of experienced staff, pre-built systems, 6 years of development, 3 years of expertly done early-access with a highly engaged player base) but they’re not going to. They’re going to implement more crunch, more abuse, more destruction of the few people who want to work in games in order to get there. And that’s where I have the issue.

I want shorter games, with worse graphics, made by people who get paid more to do less. Because that’s what’s needed to make truly great games. People who are passionate, not burning themselves out just to barely make deadlines, make great games.