The other, a major interview Vulture had Rockstar Games talking about Red Dead Redemption 2 and all the work that went into it. The team clearly put a lot of effort and time and money into making this highly anticipated sequel the best it can be. However, in that same interview, the team admitted that there were several weeks where the dev team had to work 100+ hours, and the internet wasn’t too happy about this statement. They criticized Rockstar Games for pushing the team that hard.
After getting a bunch of backlash, Rockstar Games released a statement, starting off with:
“There seems to be some confusion arising from my interview with Harold Goldberg. The point I was trying to make in the article was related to how the narrative and dialogue in the game was crafted, which was mostly what we talked about, not about the different processes of the wider team. After working on the game for seven years, the senior writing team, which consists of four people, Mike Unsworth, Rupert Humphries, Lazlow and myself, had, as we always do, three weeks of intense work when we wrapped everything up. Three weeks, not years. We have all worked together for at least 12 years now, and feel we need this to get everything finished. After so many years of getting things organized and ready on this project, we needed this to check and finalize everything.
He went on to justify things even more:
“More importantly, we obviously don’t expect anyone else to work this way. Across the whole company, we have some senior people who work very hard purely because they’re passionate about a project, or their particular work, and we believe that passion shows in the games we release. But that additional effort is a choice, and we don’t ask or expect anyone to work anything like this. Lots of other senior people work in an entirely different way and are just as productive – I’m just not one of them! No one, senior or junior, is ever forced to work hard. I believe we go to great lengths to run a business that cares about its people, and to make the company a great place for them to work.”
Does this change your opinions on the matter? Will this affect whether you buy Red Dead Redemption 2? Let us know in the comments below.
