I know right! One of my favourite development teams, especially out of THQ.josemlopes said:
EDIT: This better not affect Saints Row 3 in any way. If it's as buggy as 2 was on the PC, I will be very annoyed at you THQ.
THQ Lays Off 30 at Homefront and Red Faction Devs
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EDIT: This better not affect Saints Row 3 in any way. If it's as buggy as 2 was on the PC, I will be very annoyed at you THQ.
'Hi, my name is Sebastian and I used to work for a developer known as Kaos Studios as an <insert lower end job here, that is to say low paid salary with more overtime than you can imagine> Hoewever, due to overhype/executives doing their jobs/overspeculation from the audience, I am one of the small numbers (for this occasion) of workers who get to be laid off, and according to 'RT-Medic-with-shotgun' I didn't clock in my hours working just to get my part in the game working but am instead a lying prick and fully deserved being made redundant for apparently not being able to please enough people with too much expendable income.'RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
Whilst the above example is written in some jest, the reality is there. Its the lower end workers who feel the sting of these events. Since game development is a massive collective effort, I highly doubt that not only this amount of people could be lying at once, let alone the fact that you can't lie about something being awesome; an opinion is subjective, and persuasion is the whole point of advertising.
As I struggle to develop a single player map for university in UE3 and get it done for its deadline, its snide remarks like this that simply piss me off; the people that don't realise what game development (hint; a shit ton of work) is, like that you think that these people deserve to be made redundant because your idea of what the game should be is above your interpretation of the product, regardless of the efforts involved from the developers. I'll certainly admit that I've never played Homefront but I wouldn't be as arrogant to say that someone who did his job and may not even be related to the flaws of the game deserves being kicked off the dev team, let alone relish it like some feeling of revenge for money spent. Say what you want for the people who oversold/hyped the game to you, but don't absent mindedly sent your hatred to what is most likely the people who had to put in the most effort.
IF your having trouble finishing a UE3 level you might want to rethink what your doing. Jesus doing Unreal levels on any version can be done in any good level makers sleep.Dr. HeatSync said:
Fuck THQ, Volition busts their asses trying to deliver quality products. Plus, their games sell really well. I don't get it.
Yeah, let our hearts go out toicyneesan said:
But I heard of MMU, but The Agency too? If it wasnt for the fact I know so little about it, I would start getting worried about this...
I am confused why they layed off the Volition people, their games have been successful and they're working on about 3 different projects right now. Other than that, my heart goes to the devs who got layed off.
This is kind of what I mean, its those people that won't be getting fired; its the lower end that will feel the brunt of it as they are much more expendable. Although this is fairly common, its those people who have to work hardest which is why I was fairly irked by a few of the responses here that indicate that their entertainment, their materialism is above a random lower end worker's misfortune, let alone the actual employees responsible for damaging the game's impact.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
Yay, people lost their jobs! Let's all throw a party.Trolldor said:
OT: Why Volition? I mean, Kaos didn't perform too well with Homefront (not too awfully, either), but why Volition.
Ah, anyway, there's no reason to gloat over people losing their jobs and all. Plus, both devs made games I actually liked.
