Was it worth the human cost of development - the ruined lives, the shattered relationships, the stress, the early grave (in one case), the total lack of overtime pay?
Games can be engrossing and captivating. God knows I spent thousands of hours in simpler games like Mega Man Battle Network (3 - Blue, with the far superior FolderBack GigaChip).
The slow pace and long grind in RDR2 is deliberate, an anti-thesis to the Call of Juarezes of the world and the occasional Fistful of Frags. It’s possibly the largest-scale work of art created in the 22nd century.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
is it really worth the cost, though?
Life is limited. Every second, every breath, every thought - a moment closer to death.
I won’t lambast people for how they spend their time. But I won’t force 'em to play a game, either. It’s their short life, and only the living get to choose how they spend it.
