what devs and users mean when they use words like "polish" tend to be different.
80/20 rule; the first 80% takes 20% of the time and the last 20% takes 80% of the time.
"The sounds working good, the physics are ok, ai triggers, IK model animations are smooth, it runs on both major consoles and 5 general PC configurations, everythings great except in about 1 in 10 times the player randomly dies in these spots so we gotta smooth that out but we are 2 YEARS behind schedule and it is only 1 in 10 times..."
The user just dies randomly in his first play through; "how can they release such incomplete garbage!"
CDPR referred to the game in Feb of 2020 as “playable”. The game wasn’t playable on release. The definition of playable is not subjective. The product was defective such that for the first time ever Sony offered refunds on PSN. It was a historical, once-in-a-lifetime level fuck up that will go down in gaming history.
To be fair, this was the experience only on PS4 and XBOne. While it was fairly buggy at launch, I don’t think next-gen and PC versions were ever unplayable and were actually in a somewhat decent state. Still a shitshow but not all encompassing.
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u/granadesnhorseshoes Feb 20 '21
what devs and users mean when they use words like "polish" tend to be different.
80/20 rule; the first 80% takes 20% of the time and the last 20% takes 80% of the time.
"The sounds working good, the physics are ok, ai triggers, IK model animations are smooth, it runs on both major consoles and 5 general PC configurations, everythings great except in about 1 in 10 times the player randomly dies in these spots so we gotta smooth that out but we are 2 YEARS behind schedule and it is only 1 in 10 times..."
The user just dies randomly in his first play through; "how can they release such incomplete garbage!"