An analysis i'd be really interested in, is how many projects leads they lost over time, while them not having finished their job. As those key positions indicate how likely they'll finish with the project. But i guess those an analysis would be hard to do.
I seem to remember early on just before or around the restructuring, maybe in 2014-2015 ish, period there were a lot of bigger names leaving.
from what struck me about a lot of the exits then, to my untrained eye they appeared to be experts in their relative areas they were all saying similar things along the lines of.
Chris asked me to do this, I said that's mega hard to do we could do it easier ways. But Chris insisted.
Then Chris asked me to do this, I told him I'm an expert in this, what your asking is impossible, but Chris insisted.
Spent the next three months trying different approaches, trying to deliver the impossible while also working around my now previously overly complicated work.
Chris now insists I'm a clueless idiot who does not know what I'm doing due to the lack of progress on said impossible task. working at CIG become a toxic nightmare.
After months of abuse trying to complete the vision in the exact way Chris wants it, I have finally done the impossible, ok it uses a complex multi-tier kludge system, but it worked. On presenting this to Chris he said I had to throw the whole thing out and start again .... because there was a green pixel.
I wish Chris all the best in his project no hard feelings but I feel I could do more elsewhere.
This seemed to happen in every area accept art and graphics. Some classic examples
The only way to get to a game menu was by putting on a helmet.
The FPS Camera only displaying in-game animations.
Backend server tech
Networking tech
MMO design
while not an analysis you can draw much from, the fact the project is where it is today can't come as too much of a surprise.
I mean its revolutionary development process,
1. hire experts
2. ignore expert advice
3. Insist your own expertise is superior
4. get rid of experts after unsatisfactory results.
5. Hire graduate who listens to your superior expertise
6. AAA Results!! BDSE!!
