MindsEye launched earlier this month however did not come out of the gate in a terrific state, with gamers encountering a spread of issues, bugs, and different points. Actor Alex Hernandez, who performs essential character Jake Diaz, has now commented on the sport’s buggy launch, providing up his tackle what may need occurred.
Talking to Examine It TV, Hernandez he believes developer Construct a Rocket Boy determined to launch MindsEye with points with a plan to repair them after launch.
“It isn’t a scarcity of QA. I met the QA testers they usually appeared competent at their job. However for no matter purpose, the corporate determined to launch one thing that has these points after which caring for it post-release… clearly we weren’t the primary recreation to do this,” he stated.
Hernandez stated Cyberpunk 2077 is an instance of one other recreation that launched in a tough state and was then improved over time with updates.
Hernandez went on to say that he “does not love” the mannequin of a developer promoting a recreation for full worth with points at launch after which fixing it over time.
“I do not love that mannequin,” he stated. “I am not a enterprise individual. I don’t know why that call will get made. I’ll simply say that from a client perspective, and I’m certain lots of people really feel this manner, I feel it does extra long-term hurt than good to your fame to launch one thing that appears like it’s in a state of less-than 100%, after which cost 100% of the worth.”
Moreover, Hernandez stated he would somewhat see builders embrace an early-access mannequin the place the developer is up-front with gamers about points in order that followers know what they’re signing up for.
Simply forward of the discharge of MindsEye, a pair of senior executives left the developer, whereas Construct a Rocket Boy is alleged to be chopping employees following the sport’s launch. The recreation was revealed by Hitman studio IO Interactive.
Construct a Rocket Boy is headed up by Leslie Benzies, the previous Rockstar Video games veteran. GameSpot’s MindsEye assessment scored the sport a 3/10. “Spectacular visuals cannot compensate for a scarcity of substance, whether or not that comes from its pointless world, tedious fight, or any variety of different egregious shortcomings. If you happen to’re in search of high quality, forged your thoughts’s eye elsewhere,” reviewer Richard Wakeling stated.