MULTI Ori director criticizes CDPR, Molyneux, Hello Games for overhyping games with "lies and deception"

[CerebralTiger]

Moon Studios' CEO and Ori game director Thomas Malher called out other studios for misrepresenting their games ahead of launch.

In a long Resetera post titled "Why are gamers so eager to trust and even forgive the snake oil salesmen?", Malher particularly targeted industry veteran Peter Molyneux, No Man's Sky developer Sean Murray, and Cyberpunk 2077 studio CD Projekt Red.

He accused them of "lies and deception," selling features that don't exist and, by overhyping their games, making fools of players. He also criticised journalists for "happily [playing] along, each and every single time."

Regarding Molyneux:

"It all started with Molyneux," Malher wrote. "He was the master of 'Instead of telling you what my product is, let me just go wild with what I think it could be and get you all excited!' - And that was fine, until you actually put your money down and then the game was nothing like what Peter was hyping it up to be."

Regarding Hello Games:

He then attacked Sean Murray, saying that Hello Games' MD seemed to have "learned straight from the Peter Molyneux handbook" and that he "apparently [loved] the spotlight." Malher argued that, at launch, No Man's Sky was "nothing like what Murray hyped it up to be." He also called out his industry peers for forgiving Hello Games after the studio released updates to introduce missing features.

"They released a bunch of updates, so let's forget about the initial lies and deception and hey, let's actually shower him with awards again, cause he finally kinda sorta delivered on what he said the game would be years earlier," Malher said. "Thanks, Geoff Keighley. Rewarding that kinda behavior will surely help the industry grow stronger."

Regarding CDPR:

Finally, he criticised CD Projekt Red, with Cyberpunk 2077 only being "a fraction of what the developer hyped it up to be," adding that the studio's PR department "took all the cues from what worked for Molyneux and Murray and just went completely apeshit with it."

He continued: "Every video released by CDPR was carefully crafted to create a picture in players' minds that was just insanely compelling," he continued. "They stopped just short of outright saying that this thing would cure cancer."

Ori director criticises developers for overhyping games with "lies and deception"

Update: Thomas Malher apologised for his Resetera post, saying he "did not choose the right tone or platform" to express his thoughts

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No lies detected. All 3 studios overhyped the hell out of their game(s), misleading consumers in process.

 

[manigamer]

i actually wouldn't mind for hello games as they actually worked hard to bring their game back on track and what not, eventually the big vast game did betray the trust in gamers but with free updates and all that even after more than a year working on it , i'd say hello games is good, CDPR well is yet to be seen on their word