[2021] Just a *drunk* question directed at the devs (from someone that's deep into IT)

While I can’t say anything directly about the code, I do know that the coders do go back and optimize older code all the time As Unreal is very hands-on for artists and designers, and they use the visual scripting in Unreal called blueprints, there’s also some cleanup there and some conversion into c++ code, I’ll wager.

In my own experience, game dev is just as much about smoke and mirrors. It usually doesn’t matter how you achieve something, as long as it is perceived the say you want it to be perceived. A good example is one of the Fallout games, where the experience of a train ride was achieved by making the train a piece of wearable equipment, achieving the illusion of riding a train in first person perspective. If it’s stupid and it works, it’s not stupid.

There’s already a thread about that where it’s addressed and hot takes like “Europe’s EA” are debunked.

That is the beauty of it. Embracer is very hands-off. They invest in studios that are doing good and encourage further growth. They don’t have any structure similar to EA - it’s a completely different setup. Long story short; GSG continues unhindered and with a lot more support.