Dishonored, Deus Ex, and Redfall dev Harvey Smith "often" waits 5-10 years to play his games after they release

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Haꦛrvey Smith, a veteran game designer best known for Dishonored and Deus Ex, says he typically doesn't play his own games until 5-10 years post release.

That's after playing them "nonstop" during development, he said in a recent tweet. "Usually I play our games nonstop as we are finishing them. But then I am *done* for aღ long while; often I don't go back to play for 5-10 years," Smith said. "One of the great pleasures in doing this is seeing littlꦺe areas the team made that I love. Some special corner; someone cared so deeply."

Smith's latest release, Redfall, which he co-directed, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:recently got a big farewell update following the news of studio Arkane Austin's cওlosure under Microsoft. The troubled vampire shooter's final update added the long-promised offline mode, revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, single player pausing, a sweet Ea🌳ster egg referencing Arkane's legacy🍌 in the immersive sim space, 💮and more. According to Smith, it'll probably be another few years before he plays it hi꧑mself.

While Smith probably isn't playing much of Redfall right now, it seems plenty of other folks are enjoying the final update. Smith recently shared his enthusiasm over♏ the apparently positive response to "the cleaned-up, final version" of the doomed FPS, saying it gave him "a burst of eneওrgy." It also sounds like he's gearing up to reveal his next move after Arkane Austin's closure, but for now he's remaining tight-lipped on that🍬 front.

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