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Do you work at Ubisoft or Black Hole? If not, then, IMHO, digging into someone else's dirty laundry is not the best idea. It would be good if at least half of what that Black Hole employee said in that remote message was true. It's not very fair to judge such things when we only know the position of one side.
I believe this letter, at least because after its publication, there was no denial from "Ubisoft." If it were false, they would try to somehow clear themselves of the slander. Indirect arguments in favor of the truthfulness of the Black Hole employee's statement may be the games created by the Hungarians earlier (normal creation conditions and, as a result, a decent result) and Nival's comments regarding the contract for the development of the sixth installment, which is exploitative in its essence.

The concept of "dirty laundry" still refers to personal life. In this case, I suffered from someone's unfair economic policy; I believe I have every moral right to express my dissatisfaction with everything that is happening, since I paid the price of a quality product for a semi-finished product.

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That same message, of course, did not mention the mistakes that the Black Hole employees made. And we will probably never know if BH actually fulfilled all its obligations to Ubi on time. The game's release date, as I recall, was postponed at least twice. Therefore, as far as deadlines are concerned, I think it was more about extending them than shortening them.
I understand that I am doing wrong by summarizing without having enough information. But I'm already fed up. And I can't force myself not to believe that letter. What I bought in October of last year in no way corresponds to this. I'm a little sorry for the money spent. The game is only now being sold at a price worthy of it (on average, about 250 rubles).