![]() With wetlands paved over and nowhere for surplus water to settle, waterlogging and flooding is commonplace."Sponge cities" were designed to make greater use of lower-impact, "nature-based solutions". ![]() So what is the "sponge city" scheme, and why hasn't it worked?China has long sought to improve the way it handles extreme weather.Breakneck urbanization has left vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. STORY: China's so-called "sponge cities" were designed to boost flood resilience in metropolitan areas.But their effectiveness is now under scrutiny, after devastating floods inundated cities there in recent weeks.The extreme weather has caused deaths, destroyed homes, and damaged infrastructure. Redfall proves it's time to press pause on tired squad-based shooters. "Not even awesome vampires and world design can redeem Redfall's repetitive gameplay, which becomes progressively more monotonous the longer you play," we said.Īs for where we are today, Xbox has committed to improving the game despite its rough launch. In our own Redfall review, we said it "feels rushed, unfinished, and unsatisfying." ![]() The scars of development were reflected in reviews. In fact, as Bloomberg points out, only around 30% of the developers who worked on Prey were still at Arkane when development on Redfall ended. With Prey falling short of expectations a year priority, Arkane bosses apparently fancied giving something with broader appeal a go.Īlongside a sense of uncertainty and shifting targets, Arkane also had to deal with developers who specialised in single-players leaving for pastures new, put off by what Redfall proposed. ![]() Bloomberg reports that Redfall came at a time when ZeniMax was encouraging studios to work with the 'games as a service' model in mind. From the sounds of it, issues were present long before Microsoft entered the scene. ![]()
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