Originally posted by Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch:

I think it is more than fair to question the point of this 1:47 video. It certanly wasn't a demo using the game engine. It didn't have any dialogue. The only text was at the end "Coming September 16th"

If you research animation costs online you'll learn that a 2 minute animation can cost between $20,000 and $200,000. For a team reluctant to hire programmers, this might seem like a questionable choice to some.

If they indeed spent 200k on the animation, and average pay scale for programmers is 40-100k, than one could argue they might have been better served hiring two more programmers.

I would have much rather viewed some kind of cinematic that actually featured some of the new mechanics, and I would have rather seen this cinematic done using the game engine.

"A million thanks to our awesome friends at animation studio Brikk for bringing the Viking purgatory to life - Bragi is surely smiling down on you."

Iron Gate development resources were not "wasted", if you want to call it like that.