Part of the issue is that modern games are usually getting fixes right up to release. Pre-release reviews tend to focus on things that aren't likely to ever change significantly, like design and writing.
It would be nice if they gave a summary of issues they saw with a disclaimer that they may get fixed instead of omitting that information entirely.
The dev stated that it mostly exists for more performance-limited applications like mobile.
Expanse does too, though it isn't common in that world.
Kerbal Space Program 2
Similarly, VLC names their releases after Discworld characters. It's a fun way to make major versions feel like more than just a number increment.
The lack of pressure leads to absurd file sizes for silly things.
A few weeks ago, I needed a vector company logo, so I asked our graphics team for one. The file they sent me was 6MB. While working with it, I noticed it was actually quite clean, so I exported it as an SVG and it came out to 2KB. 1/3000th the size for the exact same graphic.
I opened their file up in a text editor and found font configs for specific printer models (in a graphic with only filled curves), conditional logic, multiple thumbnails, and other junk.
Banks like to think that branch employees (bank tellers) are sales people. Most of them give 'goals' to each employee requiring them to open a certain number of new accounts, land a certain number of loans, etc each week/month. It isn't ethical since the only people you can really sell on those services are the ones who should least get them. Anyone who actually wants/needs the services will come to you.
Wells Fargo differed from the rest of the industry by setting completely impossible goals, not just unethical ones. This led to them developing a culture where signing people up for services they didn't agree to became commonplace.
Check out the demo if you have a chance. The game is a lot of fun and it has some pretty funny demo-exclusive writing.
Factorio is the best manufacturing/logistics sim by a huge margin. Some of that is technical things, but the biggest contributor is game balance and the complexity curve. They spent years iterating to find a sweet spot.
The regulatory agency is pretty large, but it's headed by a 5-member commission.
They specifically used it to make major players blatantly cheat during a tournament so that it would be taken seriously and fixed quickly.
Microsoft now installs games in an unprotected directory because people were so annoyed they couldn't use the mods made for other storefronts.