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

Harvey 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 a 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 little areas the team made that I love. Some special corner; someone cared so deeply.”