After all this he still hit another home run with Death Stranding. It sure didn’t seem like Guerrilla’s Decima engine was holding him back, even with the unconventional mechanics and weird visuals. But I don’t know, I wasn’t there for the development process.

what risk?

Specifically Portal 2 actually. Since it was designed with console players in mind, all of the puzzles can be solved without having to shoot on the move.