So here's the thing.
Are there shading errors present in the bake? A little.
Would you have ever noticed if you had never seen the untextured version? Highly doubtful.
Is it laziness? Kind of, but it's more about focusing on the final product and not wasting time.
Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games https://t.co/Trvx8cSMdN