Posted by Dusty

Content can't be made without scripting. The effort and time that went into flippers/diving/looting was about 10% graphics/ganis and 90% scripting.

The difference is that scripting is the sort of thing players don't see the effect of first-hand. They see new levels, they see graphics, they see ganis... but they don't see scripts. They just see what the effects of scripting. Here, this guy says it best:

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