Have it this way, they did that so that the new generation can enjoy it. 95% assumption that there is a game coming out right after which is going to be like God Of War.
Torchs wont set fire to a wooden house no :) Also in my experience 95% of the time the bed up against the wall thing is fine but better safe than sorry ^^
Agreed. Concept artists in game development work 95% or more in 2D. An overview of the typical studio's needs for a game concept artist. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/PortfolioContents#Concept_Artist
Been working on this off and on for a while, But really ramped up the production experimenting with a Max and Zbrush workflow. Here is the high poly, which I think is around 95% done.