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[Drowsy Emperor]

Wow, development cost of 70 million for what is not even the latest "tech pushing" triple AAA title. And it even looks like it reuses a lot of assets from the previous game on top of that.

Edited September 2, 2016 by Drowsy Emperor

[Hurlshort]

Wow, development cost of 70 million for what is not even the latest "tech pushing" triple AAA title. And it even looks like it reuses a lot of assets from the previous game on top of that.

 

I'm surprised that they would budget that much for a Deus Ex game, but it is definitely at the bleeding edge of current technology.  Also not sure what you are talking about with reused assets.  

 

edit:  Pretty sure it's a different engine.

Edited September 2, 2016 by Hurlshot

[Mamoulian War]

Well, AFAIK you can use same graphical assets in different engines, if you use 3rd party 3D editor and import it to the engine later.

[Hurlshort]

Well, AFAIK you can use same graphical assets in different engines, if you use 3rd party 3D editor and import it to the engine later.

 

Sure, that would make sense.  I imagine a lot of development houses do this when they can.  I just don't see why it would matter to the player unless it looked out of place in the game.

[Mamoulian War]

Well gor me it's not an big issue, some games i loved used the reuse of assets and maps for their sequels. If it does not feel out of place, it can help with releaae of sequel in a timely manner.

[Drowsy Emperor]

 

 

Wow, development cost of 70 million for what is not even the latest "tech pushing" triple AAA title. And it even looks like it reuses a lot of assets from the previous game on top of that.

I'm surprised that they would budget that much for a Deus Ex game, but it is definitely at the bleeding edge of current technology. Also not sure what you are talking about with reused assets.

 

edit: Pretty sure it's a different engine.

A lot of the animations and models look the same or only slightly modified to me, but then this is just based on YouTube videos.

 

The reason I mentioned it, is that if they did reuse assets, that implies that the original game was even more expensive to make.

 

That's why I assume Mass Effect 2 looked so much better than the first game, as a significant amount of work was already done, allowing Bioware to improve what's already there instead of doing it over again.

Edited September 2, 2016 by Drowsy Emperor

[213374U]

Jim Sterling have managed to get in touch with some insider from Eidos Montreal development team, and got pretty interesting information about the development of the game in the final phase + some more other juicy bits. (Like development cost of 70 millions).

 

This Jimquisition is worthy of watching, even if you do not like the guy.

 

I don't know mate. While the video is informative if true, seems to me like management/the higher-ups/suits are just doing what they've been hired to do -- the butthurt is misplaced. You won't find (m)any people going "YAY microtransactions in my single player game!", but look at the profits these big name publishers are raking in. The market rules, and the market keeps vindicating EA/Ubi/SQEnix/etc, year after year.

 

Might be time to find another hobby. Or just stick with the odd indie, once every few years.

[Rosbjerg]

We live in a quality golden age.. There's so much good content out there that it's physically impossible to play it all. Of course there's also a lot of ****.. But throw most of the current EA/Ubi/SQ AAA game to the late 90s consumer and they would call it a masterpiece. It's just that we are getting a little saturated, like the movie industry.

[Mamoulian War]

Well I am prefering Indie gaming last few years, and I am finding older games which I have never played before and enjoying them much more than current AAA stuff. So I think I will not need to change my hobby anytime soon. There are really so mamy games released nowadays, that man can really have whatever he wants. Well except single player Space Sims, which we still lack a lot (

[Drowsy Emperor]

Well I am prefering Indie gaming last few years, and I am finding older games which I have never played before and enjoying them much more than current AAA stuff. So I think I will not need to change my hobby anytime soon. There are really so mamy games released nowadays, that man can really have whatever he wants. Well except single player Space Sims, which we still lack a lot (

 

In my case, I'm just tired of the "routine". High budgeted games have all been more or less the same, gameplay wise, for over a decade now. Former pure PC genres I used to enjoy have either devolved into mediocrity, like adventure games or died out (real time strategy, even turn based). 

 

Yes, we get a lot of games, but actual variety and innovation are scarce.

Edited September 3, 2016 by Drowsy Emperor

[Nonek]

But throw most of the current EA/Ubi/SQ AAA game to the late 90s consumer and they would call it a masterpiece.

 

In the '90s I imagined gaming would be in a far different place from what it is in now. Truly hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

 

Edit: Buzz Killington at your service.

Edited September 3, 2016 by Nonek

[Gorgon]

We live in a quality golden age.. There's so much good content out there that it's physically impossible to play it all. Of course there's also a lot of ****.. But throw most of the current EA/Ubi/SQ AAA game to the late 90s consumer and they would call it a masterpiece. It's just that we are getting a little saturated, like the movie industry.

Big means bland, whether we are talking about the latest Marvel movie, Transformers 41 or Ascreed 61. They are all made by committee with the intent of trying to please as large a demographic as possible and by their very nature are unable to develop into something genuinely interesting or controversial. I'm not saying game developers necessarily attempt to create great art or unique games, just that with the current climate that's impossible for a large production.  

 

Now of course all those games play and look much better than anything made 25 years ago, all that money has to go somewhere, and if you are just playing a FPS maybe the rest doesn't matter that much. As for actual RPG games (an RPG is not anything with an inventory and looting) or games with dialouge or all the little creative indie niche games, things are pretty dire. They usually, in the majority anyway, do not have the resources to hold your attention for more than a day or two after you got them. 

[Gorgon]

Jim Sterling have managed to get in touch with some insider from Eidos Montreal development team, and got pretty interesting information about the development of the game in the final phase + some more other juicy bits. (Like development cost of 70 millions).

 

This Jimquisition is worthy of watching, even if you do not like the guy.

 

Why does he do the silly character on a podium. It would be better without. Anyway he's always good for a bit of antiestablismentarian pro consumerism.

[213374U]

Well I am prefering Indie gaming last few years, and I am finding older games which I have never played before and enjoying them much more than current AAA stuff. So I think I will not need to change my hobby anytime soon. There are really so mamy games released nowadays, that man can really have whatever he wants. Well except single player Space Sims, which we still lack a lot (

 

I misinterpreted you, then. I assumed you at least somewhat care about AAA gaming, what with you posting that Jim Sterling rant and so forth. I'm in the same boat, myself. I built a gaming rig recently... but have close to no interest in any AAA titles. And I've tried. Couldn't stand DAI's MMO-lite gameplay for more than 3-4 hours. DOOM came free with my display -- still prefer Brutal Doom. The games I've enjoyed the most in 2016 are Age of Decadence and Fallout 1.5 Resurrection. I'm currently playing Fallout New Vegas with a bajillion mods, a game that came out in 2010. Need to check what all the hoopla around TW3 is about, though.

 

@Ros: I am a late 90's consumer, and early 2000's. A ton of bells and whistles covering completely unambitious design a masterpiece does not make.

[Drowsy Emperor]

I had the same thing when I bought my last PC. Started retroactively checking on all the fancy things I missed out and was like:

 

[Volourn]

" High budgeted games have all been more or less the same, gameplay wise, for over a decade now."

 

So.. DA and madden are the same gameplay wise? WTH?

[Drowsy Emperor]

[HoonDing]

Titan Quest receives a 10 year anniversary update:

 

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/31/titan-quest-anniversary-edition-free-update/

 

I just checked Steam and it's there alright, achievements and all! Titan Quest is one of my favourite action RPG's so this is great (and unexpected) news!

This reminded me of that game former Sacred devs are now working on, "Unbended"

 

Seems to be dead in the water right now.

[Blodhemn]

Big means bland, whether we are talking about the latest Marvel movie, Transformers 41 or Ascreed 61. They are all made by committee with the intent of trying to please as large a demographic as possible and by their very nature are unable to develop into something genuinely interesting or controversial. I'm not saying game developers necessarily attempt to create great art or unique games, just that with the current climate that's impossible for a large production.  

 

Now of course all those games play and look much better than anything made 25 years ago, all that money has to go somewhere, and if you are just playing a FPS maybe the rest doesn't matter that much. As for actual RPG games (an RPG is not anything with an inventory and looting) or games with dialouge or all the little creative indie niche games, things are pretty dire. They usually, in the majority anyway, do not have the resources to hold your attention for more than a day or two after you got them.

I don't get why there aren't more games produced in the $8-10 million region. That's where Alpha Protocol and Bloodlines sat, two of my favorite games, which weren't profitable due to garbage reviews and probably some marketing. Today you wouldn't really need marketing that much, so where are those games? I hope whatever Boyarsky and Cain are working on is something along those lines, otherwise I don't care much about anything new, whether AAA or indie. Plenty of older and better games to play, save for the rare exception, and even that's a stretch.

[Volourn]

AP bombed b/c it sucked. Stop defending that trash since it does a disservice to Obsidian who has actually made good games.

[Orogun01]

AP bombed b/c it sucked. Stop defending that trash since it does a disservice to Obsidian who has actually made good games.

This might be hard to grasp, but some people actually enjoyed AP.

[HoonDing]

"I don't get why there aren't more games produced in the $8-10 million region. That's where Alpha Protocol and Bloodlines sat, two of my favorite games, which weren't profitable due to garbage reviews and probably some marketing. Today you wouldn't really need marketing that much, so where are those games? I hope whatever Boyarsky and Cain are working on is something along those lines, otherwise I don't care much about anything new, whether AAA or indie. Plenty of older and better games to play, save for the rare exception, and even that's a stretch."

 

Games from Euro devs like Larian, Spiders, Cyanide, etc.

Edited September 4, 2016 by HoonDing

[Hiro Protagonist II]

The prequel to Stasis is drawing near. New game trailer released.

 

CAYNE will be absolutely free to download and enjoy. It is a freestanding chapter, so you won't need STASIS to play CAYNE. It will be available on STEAM and directly from the developers site.

 

http://www.playcayne.com/

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f99QQf4l_w

[Hiro Protagonist II]

Also, the new game from the Stasis creators has been announced. This time, they're going post-apocalyptic.

 

http://www.desolationgame.com/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IkbdiJCrwo

[Rosbjerg]

So this is from June, but I couldn't find any post about it.

 

Looks like Dishonered 2 is shaping up to be pretty bad ass.

 

I especially like the sequence from 14:40, creative approach.

 

 

 

@Ros: I am a late 90's consumer, and early 2000's. A ton of bells and whistles covering completely unambitious design a masterpiece does not make.

 

 

So am I and most of the games from that time could be applied the same criticism- there were a small handful of very creative and very groundbreaking games, which all spawned an endless stream of copies..

 

Sure Doom was awesome - but was Redneck Rampage? 

Not much has changed, the scale just got bigger.