Then they really should lower the costs, reduce the number of people working on the project, make risky projects and constantly update gamers with the progress, and listen to the gamer's opinions on the game's progress and make changes if needed
i was just agreeing with the post above mine?...
How many people were on Rage making?
I think it could be done. It takes time because they plan the production so much. Just make the game. The problem is that studios are afraid to make whatever they like...by lowering the costs, and people working on the game, they could simply make whatever vision they have while constantly updating on the progress and listening to feedback and if needed - change things
Yes, I agree. Personally I would be happy with Rage-like game to come out every two years. But I see what you mean, those enormous projects - I like it too.
AI is without a soul
Because Silksong is a pure video game, with the fucking core of the roots what gaming is about
Would you want Gears-like game be made every two years? I certainly would, game engines are more powerful now...and because of tools the project like that could be done in two years, I think
At the very beggining in Rage where you see the game-world for the first time, it looked like a modern game. With some tweaking it could easy be a modern looking titleRage the id game from 2011?
Thats your benchmark for what AAA games should be like today?
Mate we were using 1.2GB VRAM graphics cards in 2011.........if thats the quality of game we were stuck making I would have never needed to spend so much money on GPUs.
PS360 AAA games were already in 60 to 100 million range.
But I do agree that we need more "cheaper" games.
Looking at the costs break down of AAA vs midsized projects, sub 100 million is good enough for me.
IF we get more Expedition 33s ill be down.
From the Insomniac Leaks.
Maybe a 30 people team. First create the core gameplay loop. Second have a simple story focus, like it's there but it's not the focus. Don't focus on very graphical intense visuals. Have artists make the visual feel of the game and make it look alive. Like all of these things but the focus is on what the gaming is about.
My lack of dev experience makes that impossible to answer.
Gaming is ruined by all of this fucking demonic greed-type shit. It's not the original meaning of what video games were about anymore, how it was given into the World by the Holy Trinity
Great pre pro is what leads to a good production cycle. If you have a big team waiting around you are wasting money. Smaller team to iron out the plan with good direction is always going to be better than a team "just making a game" without clear direction.
Agreed.
As long as AAA is chasing Holywood it'll compete in costs with Holywood (and exceed them).
Psychopaths worked in games like any other industry since forever. If anything ratio was more skewed when teams were smaller because you pretty much always have one or several of them at the top.
Actually it did. Before EA bailed from renewing the FIFA license, they were paying $250M/yr each for 4 years alone just for the FIFA brand name. $1B!
To me, AI is just an extension of what creatives already do using their Photoshop and graphics arts software skills to make good looking stuff in record time.
This is a whishlist, not even a plan.
Psychopathic profiles congregate into executive and C-suite roles though.
Sure but in that era 'AAA' didn't actually exist, and the biggest budget productions were cheaper than the average Indie game today.
Correct. Future technologies should eradicate the concept of "AAA" to make way for highly efficient development pipelines like we had back then. Somehow I'm doubtful AI will be the saviour, though.
You can go and check those 20,000 games a year Steam adds to it's catalogue. Even PS Store adds hundreds of games every year. Most though stayed in ps1 era quality/scope wise
AAA will stay and no amount of technology will eradicate it.
People who have real experience and knowledge have left the industry for personal reasons, AI can fix their personal issues cause they no longer need to work with their former coworkers. Publishers can't screw this opportunity cause otherwise, nothing else will work as how they used to work before.
Doesn't necessarily have to be sequels to the same franchises, but when I hear devs spent 5-7 years on a game...that's nearly an entire gen for one chance...you have to hope it will be amazing.
