'Very similar' does not equal to being literally the same, especially in relation to these large numbers. You're probably still looking at a 25-30% increase, which would still be at under 80M.
The game is not AA quality c'mon.
I agree. I am saying most other devs are not pushing the envelope also, but Sony this time is getting the focus of under delivering. If people anguish is with the industry then its fine, but its not just Sony that is doing this, infact they have a better track record and are held to higher standards unfairly so.
Yeah that's what I am saying. They have been the ones to beat and the second time probably they dropped the ball (Spiderman2 and GoY I think), people are comparing their game to AA quality.
What's your point......oh I see, Sucker Punch is American so High Budget/Long Development/Average Results is on the menu and is expected.
And that's why the IQ and performance are severely compromised on the base consoles, with some other titles even falling below last-gen standards in this regard when pushing "the latest tech" (that I may argue shouldn't have been pushed this early on).
Wasn't an gotcha, just a prediction on your excuses for them
Sounded like you was downplaying the Devs, if that wasn't the case, my bad.
Great games both i bought them but if you expect Sony to release on of their tentpole games at that price well good luck i guess. The budgets were less before too but we still paid the same. Let's face it games that are "big" sellers will get top price so the big pubs can make money since they can sell them at that price. Astrobot was cheaper (i think). They said oh digital will get lesser prices too since they don't have to go through a third party but we saw how that went.
Maybe, if these companies not only reduced the budget of their projects but the MSRP too, people wouldn't complain, i don't remember people crying about Expedition 33 graphics, but that game was 55€, same goes for that Mafia game released a couple months ago.
I mean calling an open world game basic is just an oxymoron. These games are very difficult to build and make fun.
They're gonna move goal posts and find a way to call it a flop regardless lol.
Yeah it looks it could be running on Switch 1 without any problems.
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Yeah it looks it could be running on Switch 1 without any problems.
What's depressing to me is how so many people just want the game to fail, regardless of the quality. They don't even want to give it a try.
To be fair, we have no idea. Concord died almost exactly a year ago and any projects greenlit over the last 12 months have likely not been made public, and 90% of what they're working on would have been greenlit prior to Concord going up in flames.
They didn't create a brand new engine for Tsushima. Iki Island came out end of 2021 so they've had a full team on Yotei for 4 years. And it's not "just a new map".
It's a derivative sequel. No way it should have taken 5 years to make. Santa Monica rebooted GOW completely in that same amount of time.
Derivative? What's it derivative of, Got1? It's a bloody sequel.
And God of War Ragnarok still took 4 years to make. Almost like that's at least how long it takes to make a AAA game.
Other than engine work, how is the scope much less than GoT? You do know that engine work is only a small(ish) part of the development once you have an engine don't you? (and is usually done concurrently with the other work being done on the game) Otherwise UE or Unity games shouldn't take long to make correct?
It was better technically but I do not see where that game would have needed to cost that much more to make, it's crazy.
60 millions for this.....KCD2 had similar budget and Ex33 probably 50% of it.Yeah it looks it could be running on Switch 1 without any problems.
Again, it's a sequel. A sequel to a highly acclaimed, much loved game.
I would say let's see once we have shots that are not quite compressed before we call it a Switch 1 game. GoT on base PS4 was a looker and a game many enjoyed, it was not excessively praised on pre-release screenshots either. I would not reach this hyperbole.60 millions for this.....KCD2 had similar budget and Ex33 probably 50% of it.
what's depressing to me is that completely lost in the endless conversation about the quality of the game's graphics & production values is the fact that, aside from the protagonist's trademark death mask, there's absolutely nothing going on in this game that we haven't seen before, & at least twice now in the last 18 months: it's an open-world, melee-based samurai game. there's nothing fresh about it, nothing imaginative, nothing to differentiate it, aside from maybe the stunning landscapes. it's very much a game we've all played before. making it a comfort food game for those who find it to be so, & that's pretty much it...
