By Crusher Go To PostI’m not saying Jonathan Blow knows what he’s talking about but in a recent podcast he was talking about how inefficient these studios become the more they grow. According to him at least you double your headcount from 50 to 100 and think you’re going to get twice as much work done but you end up with maybe 30% to 50% more work done at best and the diminishing returns just keep getting worse the further you go. He also said that apparently at these companies most of the work is done by a minority of people.
Now I don’t know shit about game development but in those Insomniac leaks they did talk about this. You now got a writers room, your dev team is three times as big, and in the end you get a game out that is about the same size as the first, and people online are talking about Spider-Man 1.5 or some shit, some of them in this very thread.
I’m here thinking maybe instead of firing the little guy you fire the producers and managers who apparently don’t know what they are doing because they just got a bunch of people fired.
These red flags are giving ick
Why? It’s the guy that made Baird and The Witness. Where do you suppose would be the right place to hear a dev speak about game development, a Ted Talk?
The hell are you talking about?
The hell are you talking about?
From my experience, those things he said about game studios are definitely true about IT so I could imagine it's not inaccurate.
Of course its true, and it applies to most companies in general I imagine.
We've also seen you under the influence of roguelikes
By HottestGrapes Go To PostI agree, I should but I’m in rogue like rehab rn. I want to stay clean throughout the rest of 2024 so that I’m free to play other games and genres.Understandable
We've also seen you under the influence of roguelikes
Pretty sure it’s true about any field
That whole post boils down to “management doesn’t know how to properly manage”
That whole post boils down to “management doesn’t know how to properly manage”
I'll allow it if I can get some compensation for being a spoiler-phobic little bitch emotional distress.
By C4-621 Go To PostActors, motion capture, a room of writers…maybe they should just make gamey games like the rest of the Japanese industry.So with actors, motion capture studio, a room of writers.....like Capcom does.
By s y Go To PostSo with actors, motion capture studio, a room of writers…..like Capcom does.why can't Sony be like Capcom?
Capcom needs to be more Japanese
Sony is already making postive steps by letting go of the Brit and burning down his dreams and people
Sony is already making postive steps by letting go of the Brit and burning down his dreams and people
I think the Avengers gameplay felt more satisfying than this 'surprisingly good' GOTG game
Combat dogshit. Looks like they spent a ton of money making a game that flopped so hard too
Combat dogshit. Looks like they spent a ton of money making a game that flopped so hard too
Avengers gameplay was solid. There was nothing worth fighting and it was mid as fuck as a live service attempt.
Yeah, raw combat wasn't the issue. Even characters like Kate Bishop had extremely solid movesets.
Campaign was shit, awful dialogue, short and there barely were two bosses in between endless hordes of robot fodder with only a couple of moves between them. The gaas strikes and maps were horrible, uninteresting factions, with bad objectives, very badly paced (either way too fucking open, or very tedious horde waves) and also the loot was particularly garbage. It was the whole point of the endless grind and there wasn't a single item worth chasing.
Could've been either a solid single player game or go all in on a Marvel Heroes AAA ARPG. Ideally the latter, but it was neither, and whatever minor strengths were wasted on a worthless shell.
The GOTG combat was really bad, yes, barely got going with the team specials as the game ended. The story was fine which is what most people liked.
Campaign was shit, awful dialogue, short and there barely were two bosses in between endless hordes of robot fodder with only a couple of moves between them. The gaas strikes and maps were horrible, uninteresting factions, with bad objectives, very badly paced (either way too fucking open, or very tedious horde waves) and also the loot was particularly garbage. It was the whole point of the endless grind and there wasn't a single item worth chasing.
Could've been either a solid single player game or go all in on a Marvel Heroes AAA ARPG. Ideally the latter, but it was neither, and whatever minor strengths were wasted on a worthless shell.
The GOTG combat was really bad, yes, barely got going with the team specials as the game ended. The story was fine which is what most people liked.
By C4-621 Go To PostCapcom needs to be more JapaneseCapcom is as Japanese as it comes.
Sony is already making postive steps by letting go of the Brit and burning down his dreams and people
Horrible character archtypes? Check.
Game mechanics like eating that require you to watch the sorry cut scene over and over again? Check.
Menus in menus? Check.
By data Go To PostCapcom menus got nothing on square menusSquare also shines at being Japanese
By inky Go To PostYeah, raw combat wasn't the issue. Even characters like Kate Bishop had extremely solid movesets.
Campaign was shit, awful dialogue, short and there barely were two bosses in between endless hordes of robot fodder with only a couple of moves between them. The gaas strikes and maps were horrible, uninteresting factions, with bad objectives, very badly paced (either way too fucking open, or very tedious horde waves) and also the loot was particularly garbage. It was the whole point of the endless grind and there wasn't a single item worth chasing.
Could've been either a solid single player game or go all in on a Marvel Heroes AAA ARPG. Ideally the latter, but it was neither, and whatever minor strengths were wasted on a worthless shell.
The GOTG combat was really bad, yes, barely got going with the team specials as the game ended. The story was fine which is what most people liked.
By DY_nasty Go To PostAvengers gameplay was solid. There was nothing worth fighting and it was mid as fuck as a live service attempt.
I compare every marvel game to marvel heroes and they always come up short tbh
By Crusher Go To PostWhy? It’s the guy that made Baird and The Witness. Where do you suppose would be the right place to hear a dev speak about game development, a Ted Talk?
The hell are you talking about?
Breath, baby. If you don’t get it, you’re just not terminally online. Be happy and live your best life.
By C4-621 Go To PostActors, motion capture, a room of writers…maybe they should just make gamey games like the rest of the Japanese industry. Everything gotta be hollywood its a sickness
We've all seen what the allure of hollywood can do to a man. The one formerly known as Kojima comes to mindI have no idea I was stunlocked for 5 mins
Kojima never failed to make gamey games though. His artisanal craftsmanship went into some of the most gamey games even. Even his attempts to be serious and cinematic still end up including giant mechs and extremely bad Japanese to English translated dialogue.
There wasn't a single enemy in the avengers that made fighting fun. The only time the combat was 'solid' was when you were punching air. Not a single NPC, Crystal Dynamics couldn't even get that right. They even added a new one that literally turned the screen to vomit constantly.
All their modern tomb raider games suck too.
All their modern tomb raider games suck too.
Rebirth better have that fucking graphics quality for all the food.
I will be very upsetti if it doesn't.
I will be very upsetti if it doesn't.
For the Balatro mad lads, Footy-gaf and Slaent alumni PrematureQuiche had the idea of seeing what people do on a seeded run with the blue deck on standard difficulty.
The seed is GOAL. Post your scores!
The seed is GOAL. Post your scores!
By data Go To PostI compare every marvel game to marvel heroes and they always come up short tbhThere is nothing better than Ultimate Alliance
Largely repaid the development costs. That's smart, unless somethings awry?
I bought Balatro cause of you fuckers. Playing it on Mac, perfect laptop game
I bought Balatro cause of you fuckers. Playing it on Mac, perfect laptop game
By C4-621 Go To PostEpic Games Store exclusive, innit.
17 million
Condor is a multiplayer live service game btw
They'll continue marketing until the current deal expires ie Bandai ER
I preordered the collector's edition for the expansion because I am a weak man
They'll continue marketing until the current deal expires ie Bandai ER
I preordered the collector's edition for the expansion because I am a weak man
By Scum Go To PostEpic Games Store exclusive, innit.Tim epic the spawn of satanás
By C4-621 Go To PostYou sound disappointedlool
