Not cheap? Of course not. Cheaper than full blown AAA 3d graphics? By a long shot.
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Nope, and that's actually a good way to get into it since it's essentially the main characters' beginnings. That video you posted gives you all the details you need from Birth By Sleep. Dream Drop Distance is kind of needed if you want to get caught up due to the final world's cutscenes, but you can just watch the cutscenes for a bunch of the games on Youtube. The only thing you'd be missing out on is the Fantasia world.
In theory. The story goes that at Valve, there's no real structure, everyone is free to work on whatever project they want. So you have some guys working on TF2, some guys working on Portal, some guys working on DOTA etc. If you decide you don't like what you're working on, you're free to simply push your desk (their desks come with wheels) to another team and join them.
Does it work? Well, sort of. Valve doesn't release many games, but when was the last time they put out a stinker?
Also, I imagine the Valve office has this cobwebbed corner with a lambda sign hanging above it. Every now and then, someone will glance at it and turn to the guy next to him, "Hey, maybe we should work on Half-Life for a while."
And the response inevitably is, "Nah, I'm gonna make some more hats."
They don't release many games that number in 3, but they seemingly put out a game a year usually, which isn't terrible output.
Actually, much like traditional animation vs 3D animation, the size of the art department you'd need to pull off a large-scale game like you're thinking of would probably be incredibly expensive. 3D modeling/animation is surprisingly cheap thanks to most of the work being done by rendering software and server farms.
A large scale 2D game can be done now with RPG Maker. I think you're misunderstanding what I mean by large.
Oh, you want one that looks like garbage. I thought we were talking Bastion or Dust 2D looking games.
Yes, that's exactly what I said.
The fact that CynicismKills liked your post further's my previous point. (You also used a bad example. Bastion was made within 2yrs by 7 people. If Square put even a few more people than that on it, with their resources, it'd be bigger, faster and better. FYI)Damn you're in a bad mood today.
Again. I never said it wouldn't be alot of work. I said it'd be less costly than a full 3D AAA production like FFXIV.
Well I was using an extreme, but again, they should refocus their budget into an idea like that. Have you seen the garbage that is FFTS? It's like they didn't even bother trying. The graphics are PS1 era.
Around E3 weekend, Nintendo is hosting demos for the games they're showing off at E3 at 100+ Best Buys around the U.S. and Canada. You can see if one's near you.
We have one about 30 minutes away, and while I'd like to go, I'm wary of lines.[DOUBLEPOST=1369883256][/DOUBLEPOST]
We have one about 30 minutes away, and while I'd like to go, I'm wary of lines.[DOUBLEPOST=1369883256][/DOUBLEPOST]
I wouldn't mind PS1 era graphics if it wasn't going to be some shitty mobile micro-transaction game.
Tangent!
I used to work at Best Buy, as the gaming senior, and will never step foot in there, or futureshop, again. I was called a douchebag for not doing the work of the departement lead, in charge of three departments total(carfi, gaming and digital audio), when they fired her. Also told, while I can't be asked to come in while not scheduled to get this work done, I should take initiative to do so, for no pay, to keep the areas running well since they a)weren't hiring anyone new into the position and b) weren't promoting myself or the other seniors in these depts into it.
I called HR and nothing really came of it. Everyone was pulled aside and told they wouldn't be asking to do those things again, then we were handed an argreement asking us to do those exact things, but in writing so we couldn't go back and say we weren't. I left shortly after and returned to work at the movie theatre chain I had left to start at Best Buy. I could smell the scent of death coming and warned others.
A month later, the store I left changed formats to run on fewer staff. They were already understaffed as it was, and several were bought out of their positions. Six months after that, all three stores on the island closed, as people I worked with showed up to their job one day to find a security guard posted out front. They were led into the building and given severence. Corprate had come in over night, like downsizing ninjas, and put up brown paper all over the windows.
Since then, I've gone from what was a on contract assistant manager job to salaried theatre manager, so, for me, it worked out in the end. There are others whom still haven't found work, and others still who, strangely, went back to work for the company through futureshop.
Absolutely illegal here as well. I also never did it. Others in the store did though.
As terrible as that sounds, it be one of two possibilities. It could be that what they had already produced simply wasn't of the quality that they demand, and they chose to scrap it and begin anew rather than continue with a sub-par product.
The other possibility is that it wasn't profitable, and their corporate overlords scrapped it and wants to remake it into a first person modern military shooter.
I'm pretty sure that Thrall Adventure that predates Warcraft 3 was like 90% when they scrapped it. There's a pre-release copy of it floating around on the internets and I KNOW there is a full playthrough of it somewhere on Youtube.
Well, that really sucks, but considering the scope of what they were attempting, I can see why it wasn't panning out.
figmentPez
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Alamogordo approves Atari excavation
This would make a very interesting premise for a horror movie.
Someone is digging up those old E.T. and Pac-Man cartridges, to see what's actually buried there.
This would make a very interesting premise for a horror movie.
It's actually the premise of the upcoming Angry Video Game Nerd Movie, if I'm not mistaken.
figmentPez
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When did Yoshimickster get a time machine?
Plants Vs Zombies 2: It's About Time
It's going to be Free to Play and exclusively on iOS to begin with. *Yawn*
Trailer is pretty awesome, though.
Plants Vs Zombies 2: It's About Time
It's going to be Free to Play and exclusively on iOS to begin with. *Yawn*
Trailer is pretty awesome, though.
It's a really late April Fools gag right?a) While I don't care for exclusives, it's not like it won't end up on PC and every other device
b) I normally loathe FTP, but... these guys made an incredible game with the first one... surely they aren't going to throw all that away for the worst of the FTP model right? Right?
In theory, free-to-play is a great idea. IN THEORY. It would be great if it wasn't "pay-to-win," which is sadly, usually the case.
Sadly, I don't think that's the case here.
Sadly, I don't think that's the case here.