Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. The bull case : AI will supercharge indie developers allowing them to challenge large AAA by removing production constraints. Fighting against the AI revolution is not the answer. This is a signal of future adaptation that is further enhances with adaptation of AI.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 4, 2023

You should decide based on the fighting style you want throughout the story. pic.twitter.com/tKttNzNNUk — The Act Man (@TheActMan_YT) August 3, 2023 While most AAA titles come with many monetization methods that enhance visuals and give more opportunities, gameplay hours, and advantages, Larian decided to take another path.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

So, instead of fighting against the odds on their own, they are coming together to provide a very well rounded service. Fenix Games is a recently founded publisher that aims at bringing more games into the blockchain industry.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else. Here’s a handful of good examples: Final Fantasy VII : you’re part of a terrorist organization that is doing a bombing mission to try and fight back against an evil empire.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

It’s not that you can’t get a job if you know Unity and C#, but C++ is more used in the AAA game industry and more opportunities are available. While that might be true if you are a AAA game studio, it isn’t necessarily the same for an indie developer. But again, there are thousands of jobs available for Unity developers as well.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D This makes it ideal for fighting games, Metroidvanias, and RPGs. Fighting Games: Clarity & Competitive Balance Street Fighter IV and Guilty Gear Strive use 3D character models but restrict movement to a 2D plane, ensuring precise hitboxes and predictable spacing.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! Three safehouse skulls + main quest macguffin = boss fight. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture. But not really. The player never quite experiences these ideas in the game itself.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. I think the intention is to make you scrounge around for ammo during a fight and/or swap weapons more often.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is. Planescape Torment's final boss fight conversation works because the god stuff is a metaphor for the protagonist's personal arc -- the final boss isn't god! Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. Fighting games install trends are spiky as is the revenue rate. While games like Plarium’s RAID Shadow Legends boast a lineup of AAA quality 3D champions, you can get away with less. 4 A billion dollar fighting franchise will launch in 2020. Same Studio.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unreal, on the other hand, is considered to be the main player in the AAA industry.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But for this game, they layered in choice – fight enemies to make your character stronger, and avoid ones that are too tough. As technology improves (especially with hardware, server management, ping, etc), we’re starting to see more and more AAA fast-paced titles hit the smaller screens. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. It's not uncommon to walk between towns and fight like 6 different packs of wolves. Expendable companions. The starting area is like 2-3x the density of vanilla Skyrim. Money sink.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

As I said in my last GoWR piece (which got quite a lot of reads), it's kind of futile to critique big AAA games. This is why Video Games will always fight with High Art. A lot of people have played it. It was intensely awaited. It was also. a little shaky. They made their money. They got their acclaim. Everyone has moved on.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

In terms of the share between ad revenue and IAPs, he states that Homa’s less-well performing hybridcasual titles generate 15% of their revenue from IAPs, while its top performers like Fight For America can bring in as much as 40%. the surprise announcement of Counterstrike 2, CCP's massive raise for a AAA Web3 game and more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Unlike with Sniper games, you could move and you were actually fighting other players. The biggest addition in Seven Knights 2 is a revamp of turn-based RPG core into something called “cinematic play” that features stunning graphics and AAA experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. However, Tencent loves to make its internal developers fight over the same prize, even if it means making the same game twice. This analysis is written by Adam Telfer , Om Tandon and Nate Ross. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

Which makes sense, because the AAA game scene right now is soooo tedious. Honestly, the optional fights in Z:TotK never get that tough. The interesting thing is that the boss fights in the game are EASY. There are two fights where you're basically in the sky fighting a flying dragon thing. Elden Ring. But whatever.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

This is almost impossible to make game about unless it was a AAA console action game in the vein of Uncharted. Ralph fights, the Incredibles fight, here and there a lot of the other characters in Battle Mode fight in their perspective universes, but by-and-large that is not what those characters are about.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

But when you think about the AAA catalogs offered by Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Now, this just seems like a nearly impossible battle to take on for a streaming media company with little game development experience, no matter how flush with cash they are. I think the “smaller Apple Arcade” concept is a bit of a red herring.

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