nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 hours agoXbox’s Phil Spencer tries to spin not having a new Fallout game ready alongside the Amazon show as a good thingwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkXbox’s Phil Spencer tries to spin not having a new Fallout game ready alongside the Amazon show as a good thingwww.polygon.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 hours agoFallout 4 took 7 years to develop and still felt rushed. Exactly how far in advance do you think they knew about the show?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoOptions: high quality remaster of older game (FO4, FONV, etc) reuse FO76 engine to make a new game, with a few graphical upgrades story DLC releases for older games Any of those could’ve been done in the time they’d know about the FO show release target.
minus-squareleftytighty@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 minutes agomuch of a game’s development time is spent creating assets, using a new engine doesn’t mean your existing low fidelity assets suddenly look better, just better lit
Fallout 4 took 7 years to develop and still felt rushed. Exactly how far in advance do you think they knew about the show?
Options:
Any of those could’ve been done in the time they’d know about the FO show release target.
much of a game’s development time is spent creating assets, using a new engine doesn’t mean your existing low fidelity assets suddenly look better, just better lit