388
How does FromSoftware release AAA games so frequently? Elden Ring boss says "we are just blessed with a great staff" that the studio empowers and retains (www.gamesradar.com)
submitted 8 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Are we just going to pretend Armored Core 6 wasn't a development hell for a good while to the point that the original producer left to do Daemon X Machina?

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You got any sources for that claim? Because quick googling makes me think it's BS.

EDIT: For anyone not wanting to read the rest, it is BS.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://www.siliconera.com/daemon-x-machina-makers-talk-about-how-they-create-their-mecha-designs/

Daemon X Machina features two prominent people behind the helm: producer Kenichiro Tsukuda and mecha designer Shoji Kawamori, who also worked together on the Armored Core series.

This is for staff, the hell comes from rumors about armored core 6 being made way before Daemon started it's marketing cycle, then suddenly we have AC staff on marvelous instead of from, just do the math.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Feel free to do the math for me, because I just don't see it.

  • Tsukuda hasn't worked on armored core since 3, he was long gone from FROM before Armored Core 6 was even an idea.
  • Kawamori did mecha designs for Armored Core 6.
  • FROM said Armored Core 6 is in early development in 2016
  • Daemon x machina came out in 2019
  • The director of Armored Core 6 was Masaru Yamamura who worked on Sekiro until 2019, so outside of concept art and maybe early prototypes no major work had been done on Armored Core 6 before 2019.

At what point was the rumored development hell that you still haven't sourced?

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

FROM said Armored Core 6 is in early development in 2016

There you go, 7 years to make the game, you did the math.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Did the development start in hell? Because the Daemon x machina producer, who according to you left FROM because AC6 was in development hell, presented Daemon x machina in 2018. At that point AC6 had already been in "development hell for a good while", but they had only been in development for 2 years?

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

That's not at all unusual. In fact, bigger studios will often have a few very small teams working on game concepts for years, to test an idea without spending too many resources.

this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
388 points (100.0% liked)

Games

16751 readers
530 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works