nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months 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-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down12
arrow-up183arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months 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-up0arrow-down1·10 months 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoEh, a lot of it also has to do with designing things, not the producing assets. If you’re just doing a remaster and upgrading assets that already exist, it should take a lot less time than building something from scratch.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago reuse FO76 engine to make a new game, with a few graphical upgrades They did do that. It was called Starfield.
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.
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Eh, a lot of it also has to do with designing things, not the producing assets. If you’re just doing a remaster and upgrading assets that already exist, it should take a lot less time than building something from scratch.
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They did do that. It was called Starfield.