Message from @velvitonator
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They are too focused on "Movie like experiences" and pushed graphics and shit like that
And it often is, but just...minimally
and high end graphics make production expensive.
how much of a AAA's budget ends up being put into graphics and ads?
tbh
graphics are nice but don't make a game fun
or interesting
I think the rule of thumb is that about half the budget goes to marketing
But that's also because when you try to do less you sink
and I wonder who is at fault for that *looks at gaming journalists who talked about the graphics of games before social justice became the new meme*
but AAA goes for graphics way too often
(broadly speaking)
AAA goes for graphics because you can't sell gameplay on commercials
Graphics itself isn't expensive per se
it is
you kidding?
graphics is one of the more expensive parts next to marketing
the man hours involved in that is ridiculous
in the last decade or so it hasnt been about raw improvements but rather software related improvements e.g. texture shader techniques etc etc instead of raw increase in polygons as it used to go
High-res texture and models, and the tech to render them efficiently, are pretty well-known
or maybe less then a decade really
Although that's changing some, e.g. textures are often built with Substance these days
Which procedurally generates PBR-grade textures
Animations are still really manual
As is modeling
thats cuz you can't really generalise those things
I think you could do a lot more than is currently done
motion detection can help
but animating manually is hell
A lot of the animator's/modeler's time is not really spent on the unique flavor
motion detection only helps for humanoid actions
this is some what related, and just an interesting video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1oOiAEDaE
well yeah
It's mostly the rote work
And then you have motion capture and voice acting.
Motion Detection = motion capture?
voice acting is easy
yea motion capture is waht i meant
Mo-cap also has a lot of manual effort
yes but it cuts time extremely cuz you can create natural movement