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'Maybe I've directed my last game,' Dead Space creator Glen Schofield says after being unable to secure funding for his new project: 'With the industry on pause, AAA feels like it's a long ways away' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Senal@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At Launch the game was heroically broken on ps4, literally unplayable.

PS5 was buggy but doable.

PC was hit and miss, i had a reasonable time with it though.

Agree about the turnaround, like a faster no mans sky, which i would hope with the difference in budget.

Not understanding how it doesn’t qualify under my original statement.

I wasn't addressing your original post, but i can give my opinion i suppose.

Your original criteria of "AAA done right" were:

"solid ending, no monetization beyond a full expansion for less than retail, and good story".

So the comment:

Releasing a broken beta version for full retail price is not “AAA done right”

Doesn't so much point out how cyberpunk doesn't fit your proposed criteria, but rather that "baseline release quality" should also be in the list.

Which i agree with, I'd go as far as to say "should be a playable, functional game at launch" is a baseline requirement for any type of studios that wishes to be considered "Doing things right".

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I realize now you are not the person who originally commented on my top level comment, so my reference to my original point was moot. Have a great day!