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Over 1000 people are working on Pokémon Sword & Shield, twice as much as for Sun & Moon [SEE STAFF POST]
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PS4. My point was that NNK was a great looking game on PS3 so Sun/Moon looking only a bit better technically (because it has better res/models/lighting etc) makes sense considering the hardware it's on.
Who insulted the fans? I said the game doesn't impress graphically. If you were insulted, then boy are we in big trouble as a society.
wut.
You just said that it's the same graphics as the 3DS games.
I wonder how many of the 1000 are actual programmers and designers? I'd imagine the vast majority of the staff are for marketing, localization efforts, and super bug testing.
He doesn't even know what he is saying, I don't know why you listen to him.
C'mon, you have Dragon Quest XI running on a Switch. This is ridiculous.
lol sure
I mean the post earlier stating that Witcher 3 was made by ~250 people really puts this into perspective. I am sorry, but while I know more work is needed to bring these models into HD, I still have yet to see anything here that justifies the dex cut. To be honest, I would rather not even have features like camping if the new animation work is so involved that they simply can't update all pokemon.
With today's interview they pretty much confirmed it was just a matter of prioritizing other aspects they think are more important for the games / franchise.
So yeah, it was totally doable, but that somehow was stopping them from doing whatever ideas they have in mind, including things they still have to reveal, and it also applies for future releases.
So yeah, it was totally doable, but that somehow was stopping them from doing whatever ideas they have in mind, including things they still have to reveal, and it also applies for future releases.
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Where? I said it looked like an indie project and I mentioned PS1 trees. Where did I say that it looked like a 3DS game?
I didn't know there was already a comparison in resolution, popping, framerate ...
Yes, and? How does that relate to the original post it was replying to?
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At a much lower resolution. And that also wasn't even teh point at all of the post you replied to.
Yes, upscaled from 3DS. There was a thread on reddit where they provided ample evidence that its the same models.
I mean, real talk, the cut dex was never about the amount of work, it was a project decision first and foremost. While the amount of extra work probably did factor in, it probably was made long before that was a consideration.
Dragon Quest runs at lower res and has many of the same things people criticize Sword and Shield for, like pop in, low resolution shadows, etc.
Not to mention it was in development for what, 5 years? And started on the PS4, lol. But try harder.
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TW3 has credits listing 600 people, not 250.
EDIT: 600 that have been referenced on MobyGames. Likely even higher in fact.
And? Mario Odyssey runs at 900p and it looks miles better than Pokémon SS. The reason the game doesn't look good (it doesn't) isn't hardware related.
Honestly. This kinds of threads just make it easier to pinpoint the trolls to ignore. I'd like to play the game and share my experiences here in peace. Thank you very much.
And what does that have to do with the post you quoted? That post is showing the game isn't just "upscaled 3DS graphics".
You don't shit on Dragon Quest on PS4 because Red Dead Redemption is out there with a huge open world and horse scrotum physics. Stop moving the goal posts.
Keep in mind that not all of those 1000 people are developing the game, as is stated there is a lot of other things that go into making sure Pokemon games launch successfully such as marketing.
That's in-house staff, according to wiki, 1500 worked on it in total.
Which took years to port.
That's in-house staff, according to wiki, 1500 worked on it in total.
Which took years to port.
Oh fuck off with that snide subtle insult. You don't get to say something that gaslight me by pretending something else.
And Xenoblade 2 has better graphics but is practically unplayable in handheld, which Pokémon can not afford.
What a nice person, apologizing to people and wishing them a nice day.
Mario Odyssey I'll give you but BOTW and especially Link's Awakening kinda run like poo so there's that, whereas by most accounts SS's performance is fine
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But that doesn't have anything to do with the graphic stuff?
I was always under the impression the Pokémon company and Nintendo do that. It's why the Pokémon company exists.
It won't, this is what makes it possible to release a yearly game.
Yeah I've always said it was very unlikely that they intended to include every Pokémon and just midway they realized they couldn't include them all. It's obvious it was a decision they had to make since the very beginning, and as they revealed today, all the parties involved agreed on this.
I still think it sucks we won't be getting all the Pokémon in a single game again, though.
The game looks better than the 3DS games and better than PS2 games. We don't need that hyperbole, it accomplishes nothing.
That said, Pokemon is one of the biggest properties on earth. It makes loads of money. They have effectively limitless resources to work on this, so it should be an absolute top notch experience. It should visually be in the league of Nintendo's best output, like Breath of the Wild.. And instead it looks like sort of middle tier budget stuff. It looks like something that might appear on your phone. It looks okay, and maybe the game is fun, but it does not look like the flagship game of one of the most profitable and popular IPs on the planet.
Can confirm that Ni No Kuni 1 looked far, far better than this. There's no comparison.
NNK is actually the level of visual quality I'd expect to see in a new console mainline Pokemon game. But it's not close
That said, Pokemon is one of the biggest properties on earth. It makes loads of money. They have effectively limitless resources to work on this, so it should be an absolute top notch experience. It should visually be in the league of Nintendo's best output, like Breath of the Wild.. And instead it looks like sort of middle tier budget stuff. It looks like something that might appear on your phone. It looks okay, and maybe the game is fun, but it does not look like the flagship game of one of the most profitable and popular IPs on the planet.
Can confirm that Ni No Kuni 1 looked far, far better than this. There's no comparison.
NNK is actually the level of visual quality I'd expect to see in a new console mainline Pokemon game. But it's not close
Which would come under the 1000 that worked on the project, yes. It's not 1000 Game Freak employees...
Yeah, this is what it comes down to. Many people want the most profitable franchise in the world to have top-tier production quality, and anything less than that will never be enough.
So many trolls here lol. It's interesting to see 1000 people working on these titles. I see a lot of people arguing graphics and models I'd be a lot more worried about performance honestly. Also, 1000 people can mean a lot of different things tbh. I'm just personally curious at how they're going to handle performance.
Except the text specifically calls out the large marketing and localization depts. We know literally nothing more re: devs working on the actual game.
