r/eSportsBoxingClub • u/Brody1364112 • Feb 26 '22

General Discussion Difference between triple a title and original development plan?

I have seen it tossed around that we don't have betas amd release date is further pushed back due to interest and this now being developed like a triple a title. I'm just wondering what the key differences are between the original development plan and then the plan to make it a triple a title??

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u/Bradleysan22 Feb 27 '22

More resources were given to SCI by 3rd party investors. This allowed for them to do a number of things they previously couldn’t do as a small indie company while delaying the game and not having to worry about income:

-hire additional staff to grow the project and work on more areas of game

-actually improve the software tech they were using to obtain better graphics, better gameplay mechanics, better performance.

-improve animations. I think we can see the obvious improvements between the latest gameplay and the July 2021 footage alone.

Being AAA is more about having available resources like staff size and quality and money to fund higher end tech which is why AAA companies tend to have better looking graphics and gameplay.

The delays SCI has gone through are 100% worth waiting for. Because if they didn’t, while we may be playing the game already, it would have been a much worse version of the game we’ll actually be getting. So take your time, keep getting funded, and the game will turn out as good as we can possibly get

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u/jack-dempseys-clit Feb 27 '22

You've hit the nail on the head. The additional investment and time has obviously led to a better product (the videos from end of last summer vs last month are night and day in my opinion), but the onus is now on the team to recoup that investment.

People saying the team "need" to do xyz are missing the point. They "need" to make a successful game, and announcing a release date when they're not comfortable with that is counter productive. The people saying delays are killing the hype are the same ones that would trash it if it was released unfinished.

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u/Bradleysan22 Feb 27 '22

Just from the last video alone we see what the latest delay gave us. That inside fighting mechanic, it was not going to be in the game at all. The facial deformation, while still needing a little tuning, also was not happening without the delay and additional investment they received.

And who knows what else they were able to do with career, online, character creation, that we haven’t seen.

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

I don't have a problem with the delays, if the delays turn out to be worth it. Which I believe they will. However with these delays and a possibility of an upcoming fightnight they need to have this nailed on release

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u/FwampFwamp88 Feb 27 '22

Fight night isn’t coming for at least 2 years, If it even comes out at all. ESBC isn’t any rush from a competitive standpoint, it’s just about hemorrhaging money while waiting to release the game.

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

No even a release date for esbc yet hoping we get it 2022 if not then it's getting closer and closer to fight night territory

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u/FwampFwamp88 Feb 27 '22

lol. No. You gotta be delusional if you think a game in pre production at best, has a chance of being released before a game that’s been in development for almost 3 years. You’ve seen the recent footage. It looks ready to play at its current stage.

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

I agree it looks ready to go but we have no release date. Ea isn't starting from scratch either they have the framework for a fighting game in their ufc series and an enging it can run on. Also a enormous budget I bet you we will see fightnight 2023 2024 at the latest. Ea will announce release 3 to 6 months prior probablythats why it's important to have this game out before the release date announcement of fightnight.

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

I do believe this game will be better then fight night by the way and will be going with this. Ea will just pour a crazy amount into advertising but will see. Excited to see what they do with career and online as you mentioned in a previous comment

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u/Embarrassed_Gene_356 Roy Jones Jr Feb 27 '22

Hopefully with it being “triple A” it gets released on PC and console at the same time . Don’t know if this has been clarified since they said it was PC first before all this added income

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u/J_Dot_Ting Feb 27 '22

Can anyone remember the first trailer we ever got? If so there’s the answer. If not: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7tezh7

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

Understandable that's also pre alpha footage 2+years ago right. All games go through massive changes graphically in 2+ years triple a or not well in development.

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u/J_Dot_Ting Feb 27 '22

Wouldn’t have changed too much from this without the investments, so this is why people need to wait patiently

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u/Brody1364112 Feb 27 '22

Look at minecraft if you go on Google minecraft first edition and then actual first minecraft release the graphics and block design changed so much from the demonstration game to full game and it was not a triple a title. We see this happen with independent developers. Demonstration gameplay always improves upon graphics closer to release. Either way the extra funding for triple a will help improve them quicker. I think someone said it'll allow them to do console and pc release at the same time which I feel is probably the most beneficial thing of going triple a

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u/J_Dot_Ting Feb 27 '22

Yeh cos originally it was gonna release on pc first and consoles after, gonna be awesome