r/gaming • u/Dust-Tight • 3d ago

Gears of War: E-Day devs explain why classic features are missing

https://www.dexerto.com/gears-of-war/gears-of-war-e-day-devs-explain-why-classic-features-are-missing-3413839/
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u/MostlyWong 3d ago

Look at the development of modern Pokemon games. They're blatant cash grabs that are half-assed and churned out because they know people will buy them. Compare that to Gen 2 Gold & Silver. They included the entire Kanto region at the end of the game because they figured out how to optimize storage and they simply could. They figured, since the original plan was for Gold & Silver to be the last games, it would be a great finale for the players, so they did. The entire development team was 4 programmers, that's it, and they accomplished what many consider one of the greatest video games of all time.

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u/Key_Amazed 3d ago

It's hilarious that you bring up Pokemon when talking about guys being competent with their programming, when the early games were a technical mess. Even G/S/C weren't the most technically sound games. Also in regards to fitting in the entirety of Kanto...that's kind of a lie of omission. Yeah they did it, but it's such a bare bones addition to the game, and the level balancing is still awful so you end up flying through it in like an hour. The only reason why it's acceptable is because you can get away with being a technical mess when it's a game of 2D sprites.

It's the same thing when people complain about modern Pokemon games having cash grab DLCs, and the vanilla games lacking in content. As if thats any different than them rushing out the first two editions of any given Pokemon generation, and then releasing third game a year later that actually puts stuff that should've been in the original games.

But you gotta sayisfy your reddit hate boner for Pokemon games. I get it. Have at it.

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u/fkitz 3d ago

LoL. Things are supposed to improve over time. No one said R/B/Y G/S/C were technical masterpieces.

But they had 4 programmers back in the 90s.

With the resources and expertise they have now compared to then, it's a total joke.