Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Unity has created a large community and made video game development more accessible to game developers with various expertise levels. Unreal makes it possible to bring literally any vision to life in the form of an advanced video game.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice. The game tries to lampshade this in the NPC dialogue, but the level design is louder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. Another MMORPG-related bias was the expectation of continuous content updates, visually different challenges/upgrades and a metagame focused on progression and cosmetic rarity.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. And they usually do!

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