PreMortem.Games

JUNE 29, 2023

Fine line between flashy and simple editing I think one of the biggest mistakes a lot of indie games make is to chase the editing style of AAA games or Hollywood movies in hopes of looking like a ‘real’ or ‘legitimate’ trailer. Raw’ gameplay might be the clearest way to put a trailer together, but it can also be the least entertaining.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Added: A helpful comparison here would be to look at Black Isle’s 1997 game Fallout , along with Obsidian Entertainment’s 2019 game Outer Worlds. AAA games are first and foremost products and their “smooth functionality” is prized above all else.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? Meanwhile, Aleksis is an entertaining character with a big complicated party setpiece that invokes past Arkane games and the game marketing. TUTORIAL The tutorial happens across 3 in-game loops.

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