CAL4M1TY said:
By your logic, there is no such thing as a sleeper hit (which everyone knows they indeed exist) and by that same "flawless" logic every big budget title is a winner (which everyoneknows is indeed not true). EDIT: You should also note that you're comparing the next install of a critically acclaimed and highly established franchise to a single game.... @twesterm: Actually considering they have an unreal engine sitting there (so they don't need to develop that) as well as the game mechanics of Gears of War pretty much "complete" in the first game (thus not needing to run as many trials on the combat/shooter system) development time should take less then the original. I do agree that a 2 year development cycle is a little short, but saying FFXIII who have a new engine built from the ground up as well as development for a new platform, will come first, is a bit of a stretch. You say that Epic is meticulous in their development, I'm sure the same can be said of Square Enix when it comes to the FF titles in the main series (I to X and then XII). Also, just because they show trailers, doesn't mean that game is definitely ahead in development compared to a game that doesn't show much (or at all), I mean look at the more recent extreme cases Duke Nukem and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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- Actually, budget titles are often "winners" since all a game needs to be to be considered a success is if it makes money. But moot point so whatever.
- While agree that development on the engine side will be easier, that doesn't mean the game will really be that much easier over all. It still takes just as long to make the levels and unless they want to reuse all the art (and I admit they will reuse some) it will still take art just as long. Also, the programming side isn't just making the engine. I guarantee you they will be adding/removing things constantly and fixing the problems from last game.
