| the_dengle said: Are you suggesting that in 2 days on a budget of 35¢ Platinum should be able to make a game as good as Bayonetta 2, provided they are aware in advance that those are their budget and deadline? Nintendo gave them more time and more money to make their game, and probably less direction (I kind of doubt it was Platinum's idea to throw in those runner segments on Naga...). I don't see why that makes the comparison unfair, although I would suggest that the limited time (and perhaps the budget as well) is much more the fault of Nickelodeon than of Activision. If we want to compare Bayonetta 2 to a recent Platinum game published by a third-party, I suggest Metal Gear Rising. Both are probably at about the same level of quality in my opinion. I think Bayonetta has more content though? |
No, i'm saying PG will have known their budget and development time before signing the deal. If it wasn't enough (something you'd expect they'd have a good idea of by now, it being their 9th game), then they shouldn't have signed the deal. I expect they did know, but felt the money was worth making a game they knew would be rushed.
It was essentially a crash grab (like most licenced titles), both on Activation's part and PG's. Not really a fair measure of the quality of either, thus not a fair point of comparison to Nintendo funding the sequel to an already critically acclaimed AA/AAA IP.
