Digital Foundry: Hellblade II - "A defining moment in the evolution of realtime graphics"

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Tico said:

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Great gameplay doesn't require lots of money though, there are indie games made with barely any money that have great gameplay.

I haven't played Hellblade II yet, but if it's anything like the first game, its tightly controlled nature is more in the service of atmosphere, storytelling, and minimalism. They didn't sacrifice gameplay to make it look better, this is simply the style of game they wanted to make.

I'd also contend that Hellblade 1 at least had excellent gameplay.

Zelda TOTK could have been sold several years earlier. But they wanted it to have good playability.

Several years without income is not what I would call "cheap"

TOTK is not a typical case though, it has one of the most elaborate physics systems of any game ever made.

There are indie games with tiny budgets that have great gameplay.

Hellblade's gameplay is the way it is because that is the game Ninja Theory wanted to make, not just so it can have amazing graphics.