Comment on Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To be able to say “our map is 100x100km!” The only games where it is worth it to have a huge map like that, is army simulators and RTS. Anything else could probably be better off with polish in some other place, rather than a huge map.

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  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of the notorious examples in PS3 gen era that’s now can’t be purchased at all. It’s a derpy offroad racing game in what looks like a procedurally generated world emptier than ash deserts in Morrowind.

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_(video_game)

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  • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe you can explain this to me… I’ve heard this countless times over the years, but I can’t figure out how it’s measured?

    Is it based on if MC is taking average human strides? It seems like a ridiculous metric.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Games / game engines use units which correspond to size IRL. It’s needed to keep scale consistent. The characters are usually around 1.8m tall for instance

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