Homefront The Revolution was absolutely a AAA game. A massively expensive AAA game that almost got the studio shut down.
They were an AAA studio then not now. I’m sure they shed/lost a ton of talent after. According to Wikipedia, the Deep Silver moved most of its staff to Damnbuster after Crytek UK was shut down. Embracer likely beefed up to make Dead Island 2.
I didn’t say I was a fan, although I’d like to play it. I was just saying that it’s (probably), a good AA game.
I’ll give you that. I’ve never played it but I can see from what little I did see
I disagree. It doesn’t have the budget or the production values of Dark Souls, but that doesn’t make it bad it’s just what it is
Dead Island 2
I don’t know man, Embracer is an AA studio. With the exception of Gearbox and Crystal Dynamics, their studios definitely are in the AA camp. I think you can make an AA game and make it feel AAA. I’m thinking of Hellblade for example.
The devs themselves call Hellblade: an independent AAA
I don’t think an AA game is a knock on it, it just what it is.
Hot take: More games should strive to be great AA games. There have been a lot of those in this great year. Off the top of my head: Robocop, Remnant 2, Lords of The Fallen, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Dead Island 2, Lies of P, Wanted: Dead. I don’t need eye bleeding graphics, picture perfect characters and an award winning story, sometimes I just wanna have fun.
What if I told you that you: a game price doesn’t reflect what it costs to make but what the publisher feels it should cost?
Capcom hasn’t started charging $70 yet, but have released a few AAA games this year including Resident Evil 4, SF6 and they released Resident Evil 8 at the same price. Nobody can argue those games aren’t triple A.