How does a game like Kena look so much better than big AAA publisher games

[Gizmo_Duck]

Kena was indie game made by a studio of 15 people and it looks like this…

Compared to

Honestly, how does a tiny studio making their first game put a publisher with 30 years, thousands of devs, and huge budgets to shame?

 

[Genos]

Art style goes a long way, this is why games like megaman legends still look good today. Realistic graphics will look bad in retrospect as we keep getting closet to lifelike graphics

 

[daze23]

good art style, and a lot of 'pizazz' (bright contrasting 'neon' colors, particle effects, etc)

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

good art style, and a lot of 'pizazz' (bright contrasting 'neon' colors, particle effects, etc)

Naw the characters models, environments, animations and LoD are far superior also

 

[Monsanto]

What's the game after the Kena screenshot?

 

[daze23]

it should be pointed out that they outsourced a lot to that company Sparx

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

it should be pointed out that they outsourced a lot to that company Sparx

It should also be pointed out that both capcom and square enix outsource development on all their games also

And they start with much larger dev teams to begin with

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

What's the game after the Kena screenshot?

The new Valkyrie Profile action game

 

[Diondon]

Sony management

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Sony management

Sony stans

 

[-DMP-]

Doesn’t square make mobile games as well? Maybe they reuse assets from them shyts to save time and money and make the game more profitable.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Doesn’t square make mobile games as well? Maybe they reuse assets from them shyts to save time and money and make the game more profitable.

Possibly they re-use a lot of assets from other games. Babylons fall reported to use a lot of armor and other assets from Final Fantasy XIV

 

[breakfuss]

Didn't Ember originally do animation/CGI work ? It sort of makes sense.

 

[Kingshango]

That Valkryie game has no excuse being on the PS5/PS4 looking like a PS3 and Switch game.

 

[Master Teacher]

The new Valkyrie Profile action game

When has valkyrie profile ever had good graphics, it's not AAA game, only AAA game square enix releases in Final Fantasy, Nier Automata didn't have good graphics either, it's a low budget game like most square enix games, and games like Marvel Avengers, they just publish they don't make them

just like square enix doesn't make Valkyrie Profile they just publish it

big companies publish all types of games doesn't mean they had big budgets

and that Kena isn't long game or a big game plus they partnered with Sony to make the game

plus game doesn't look that bad, you used low res pics to make up some kind of narrative, it has a cel shaded art water painting art style, it's not even comparable to Kena plus it's way more stuff going on with it's combat than that simple ass game