>2D characters are more expensive than 3D characters!
Name one AAA 2D game more expensive than any AAA 3D in the last 5 years.
>AAA 2D game
This doesn't exist.The point 2D art is more expensive and takes longer to create and the Japanese videogame industry is a shrinking one where costs are being cut all the time.
I'm ignorant as shit but i thought it was always because the AAA 3D games spends money and tons of other flashy than just models.
>>319888915
>Cat in the middle is floating in mid-air.
That's pretty spooky.
So what console is .Mages?
>>319888709
Literally everything Vanillaware
Can we all agree that the Underling is the most annoying fucking character in the series?
>>319889209
Dragon's Crown has a $1 million budget which is actually really really cheap for a video game.
>>319889182
None.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAGES.
>>319889182
the best one
>>319889310
You misspelled attractive
>>319888915
I'm not sure that it comes down to price as much as it Comes down to time. Budgets for AAA 3D games are astronomical, much more expensive than a solid 2D, fully animated game, but the return on investment, the ease of expansion and the possibility for replayability is not worth the effort. If they tried to emulate the amount of content in your average AAA 3D game in 2D, a 4 year game would take twice as much.
Plus, there is the issue of talent...
>>319889481
Vert?
People only take into account the actual creation of the characters. 2D characters might take longer to make on paper but 2D characters typically have limited frames of animation but 3D models need motion capture people and if they're made from scratch it's a painstaking process to make them look naturally since there are far more frames of animation and variables to consider. I doubt 2D is more expensive once you consider all those variables.
>>319888709
>in the last 5 years.
Impossible. 3D AAA will obviously be more expensive because of the retarded amount of money wasted on overpriced VAs and marketing.
>>319889368
>$1 million
Damn that's so little when you consider most games are like 30 million now.
Even the best 2D games are still cheaper than even a mildly popular 3D game. Even if 2D characters themselves are more expensive, the overall project is much cheaper so I don't know why people bitch about it.
>>319889368
Right, but Vanillaware had to make at least 3 other previous games, develop the talent, develop the tools, etc. Considering how much legacy they had to have for DD, the 1 million figure is inaccurate. No regular studio could just put that money and expect similar results. The same legacy investment factor can be seen in Wayforward, for example.
Which makes me hopeful for what may come from the people who made the recent Rayman games
>>319888709
It's not more expensive, but more time consuming.
>>319890068
There is just not enough demand, to be honest. Vanillaware works because they stand out in a sea of boring "realistic" 3D games
>>319889368
It's also a 3 hour game that was in development for 4 years.
>>319889727
I would imagine mocap is a lot faster than drawing every single frame of animation.
>>319890239
>It's not more expensive, but more time consuming.
Do you understand how employment works?
>>319890797
Not necessarily, because even after mocap there is a need for TONS of adjustment (specially dealing with cloth simulation and collision.) The advantage of mocap is portability: you can copypaste an animation to almost any model. You can't do that with 2D, for the most part.
Also, animating in 2D requires a different skill set altogether, one that is not in high demand right now and therefore can't be found as easily.
>>319890915
any regular employment =/= knowledge-based employment
You can't just hire 1000 2D animators and expect to make it go faster. Shit, even Disney had to have an animation school on their own to equalize the style.
>>319891497
Jesus fuck you are a moron.
