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Darksiders 2 cost $50 million to make
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AkelisRain
Member
If platinum touches this game count me out.
bobawesome
Member
Please no.
After finishing the whole thing, it definitely seems overambitious in scope. Shitton of content, but wildly inconsistent and some very apparent lack of polish.
I say that wanted too much, started producing it all in parallel teams, and then ran out of time completing everything and tying it together.
True that. Ost was godlike and so was the VO cast.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
Jesús, that's enough money to make the 4 games based on the horsemen
Quality voice acting cast, quality composer, big marketing budget, ambitious scope of game, lots of people working on the game.
Anyone who followed the development of this game would know that it cost a lot to make. THQ were betting big on this game.
Anyone who followed the development of this game would know that it cost a lot to make. THQ were betting big on this game.
Nope. I really don't like this trend of "give it to PG" going around for every action game. It's even worse when used for a new DMC game...
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
More than Uncharted 2. I cannot believe it. How in fucks name did it they blow so much cash on what, imo, was for all intents and purposes, a mid-tier title.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
How was their budgeting if that game was ok and felt like a lower budget game?
50m seems way too high.
50m seems way too high.
It didn't feel like a lower budget game to me. It felt like a huge, sprawling game with great graphics and music.
I just thought it was also not good.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
he posted recently, I think he hinted he was basically doing grunt work to pay the bills.
He could of be talking about just his ex-coworkers, but its telling he didn't talk about where he ended up.
It felt like three lower budget games, that's the thing.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
personally, I thought the combat in DS2 was just fine. Thanks Tragic
He had joined Crytek USA, then just a few months later it was shut down.
EDIT: Maybe not. I could swear he had posted around E3 that he was at Crytek.
Naughty_Doge
Member
I really dislike these "Platinum should do everything" kind of posts.
As others have said, combat (Platinum's pretty much only strenght) was not Darksiders' problem.
Whoa, $50 million? Sheesh. I hope that it's not on just production alone.
Probably more than any Uncharted game, as a matter of fact.
Probably more than any Uncharted game, as a matter of fact.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
personally, I thought the combat in DS2 was just fine. Thanks Tragic
Still the best Combat system in a western AAA title.
Would love to see what tragic could cook up on a indie budget though
Just take it with you.
Member
50 million dollars? What the hell did they think they were making, the next Call of Duty!?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Playing on PC and it felt run of the mill. Certainly felt like an average budget game but not 50m. Perhaps multi platform dev costs added up.
I was told by a THQ exec just before the first Darksiders released that they had spent $50m on development, but that cost would be partially amortized across a sequel as well.
I remember thinking at the time they had spent way to much. And obviously if the sequel did cost another $50m again, they obviously didn't "save" anything from producing and leveraging the first (which presumably means it ran way over the expected budget).
I remember thinking at the time they had spent way to much. And obviously if the sequel did cost another $50m again, they obviously didn't "save" anything from producing and leveraging the first (which presumably means it ran way over the expected budget).
That has to include marketing. 2 year development cycle X 100 employees X 90,000 USD salary (pretty close to accurate). That's 18 million. I suppose if the team actually had 200 employees you could double that to 36 million but I really don't think that many people worked on Darksiders 2.
I could see THQ spending about 20 million on the game and 30 million on marketing though. Which would then mean they were likely hoping for it to sell about 2 million copies for the 360/ps3 and then the PC and eventual wii U ports would have been a tidy profit.
It only sold like half that though right ?
I could see THQ spending about 20 million on the game and 30 million on marketing though. Which would then mean they were likely hoping for it to sell about 2 million copies for the 360/ps3 and then the PC and eventual wii U ports would have been a tidy profit.
It only sold like half that though right ?
NeOak
Member
Is there an article about the downfall of THQ? I would love to read that.
personally, I thought the combat in DS2 was just fine. Thanks Tragic
Better than DmC. So good.
personally, I thought the combat in DS2 was just fine. Thanks Tragic
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People who prefer the first game are ridiculous. DS2 is so much more fun to play.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I blame the uDraw tablets somehow.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
The context here though is Platinum, or rather Inaba, expressed interest in the franchise, and would of liked to work on it.
Personally I don't think they would of made a great Darksiders either, but at least the comment makes sense.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Reckless Onion
Member
personally, I thought the combat in DS2 was just fine. Thanks Tragic
i love the combat in that game! It's the reason i reinstall it now and then.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Was waiting on Aztez, but that shit got delayed til 2015 on the low
Yeah. But im good with that. No other decent action games on the horizon post-Bayo 2.
Let Ben Ruiz take all the time he needs.
Oh and Don't forget Honorbound/Onikira
Hopefully that is coming in the new year too.
Remington_Steele
Banned
Goodness, that seems really high for DS2..
I though it was 20 million or so..
50 million is Star Citizen territory
I though it was 20 million or so..
50 million is Star Citizen territory
What does $50 million feel like?
Sentenza
Member
No, they aren't. Your comment is ridiculous.
Beside, liking the first game more doesn't mean liking the combat in the first game more.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
How had I not heard of this game? That preview looked really good.
JordanN
Banned
This.
Horrible waste of money. Last gen Publishers really dropped the ball in terms of how video games are produced. All I can hope for is they finally learned from these mistakes.
They're not. DS 1 combat was straight and to the point with everything that was considered fodder. It made the fight go much longer if it was an actual boss or major enemy.
In DS 2, to 'show off' their combat engine and their dice rolling weapons, every fight goes on for far too long. It's like if the Green Ranger spent 30 minutes fighting a putty instead of taking them out in a matter of seconds. It's not more difficult, it's just dragged out to boost combo scores in a game that didn't put emphasis on combat score multipliers and tried to turn Darksiders into something that the fans of the original didn't want. At all.
I felt like the repetitive fetch quest system and barren environments is what held the game back.
Of course having Lifesteal/Wrath steal on weapons was a huge blunder on the part of the developers especially when everything in the game is a dodgeable like an action game.
The problem was the loot system. If you were under geared, enemies would take long to kill but if you were over geared then they would die very fast.
Of course having Lifesteal/Wrath steal on weapons was a huge blunder on the part of the developers especially when everything in the game is a dodgeable like an action game.
Completely false, fights in DS2 don't take that long at all. At least not any longer than a standard action game.
The problem was the loot system. If you were under geared, enemies would take long to kill but if you were over geared then they would die very fast.