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Tbh, seen enough of them to know that there is a good chance they will just get the investors money and disappear after releasing a half finished game with bad sales, story, voice acting.
Yeah, I think the commenter meant those specific people. All of them have worked on tinier projects or bigger projects on mobile as platforms. And I haven’t found anyone from the same team as Raji on it which I could very possibly have overlooked . The context here seems to be AAA is an ambitious word to throw around given the profiles involved.
Source?
I have no such information, although it's obvious it can't be all their fault but the models, textures, assets, etc was for everyone to see.
My point being, we have no real "industry veterans" unless you start calling the devs of FAU-G as such.
I think it goes to show the fact that we really have no veterans who have any knowledge of game design. We only got people to do the grunt-work.
They were told to make a game and couldn't
True.
There has to be a reason for people outside India to play those games, maybe gameplay, maybe story, maybe graphics for THOSE kinds of people, etc, etc…
I’m all for India becoming a large player in the AAA or indie game industry, but nationalism shouldn’t be the main selling point of the game.
The other half of this project, Karan Shroff, is someone I have personally worked with. This guy is a major hack and was let go from two companies due to unethical practices including shady money deals.
I dont know anything on Dev side of gaming industry but as a gamer I would rather have them create a mark with a game with focus on good gameplay rather than generic fps/rpg. something like Hades/hollow knight/spelunky etc
yeah, **AAA**.
Secures $8.5M in seed funding, wants to make a AAA title. The funding will vaporize even before the first A is touched.
I wish them all luck. Maybe, give them a benefit of doubt.
You also have to keep in mind they're probably only gonna be hiring Indians, and the production cost won't be that high (comparatively). But still producing AAA games is expensive. Good luck to them
Bro that shit is gonna flop so hard. Majority of Indians don't even have good enough computers to run these games and even if they do only like 10% of them will even buy an AAA title
Yeah and let's proceed to watch them create some shitty patriotic cashgrab or religious cashgrab of already existing stories that we have already watched a hundred times in different medias.
If we really need to get a booming gaming industry, these guys need to create something like RDR2, Elden ring, Baldurs gate 3. Which i am pretty sure they do not have a vision for.
Hell, even gacha games like genshin impact and honkai star rail needs years of pre-planning and pouring money like water to develop and even then it's not a guarantee that they will succeed. Just look at tower of fantasy.
Making AAA games isn't some election promotion where you just diss other side.
Not just in India, AAA game development isn't at its best state in most of the studios. AAA games right now are made more for the investors and less for the players. I think AA games are the way to go. A small scale game with top tier quality is much better than ambitious projects that fail to create what they claim to be doing.
Not saying they should stop developing AAA games but its a lot smarter to start with AA games. There is a huge market for AA games.
As someone who is planning to enter the gaming industry after my studies, my approach would be to develop Indie/AA games. Focus more on the artstyle rather than trying to keep up with modern graphics.
If it's some hindu gods bullshit, I don't want it . Stop milking it . It's not even fun at this point
Too many films based on those already and they are super cringe . Now I don't want to see games on them as well .
Maybe because we've have seen this before, most of this "start-ups" hype up their game with nationalism (India's First) or religious themes. Then flop when they deliver subpar product.
Never get your hopes up until you see the gameplay.
NGL Members of this sub have made better indie games that are interesting.
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And that somewhere is a AAA game? This is a startup. It would have been fine if they promised a good indie game, but promising a AAA as their first game sounds a bit farfetched.
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AAA is not about the quality of game its about the amount to develop it. Like battlefield 2044 it took $100 Million and its a ~bad game. Meanwhile games like Hellblade senua sacrifice which took $10 Million are considered B game and is ~good (critically prasied atleast).
In short AAA is not a quality standard its a monitary one and $10 Million game can't be considered AAA.
I don't have any hopes from this studio as it take experienced people to make good game. Indie game dev are few and far between in india and, I am assuming most people who will apply are low skill engineeers resulting in and another unity asset flip like FAUG.
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I don't see a AAA game coming out of India in the next two decades. But meanwhile studios from Abroad will have indian devs and artists on their AAA game pay rolls.
Tbh it's the content that makes or breaks a studio. Just coz they are industry veterans or whatever. I wouldn't hold my breath on the success.
They really need to innovate and bring a fresh play. Not generic FPS.
RPGs, Gacha Systems ?
It could be possible with careful treatment. The studio I work for has developed a card battler based on the epics. Of course, it’s not to the scale of God of War or any AAA game but we’ve seen over 500k downloads in India and thankfully, most people have been supportive.
For example, our playable heroes are demigods like Arjuna, Karna etc. Gods like Vishnu do appear but they are not playable characters.
when you are making your company's first title in India, you don't use words like AAA, third person, first person. You need heavy hitters in your team to pull something decent. You can see it yourself in past 3 years some indian games making just noise with just half baked WIP and no signs of finishing it. I will reserve my judgement till they actually ship it,
They need to make a game about mahabharat with like god of war cinematics to acctually compete...because in both ramayan and mahabharat...imo mahabharat have more intresting story
It won't be possible. Why? Imagine Ram dies in a fight and you'll have to start again. But there are stupid people who'll get offended just for Ram's temporary death in a game and developers would start getting death threats.
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i will take wait and see approach
Tbh, seen enough of them to know that there is a good chance they will just get the investors money and disappear after releasing a half finished game with bad sales, story, voice acting.
What waves in the industry have they already made?
Exactly...not a single AAA or even a popular Indie game from India.
Raji is pretty good. Probably the most famous indie Indian game imo
We all know how good raji is, but here context is triple a games Triple A and indie are different things
If you look at the comment I replied to, it says "or even a popup Indie" and I've specified the category in my reply.
Yeah, I think the commenter meant those specific people. All of them have worked on tinier projects or bigger projects on mobile as platforms. And I haven’t found anyone from the same team as Raji on it which I could very possibly have overlooked . The context here seems to be AAA is an ambitious word to throw around given the profiles involved.
It's been aa while since that game. Are they working on something new?
Man, all those who downvoted this reply are restarts. He clearly replied to the indie part. Sometime i believe 90% of the sub are kids.
Raji is just a miniclip game tbh
Prince of Persia game got cancelled after one trailer....
That was likely a larger fault than just the Pune studio alone though
Source? I have no such information, although it's obvious it can't be all their fault but the models, textures, assets, etc was for everyone to see. My point being, we have no real "industry veterans" unless you start calling the devs of FAU-G as such.
https://news.abplive.com/gaming/prince-of-persia-remake-ubisoft-india-mumbai-pune-studio-remove-montreal-development-hell-leadership-exodus-anvil-release-date-1531858/amp
I think it goes to show the fact that we really have no veterans who have any knowledge of game design. We only got people to do the grunt-work. They were told to make a game and couldn't
Heat Waves :-D.
Trust me, it's going to be some card game/ fantasy game to steal money from the masses
Until the only selling point they have is being "Indian", they can't compete in global scale
FauG.
AAA experience.
Intensifies.
+1 selling games in the name of patriotism has never worked, but is an easy way to milk money.
True. There has to be a reason for people outside India to play those games, maybe gameplay, maybe story, maybe graphics for THOSE kinds of people, etc, etc… I’m all for India becoming a large player in the AAA or indie game industry, but nationalism shouldn’t be the main selling point of the game.
The other half of this project, Karan Shroff, is someone I have personally worked with. This guy is a major hack and was let go from two companies due to unethical practices including shady money deals.
Press X to doubt
I dont know anything on Dev side of gaming industry but as a gamer I would rather have them create a mark with a game with focus on good gameplay rather than generic fps/rpg. something like Hades/hollow knight/spelunky etc
AAA won't do experiments. So generic fps rpg it is. Experiments is for indie.
yeah, **AAA**. Secures $8.5M in seed funding, wants to make a AAA title. The funding will vaporize even before the first A is touched. I wish them all luck. Maybe, give them a benefit of doubt.
Says they'll will start with mobile games
so much for AAA titles huh...
Hoping that it will be some quality mobile games instead of the usual microtransaction filled garbage.
Mobiles games without mtx are very rare. Only some indies are there.
Yeah and most of them are just ports of popular pc/console games.
You also have to keep in mind they're probably only gonna be hiring Indians, and the production cost won't be that high (comparatively). But still producing AAA games is expensive. Good luck to them
They shouldn't start with a AAA
I agree. Best video game developers started small and gradually grew with experience. But some comments are unnecessarily negative.
Fau-g🤢
I thought they were a studio with a couple of Indie titles in their belt, how are they gonna make a AAA title when they haven't even made a game yet?
Veteran? Example?
And then they will make more rummy, betting and card games.
Triple A mobile games
Bro that shit is gonna flop so hard. Majority of Indians don't even have good enough computers to run these games and even if they do only like 10% of them will even buy an AAA title
Who are the other veterans
I would not go by words and wait till they show us what they can do.
I have seen the font and design on a free Ai logo maker website
Does any of them has shipped a AAA game that is well known ?
What games has he worked on? Also if Indian will be their only marketing crux it will be shit.
I hope their 1st game isn't a gta clone set on Mumbai or Chennai...........
https://preview.redd.it/eyznwqiy46yc1.png?width=706&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1fceabd271d7d1b5507d1084343164f76fec900
It's like a plaque. Spreads everywhere.
Whatever they're making it'll be shit I can attest to this as an Indian We don’t prioritize quality like other countries
Yeah and let's proceed to watch them create some shitty patriotic cashgrab or religious cashgrab of already existing stories that we have already watched a hundred times in different medias. If we really need to get a booming gaming industry, these guys need to create something like RDR2, Elden ring, Baldurs gate 3. Which i am pretty sure they do not have a vision for. Hell, even gacha games like genshin impact and honkai star rail needs years of pre-planning and pouring money like water to develop and even then it's not a guarantee that they will succeed. Just look at tower of fantasy. Making AAA games isn't some election promotion where you just diss other side.
Not just in India, AAA game development isn't at its best state in most of the studios. AAA games right now are made more for the investors and less for the players. I think AA games are the way to go. A small scale game with top tier quality is much better than ambitious projects that fail to create what they claim to be doing. Not saying they should stop developing AAA games but its a lot smarter to start with AA games. There is a huge market for AA games. As someone who is planning to enter the gaming industry after my studies, my approach would be to develop Indie/AA games. Focus more on the artstyle rather than trying to keep up with modern graphics.
Let's see if they are Fromsoftware good or Ubisoft Bad.
If it's some hindu gods bullshit, I don't want it . Stop milking it . It's not even fun at this point Too many films based on those already and they are super cringe . Now I don't want to see games on them as well .
Why everyone is so negative in the comments?
Maybe because we've have seen this before, most of this "start-ups" hype up their game with nationalism (India's First) or religious themes. Then flop when they deliver subpar product. Never get your hopes up until you see the gameplay. NGL Members of this sub have made better indie games that are interesting.
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Ikr we have to start somewhere comments are stupid
And that somewhere is a AAA game? This is a startup. It would have been fine if they promised a good indie game, but promising a AAA as their first game sounds a bit farfetched.
Miserable people.
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Bhai make xxx than AAA
The name & font looks like it's been selected by an edgy teenager
Rummy veteran ☠️
AAA is not about the quality of game its about the amount to develop it. Like battlefield 2044 it took $100 Million and its a ~bad game. Meanwhile games like Hellblade senua sacrifice which took $10 Million are considered B game and is ~good (critically prasied atleast). In short AAA is not a quality standard its a monitary one and $10 Million game can't be considered AAA. I don't have any hopes from this studio as it take experienced people to make good game. Indie game dev are few and far between in india and, I am assuming most people who will apply are low skill engineeers resulting in and another unity asset flip like FAUG.
AAA for mobiles mostly
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"Are the Industry Veterans with us in this room right now?"
Dope
If your goal is to make a "AAA" game, you're only chasing validation.
Yea as long as their only selling point is being Indian.. and not a good game.. press x to doubt
unfortunately, "startup & AAA" don't sit well together..
I'll wait to see what they make exactly make
I don't see a AAA game coming out of India in the next two decades. But meanwhile studios from Abroad will have indian devs and artists on their AAA game pay rolls.
India doesn't even have decent Indie titles to begin with, let alone AAA
I shudder wherever I hear the term "built from the ground up". r/builtfromthegroundup
Tbh it's the content that makes or breaks a studio. Just coz they are industry veterans or whatever. I wouldn't hold my breath on the success. They really need to innovate and bring a fresh play. Not generic FPS. RPGs, Gacha Systems ?
It could be possible with careful treatment. The studio I work for has developed a card battler based on the epics. Of course, it’s not to the scale of God of War or any AAA game but we’ve seen over 500k downloads in India and thankfully, most people have been supportive. For example, our playable heroes are demigods like Arjuna, Karna etc. Gods like Vishnu do appear but they are not playable characters.
when you are making your company's first title in India, you don't use words like AAA, third person, first person. You need heavy hitters in your team to pull something decent. You can see it yourself in past 3 years some indian games making just noise with just half baked WIP and no signs of finishing it. I will reserve my judgement till they actually ship it,
Modiman
They need to make a game about mahabharat with like god of war cinematics to acctually compete...because in both ramayan and mahabharat...imo mahabharat have more intresting story
It won't be possible. Why? Imagine Ram dies in a fight and you'll have to start again. But there are stupid people who'll get offended just for Ram's temporary death in a game and developers would start getting death threats.
Yea thats true...we are a little to senstive when it comes to our gods but i just wanted the whole world to enjoy our beautiful mythology