"They're reusing assets"

[(*'-')]

Can somebody tell me why I would ever care about this? I see this in negative reviews or cons all the time over multiple games and I just don't get it.

I was looking through my wishlist for the spring sale and the second AI-somnium game has multiple reviews where they complain about reused assets. It looks like it takes place in the exact same town though, so uh, wouldn't it kind of be obvious that a lot of the same stuff would be there?

"Wait a minute, I recognize that green slide in the background. That was in the park from the first game!" Is this really what people are doing while playing games now?

[WhiteKnight]

People have become too bossy and criticizing everything. This players should create their own games with assets they create and see how easy everything is.


Anyways if u think the game is worth buying. Just buy it. If we keep looking at every single steam reviews we might as well not buy anything.

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i spose it also depends whether they are trying to hide that they are asset flipping...
or deceiving customers in some way....

a good game is a good game...

[Kargor]

Just ignore them.

[CJM]

Originally posted by WhiteKnight:

People have become too bossy and criticizing everything.

I'd think that it is an artistic and aesthetic thing. A personal preference. An "agree to disagree" type of thing.

It really is on the reviewer to justify their critique of the usage of assets.

Some see it as an indication of a quick cash grab, an indicator of a lack of effort going into a sequel. Essentially charging the full price of a new game for DLC or "episodic content".

Tears of the Kingdom is probably a worthy discussion point. Even more so Majora's Mask, which heavily reused assets from Ocarina of Time. Then there is Minecraft which is a game about reusing assets in creative ways.

I kind of agree that there is a lack of respect and courtesy awarded from behind a keyboard. I've happened across people criticizing developers for not publishing "skins" or other DLC after a game has been released. Using "abandoned" to described games that have been released. It now has a GOTY Edition, that means it has been abandoned.

On the reusing assets thing, either I care or I don't. Simple as that.

[Yzal]

Doom 2 exists.
Thief 2 exists.
Gothic 2 exists.
Fallout 2 exists.
Fallout New Vegas exists.

All great games. Reused assets don't dictate a game's quality.

[fluxtorrent]

The real question is why you think it has to apply to you?

The review gives the details THAT user feels are important, and other users who share that concern can thusly make a decision based on that information. If the review doesnt address things that concern you then it isn't "for" you.

Not every subjective opinion will be "about" you

[Crazy Tiger]

Reused assets is a staple of gaming since, well, forever. But some people like to talk about it in a review. Which is fine. It's there so people who care about it can use the information. People who don't care about it are free to ignore it.

[captainwiseass]

Originally posted by Lazy Dog:

Doom 2 exists.
Thief 2 exists.
Gothic 2 exists.
Fallout 2 exists.
Fallout New Vegas exists.

All great games. Reused assets don't dictate a game's quality.

Majora's freaking Mask...

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Its not something I have ever had a problem with, the simple reuse of assets.

Maybe it comes from spawning in for first gen consoles. Sears Telstar ftw...

[Brian9824]

A lot of it is people also not knowing how game design works and not realizing that basically every game re-uses assets.

There is a difference between re-using assets and an asset flip game though which people might be confused on.

[DiceDsx]

I guess reusing assets is seen as lazy, though it depends on how it's done Imho.

As an example, Idea Factory and Compile Heart are well known for reusing enemies across many of their games.

Yakuza games also reuse assets, but they're still great games (I think Kiwami kinda suffers for it though).