Why are western games low quality?

[Arvaos]

Why are western games low quality? I was watching the gameplay trailer of the new Assassin's Creed and the combat looks abysmal with terrible animations.

When I was young and I witnessed the AI and mechanics in games like Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, I imagined games twenty years later would be mind-blowing.

What happend?

[Unexpected]

people are starting to run out of ideas, passion is being replaced with deadlines for stock owners

[vkobe]

companies think it smart idea to force you to be online to play their game

too much resource in graphism and not enough in gameplay, character development and good story

open world is trap, if you dont know how to use your open world it will become a pain in the as

seem writer turn into zombie mode like hollywood writter, they lack of good imagination and creativity

some franchise become too old and company are unable to pass to something else, example halo and gears of war should stopped at halo reach and gear of war 3, you will answer super mario, but nintendo doesnt force themselve than super mario is sequel to an old mario

and for assassin creed well you ask ubisoft they suck to made good japaneze video game, compare with yakuza ishin, alway give japaneze responsability to made good japaneze game, never ask ubisoft or electronic art they are unable to do this job, so sega=good japanese game, ubisoft=they going to ruin japanese game

[Arvaos]

Originally posted by vkobe:

companies think it smart idea to force you to be online to play their game

too much resource in graphism and not enough in gameplay, character development and good story

open world is trap, if you dont know how to use your open world it will become a pain in the as

seem writer turn into zombie mode like hollywood writter, they lack of good imagination and creativity

some franchise become too old and company are unable to pass to something else, example halo and gears of war should stopped at halo reach and gear of war 3, you will answer super mario, but nintendo doesnt force themselve than super mario is sequel to an old mario

and for assassin creed well you ask ubisoft they suck to made good japaneze video game, compare with yakuza ishin, alway give japaneze responsability to made good japaneze game, never ask ubisoft or electronic art they are unable to do this job, so sega=good japanese game, ubisoft=they going to ruin japanese game

Timed events, microtransactions, premium skins, XP boosters.

I used to enjoy Ubisoft games and while it's common to rage on them, Japanese companies have started focusing on such tactics too but they aren't at the extent of their Western counterparts yet.

Ubisoft dreams of selling a bare bones package.

They could do something really social with Assassin's Creed Infinity and make it a hitman style game but I'm guessing it will be a bare bones HUB where every new location is an expansion to buy.

[Imperial Guard]

Companies are afraid to try new ideas because games are more expensive to make. Also, they want to make live service games or litter games with microtransactions.

[Walach]

You just haven't seen the "right" trailer yet. :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKjbvxNwpAE

[sleeps]

you mean french games

it's not necessarily AAA. i mean look at asian market for a while. real ♥♥♥♥.

[Mina]

Profit

[D. Flame]

They are pandering to people who will never by their games anyway, and in the process, they are alienating their long term fanbases.

This in turn loses them money, so they become even more timid about trying anything new, and they double down even harder on pandering to people who would never buy their game.

Rinse and repeat until bankruptcy.

[Fajita Jim]

Didn't Baulder's Gate 3 just humiliate the competition?

[Pierce Dalton]

Are they? I mean, the majority of highly succesful games is Western, I guess. Honestly I think you're mixing up things, just because I don't enjoy a game that doesn't mean it's low quality.

[Vendicator Senpai]

AAA companies just aren't as passionate anymore unfortunately

[secuda]

Ops poor bait.

[Monnsteri]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

They are pandering to people who will never by their games anyway, and in the process, they are alienating their long term fanbases.

This in turn loses them money, so they become even more timid about trying anything new, and they double down even harder on pandering to people who would never buy their game.

Rinse and repeat until bankruptcy.

You hit the nail on the head.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Are they? I mean, the majority of highly succesful games is Western, I guess. Honestly I think you're mixing up things, just because I don't enjoy a game that doesn't mean it's low quality.

MHW = Japanese
Genshin Impact = Chinese
Elden Ring = Japanese

etc.

The only real except is BG3, and they pretty much rejected everything other western companies are doing, and they even called those other companies out on it. They are the exception that proves the rule.

[Dwolfin]

*Western AAA's

The answer? Greedy corporations. Not all of them but a lot of them now. All money no passion