Games, unlike almost every other media, is more likely to endure the release date or sudden cancellation. And behind the backstage development, as a rule, the situation is even worse. Information port Howtogek.com speak About hell production and why it spread in the modern gaming industry.
If the game is talked about a type of game that it has been trapped in production hell, this means the project for one reason or another will not come out for a long time. This often indicates problems with development or management in the studio, although the situation may vary. Some games trapped in hell produced simply fall behind the schedule as scheduled, while the release of others was delayed indefinitely.
Blood pressure produced can occur even when starting to grow. In the early stages of creating games, designers often collect prototypes showing the project's creative vision. Sometimes developers and publishers are simply not suitable for what they see in the prototype – and its authors must start the creative process first. Of course, no one banned them preserve the idea of the plot, intuitive assets and some mechanisms, however, each time restarting the development agreements with the upcoming release for months. Many games go through a number of failures and concepts that have not been implemented before coming to the final idea, and this process may take many years.
For example, the original version (2005) of Resident Evil 4 changed some versions before becoming a horror girl. Many of the original prototypes of the game are very different from what developers have finally stopped. One of the prototypes focused on psychological horror, where the players will have to fight the hallucinations in the mysterious castle. And the other is a dynamic action film focusing on trendy battles in close fighting. Later was considered too similar to Resident Evil … and later they implemented an independent project from there – Devil May Cry.
Many games fell into blood pressure produced during the later production phase due to its ambition to cut neck and continuous development scale. For this problem, a separate term even invented – Creep feature. Among the relatively recent examples, you can immediately name Cyberpunk 2077: It is very serious about the fact that developers continuously add new mechanics without polishing the old ones. And Star Citizen has been developed since 2012, but due to the increasing planning of mechanics, the game has not left the Alpha stage.
The game industry constantly changes and develops in many different directions. The development groups now more than before, AAA-Bujeter is higher than ever and the expectations from modern games are developing with each new generation of gaming devices. Even independent games are now forced to comply with more serious standards: Deltarune and Hollow Knight: Silksong are so large games that fans have been waiting for their departure for many years.
The development of modern projects requires time and resources, but the increased requirements for these factors are one of the main reasons why games fall into production hell. Due to the bloating budget, each AAA release must fight against money, and some studios like to avoid risks by spending many years for perfection. Metroid Prime 4 was presented recently: Beyond stayed for nearly two years before the project was restarted under the leadership of another studio. Nintendo said that the rearrangement of personnel occurred due to the fact that the first version of the game did not meet the quality standards of the publisher.
Many projects become victims of a sudden change of creative course in the middle of development, because some innocent publishers try to participate in current trends. Skull and Bones from Ubisoft began to develop in 2013 as Assassin Creed IV: Black Flag MMO-OFF, but in the end, the work lasted 10 years in the game processing errors and continuous scripts, as well as trying to balance the game around the idea of a direct service. The pursuit of the trend is also killed by Concord, Redfall and Suicide Squad: Kill the Judicial Federation.
But this does not mean that before the perfect game industry, the only difference is 20-30 years ago, information about the development of games with fewer people. Today, the public has more resources. We know about the development stories of old games, canceled projects and upcoming releases. Many independent developers have been actively divided by their projects with social networks.
In addition, the game press also develops. If earlier, most, it is limited by the reviews and information from the presentations for the press, now most major media have direct access to speakers from the industry. In addition, independent projects to preserve old games and gaming historians have been able to reveal a lot of information about the development of classical games.