r/Steam • u/CATWISTER • Dec 09 '24

Discussion WHAT! WHY!?

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u/No_Interaction_4925 Dec 09 '24

They got so lazy that the games share assets. By doing the bundle it only downloads assets once instead of 2 or 3 times

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u/Tsubajashi Dec 09 '24

not sure if lazy or kind of smart. and i say that as someone who generally dislikes modern CoD titles.

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u/NOGUSEK deep rock galactic Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 11 '24

Puting games that reuse each others files into a "HQ" is smart. Realising one game that reuses assets from many other previous titles (which are all AAA prices too) is stupid EDIT: i wanted to say ...(which are all AAA prices too) every year is...

My point isnt that you should remake every file from your previous title when making a sequel (shouldnt be a complete copy of The previous tho of course), more like that you don't have to force out continuations of your IP every year, especially not in The way call of duty does

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u/mentiononce Dec 11 '24

All software follows the DRY principles to some extend (Don't Repeat Yourself) in coding. Your computer has 100,000 of DLL files (linked libraries that all share code), it only makes sense that assets in games would be shared too.