“There Weren’t A Lot Of Extras, So It Had To Be Done Right” – Fallout Co-Creator Reveals What Modern Game Devs Can Still Learn From The ’80s

Cain claims a lot of modern games “try to be everything to everyone”.

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has released a new video on his YouTube channel, suggesting more modern games should look back on how ’80s video games were put together to produce higher-quality titles (thanks, PC Gamer, for the spot!).

In the video, entitled “Lessons from Old Games“, Cain suggested that a lot of games today, “don’t really know what they want to be” and instead “try to be everything to everyone” or guess at “the largest demographic wants.” As a result, he suggests that to combat this, more developers should be open to learning from older games from the past, particularly when it comes to having a clear direction and executing that vision efficiently.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

Cain claims a lot of modern games “try to be everything to everyone”.

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has released a new video on his YouTube channel, suggesting more modern games should look back on how ’80s video games were put together to produce higher-quality titles (thanks, PC Gamer, for the spot!).

In the video, entitled “Lessons from Old Games“, Cain suggested that a lot of games today, “don’t really know what they want to be” and instead “try to be everything to everyone” or guess at “the largest demographic wants.” As a result, he suggests that to combat this, more developers should be open to learning from older games from the past, particularly when it comes to having a clear direction and executing that vision efficiently.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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