Cygames showed members of the press an early gameplay video of Project Awakening, its 2016-announced “high-end console” game in development at Cygames Osaka, during a behind closed doors presentation at E3 2018.
Today Cygames hosted a panel discussing the Cyllista Game Engine that used for its still mysterious title codenamed Project Awakening.
It looks great, but many tech demos do.
For example, Unity has had several showcases of their big engine updates over the years, and they always look more incredible than any game that ever comes out using that tech. Even tech demos from 5 years ago look better than any game you can actually play today. Just the nature of the beast.
As pretty as it looks, if it doesn't deliver on the gaming experience it won't do well. We hear the debates all the time about graphics, etc. But most gamers will play a game that doesn't look great but is a fun ride.
100%, and the thriving indie scene proves that. Lots of more visually simple 3D games, or even basic looking 2D games, that have fun mechanics can even outsell the most glistening of AAA games these days. And good art direction or a unique visual style tends to be worth more than pushing for flat photorealism anyway.
But I'm also a fan of games that look amazing (and play great, of course), so I'm always interested to see who's pushing the envelope. And these kinds of tech demos are meant to impress on the visual front, and generally they do, but it's just a bit of a bummer we've all kinda gotten to a point with them that's basically "Yeah, that's nice, but what will you have to cut down once you have to create those assets for an entire world, populate it with characters and logic, and target a wider range of systems?"
The developer of Project Awakening (originally announced for PS4, but who knows now) discussed its development and its engine Cyllista.
We know this will be on the PS5. It's crazy that they're saying it looks even better now graphically
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I'm wondering when we are going to see more from Project Awakening because I'm interested.
Today, during the Muv-Luv Expo livestream, the developers of the series answered quite a few questions from the fans, providing interesting details.
Awesome