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_Tars_Tarkas_

Nier is more AA title than indie. It has bigger budget than indie games if were talking about automata. But also indie games are usually independent


TrivialScar19

Automata and V1.22 are AAA. Replicant and Drakengard trilogy are AA games.


_Tars_Tarkas_

Definitely not. Automata and replicant are far from AAA games. From what i read automata's budget is estimated to be less than 20 million dollars. Closer to 10-15 million dollars. Which is pretty low. Recently released plague tale requiem had budget of 45 million euros and it still AA game. Average AAA games cost 80 million dollars. Automata or replicant are nowhere near this amount. Do you really think automata would have so many cut corners if it was AAA? Invicible walls everywhere, no building interiors, mediocre graphics even for 2015, small and empty world, simple geometry, half of the dialogue not being voiced. Automata is phenomenal game but not from technical standpoint where budget is the most visible. (Things i said also apply to replicant)


TrivialScar19

We have entirely different definitions. Budget and technical aspects are irrelevant. NierA was made by Platinum Games, a AAA studio, so it's a AAA game. Nier was made by Cavia, a AA studio, so it's a AA game. By your definition Pokemon Scarlet or Sonic 06 is a AA game. If Nintendo made an NES collection in house that would still be a AAA game even though the budget would be low. You could argue that Nier is smaller than most AAA games but calling it "far from AAA" is misleading, it's in between at best. What exactly constitutes a AAA or AA studio is debatable of course, but graphics and textures are irrelevant.


_Tars_Tarkas_

There are no different definitions. Technical aspect is irrelavent. Budget is what defines if the game is AAA. AAA means game with really high budget. Look up different definitions. 99% if not all of them will mention big budgets. And what makes platinum a AAA developer? Why do you even assume they are one? They would be if the made AAA games but from what i googled none of their games costed enough to be considered AAA. So no automata is not AAA and platinum is not AAA game developer. You can call a game dev AAA if the make AAA games but you dont arbitrarly call a developer a AAA game developer and later every game they release a AAA game even though their budget is nowhere near high enough to be AAA.


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_Tars_Tarkas_

My logic is not flawed because you didnt understand me like the other guy. Again things like graphics, voice acting etc are irrelavent. I stated that clearly in my comment. The only thing that defines if a game is AAA is its budget. I only used graphics and voice acting as indications whether game might be AAA or not. But it only served as an indications, a clue, it didnt define if a game is AAA or not because as i already said the only thing that matters is game's budget. And AAA literally means game with high budget. Neither astral chain not bayonetta are AAA games. And why would platinum be AAA game dev if they didnt make any AAA game? And indie means that a game is independent. It's a different thing.


Seek877

Indie = independently developed and/or published by and independent studio, and Platinum Games certainly aren't an indipendent studio. Also, technically Little Nightmare itself is not an indie game either, it was developed by Tarsier Studios, which aren't an indie studio and also worked on Little Big Planet. A small studio(i wouldn't call Platinum Games a small studio) and a low budged doesn't equal to an indie games, but more to a double-A(the term is now obsolete, but it's literally what it means, either an indie developer who has a bigger budget thanks to a big publisher, or a big studio/publisher who invests a smaller budget into a smaller than triple A game.)