Each enemy is cleverly designed to be both cool and adorable, and the environments are littered with extraneous elements that most «retro» looking
games skimp on.
A lot of portable
games skimp on the sound because developers figure that if a game is portable, people will play it in silence when surrounded by others.
More recently, one of the bigger victims of core
game skimping is The Sims 4.
Not exact matches
Wenger has always
skimped on defence, and the Manure
game showed how important it is, yet again.
You might think that Surviving Mars would have
skimped on high - res assets for objects in the
game's world due to its top - down nature, but this isn't the case.
On one hand, I appreciate that they didn't
skimp on the A / V quality, but it's just too big for a digital - only
game.
Add in some dungeon crawling and I was quite pleasantly surprised at the scope of this
game because for a title focusing on the younger player, it doesn't
skimp on what you can do in this virtual world.
Incorporating serious
games gives online learners the knowledge they need without
skimping on fun and excitement.
The
game will contain over 100 routes spread across 22 different locations throughout the world, so it doesn't seem to be
skimping on content.
And for the love of god, no garbage planned DLC and microtransactions that
skimps out the
game from having a huge rich story with lots of lore and hundreds of hours of contents.
On topic - sales of Sim City have demonstrated to devs that they can get away with
skimping on beta testing to save money as we can all be used as guinea pigs at launch to test the
game with a «we'll fix it» attitude post launch.
The Zelda focuses E3 didn't
skimp on showing off other
games for Nintendo's consoles this year.
Though Shadowrun Returns assumes too much about the player's prior knowledge about the universe and too often
skimps over introducing key gameplay systems, getting over the hump is worth discovering the deeply gratifying strategy
game within.
It's hard to criticize Tekken 7 for
skimping on the offline content when the fighting and the feel for the
game are this good.
The best part of the
game is the humor, but they still don't
skimp on the actual gameplay, which is also great.
If nothing else, both Acclaim and Iguana deserve kudos for delivering an absolutely beautiful baseball title that doesn't
skimp on the detailed features fans expect to see in a «serious»
game.
«Tragically» may be an exaggeration, as are the numerous cutscenes that hamper on the subject of Marian's death; while the original
game was innovative with its controversial murder of the main hero's girlfriend at a time when fictional character deaths were uncommon in videogames (even the NES version did not
skimp on this detail), Wander of the Dragons force - feeds you with endless sequences that make the subtle character death feel cheap and exploitative.
Developers Criterion re-wrote the entire engine to suit an open - world
game, but didn't
skimp on their trademark destruction technology, with car's crumpling, shattering and generally exploding into pieces across the sun - baked asphalt.
I have to give full credit to the teams at Clever Beans, EPOS
Game Studios, and XDev for not
skimping on the remastering, as textures, effects, tracks, scenery, and the racers themselves all look exceptional — even when stationary.
The dark, Goth - like design of the
game is impeccable, even in this early stage of its development, and it doesn't look like the team at Vigil Games is
skimping on the details in the slightest.
At roughly six hours long, the campaign of Call of Duty: WWII is no more substantial than those found in most of the previous
games, but even in such a short space of time it manages to tell a heartfelt and heartbreaking story of sacrifice and survival, whilst simultaneously not
skimping on Hollywood spectacle.
If there is one
game that doesn't
skimp on content it is Yakuza 4.
The original
game was already a lengthy prospect, and it can not be said that Omega Force has
skimped on giving the base
game a lot of extra padding.
The
game does have its fair share of questionable elements, but it certainly doesn't
skimp on content.
Funny thing about video
games, you can get away with bad stories, stupid dialogue, nonsensical premises, but you just can't
skimp in the gameplay department.
These collections don't
skimp on the extra content outside of
games either.
But that doesn't mean that NaturalMotion has
skimped on the
game at all, or the production values.
On one hand, I appreciate that they didn't
skimp on the A / V quality, but it's just too big for a digital - only
game.
This impressionistic dialogue style could do wonders for
games that need to
skimp on voiceover work.
Though Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is under the umbrella of Capcom, the
game is already shaping up to be no slouch when it comes to
skimping out on Nintendo, with the
game already carrying plenty of nods to other franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, and now Capcom's own Mega Man.