Why is FF16 just reusing assets from FF14?

[DiaDeem]

Why on Earth would you EVER start development from literal scratch when you already have a gigantic massive library of assets you can use?? Are you completely insane? Did you want a 6+ year development cycle? Are you one of those people who thinks every game ever needs to have unique-never-before-used assets? For crying out loud, FromSoftware has been reusing assets for YEARS, because that's how an intelligent developer works. All recent Resident Evil games? All re-use assets from 7 and onwards. New assets are always made, but some other stuff just gets reused. That's game development for you. I also think it's insane that you're attempting to judge gameplay, music and dungeons of a 60+ hour game based on a 25 minute showcase. Then you go and show whatever church/temple they're in and call it a Vault copy. Because we've never had a temple-like dungeon ever before in any other Final Fantasy or in gaming, so obviously the only reasonable conclusion is that it's just a copy of The Vault.

[ChrisRedfield2]

Why on Earth would you EVER start development from literal scratch when you already have a gigantic massive library of assets you can use?? Are you completely insane? Did you want a 6+ year development cycle? Are you one of those people who thinks every game ever needs to have unique-never-before-used assets? For crying out loud, FromSoftware has been reusing assets for YEARS, because that's how an intelligent developer works. I also think it's insane that you're attempting to judge gameplay, music and dungeons of a 60+ hour game based on a 25 minute showcase.

/facepalm
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you never hear about the BILLIONS of complains that Elder Ring reused the same assets and animations from Dark Souls 3?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/c...t_ive_noticed/

[DiaDeem]

you never hear about the BILLIONS of complains that Elder Ring reused the same assets and animations from Dark Souls 3?

Nope, first of all because they're not billions and you're just using that word arbitrarily for shock value and actually means nothing. And second, because only insane people complain about such a common practice.

[DragonFlyy]

Nope, first of all because they're not billions and you're just using that word arbitrarily for shock value and actually means nothing. And second, because only insane people complain about such a common practice.

Best part is the link he posted about the supposed "billions" has 0 upvotes and only a handful of comments, most of which disagree with the original post complaining about reused assets.