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The primary quality of what people consider "well-made" for a video game is the artistic part. Sure, nerds will compare graphical fidelity, resolutions, framera
by hbn 4y ago
The primary quality of what people consider "well-made" for a video game is the artistic part. Sure, nerds will compare graphical fidelity, resolutions, framerates, etc. but most people just care about whether they're enjoying themselves.
Shadow of the Colossus infamously ran pretty badly on its original release platform (PS2). A good amount of the N64's library ran at sub-20fps in certain areas. Bloodborne launched with 60-second load screens. Hell, remember GTA5's multi-minute loading screens that people put up with until someone reverse engineered the code and found it was mostly pointless JSON parsing? Dark Souls was 30fps on PCs for years (without a mod that caused bugs of its own) until the remaster came out.
There's lots of examples of badly-running and/or ugly and/or buggy games that are still regarded as great.