I think BLUEFOX nailed it, it's just because technology is getting better.Originally Posted by NukMasta Go to original post
That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft shared art (2D and 3D) assets between studios. It would make sense to have a resource repository for a company as large as Ubisoft. Why build a tree model if you already have access to a high quality one that someone else already made? I have no issues with this as long as it doesn't effect the quality of the end product (meaning, no COD copy/paste the same building models from COD4 into the next 10 games).
Do we talk about BF4 ?
The same maps remastered in HD from Bad company .... and on the same map the same building that has just been cloned. Absolutely ridiculous
And I hope they share ! They have so many good ideas from one game to an other and if they have a Data center with all their 3D models, etc. it would be awesone (maybe it's already the case ??).