Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
@Gameguy
Indie devs have lower budgets, so you either make classic looking titles or you make a stylish looking game since graphically you can't compete.
I forgot the name at the time but there's Hellblade from 2017, that's a modern game that was low budget but still looks like an impressive modern game. It was the first game that the developer Ninja Theory decided to fund and publish themselves, lower budget but high quality. They also decided to use their own money instead of using Kickstarter so that's good on them. Apparently the team size was about 15-20 people, I've seen both numbers mentioned so I'm not sure which is accurate but either way that's small for a modern game.

Since this game came out the studio has been acquired by Microsoft but this game was made independently, it's everything positive how a modern game should be made. This isn't a remake or a sequel, it's something new.