The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[MrSteve]

Well, according to Wikipedia

'In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced "triple A") is a classification term used for games with the highest development budgets and levels of promotion. A title considered to be AAA is therefore expected to be a high quality game and to be among the year's best sellers. For a title to remain AAA post-launch, it must be both commercially and critically successful.'

And this

'An AAA title is intended to demonstrate the very best within a gaming company or franchise. Games not considered to be AAA have been referred to as "B titles", by analogy to B-movies'

Really, it's up to interpretation. If we went on the above, then a game like SOMA would be classed as a B title, purely on the fact that it's budget and promotion doesn't scratch the surface of other developers. BUT; You could argue that a five year investment from a team of of people that has tripled (at least) in size in the last five years and massively increased their revenues, production budget and sphere of influence in the gaming community has certainly created a product that is worthy of the title AAA.

You could also argue that SOMA will be a high quality game (fingers crossed) and may be one of the best sellers in the horror game genre (for 2015)

Obviously we haven't played it yet, to confirm the quality of the game but I think we are all in agreement here that the investment from the team at Frictional and all we've seen so far warrants a AAA.