Black Ops 2; many of you already love it, many already hate it. Despite your feelings towards the franchise, and its ‘recycled’ formula,  Treyarch head Mark Lamia says that they, as developers, fully acknowledge the demand for pushing technological boundaries with each iteration of Call Of Duty.

Talking with Dan Amrich, an Activision blogger, he addresses the use and advancements of game engines and how they move with necessity.

He says ‘Engines, each time they get touched, they change. [They] alter what they need to.’ He goes on to say that customer demand is what pushes them to push the graphical qualities of their games further, and says that ‘I don’t think those are things people can’t ask for.’

He says that in order to keep up with public demand, you don’t need to create a whole new engine, but perhaps do ‘an entire overhaul of your entire lighting system’.

So fix up what needs to fixed up, leave the rest alone. Seems like common sense, but plenty of people are quick in saying that the graphics in the games hardly progress.

Are you content with Treyarch’s developmental approach, or do you want to see a whole new engine for each title?

You can read up on their little char here.

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