It is going to take a long time for Saudi to catch up to everyone else in terms of game design, but I see a lot of strong will for them to get there sooner than later. All things considered, this is a fairly impressive game if you look at what kind of computers they used and the game development schools they have in the region.
It is a real shame local goverments are keeping down more regions from really making it big in the industry. I honestly believe Germany and Australia could be both bigger than most Asian territories (including Japan) if they did not get so much grief from their higher ups.
I don't think so, you don't need super computers to make games, and besides, we aren't that much behind the tech from the rest of the world as some people might think... I think the studio making the game is just not good.
There has been Saudi indie games that looks a lot better, one game I recently knew about called Shadow Fear is made by a Saudi Guy:
And there was this SHMUP game made for XBLA a while ago by some Saudi people as well... It just takes experience and talent to make them.
