scoobs
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I'm not hell bent on anything. I just think its ridiculous the extent we're going to act like this is anything other than standard business. People change jobs all the time for various reasons; money, location, family, etc...
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UC4 Game Director Justin Richmond Leaves ND (And famousmortimer leaves GAF #1393)
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I'm not hell bent on anything. I just think its ridiculous the extent we're going to act like this is anything other than standard business. People change jobs all the time for various reasons; money, location, family, etc...
I liked it too.Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
Broder Salsa
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I like this post.
Also it's weird seeing so many people call the doom of Naughty Dog when the director of Uncharted 3 leaves, I thought the majority hated that.
TheGreenGenetleman
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They are forming a new Studio!!!!!
Exactly. I was thinking how this probably happened a lot in previous gens and didn't create big stories, but these days gaming has turned into 24 hour news.
Good Cat!
Uncharted 3 was the game of its year.Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
Risk Breaker
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Sounds like the power of money to me, but I dunno.
Comrade Stalin
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Nothing but baseless speculation and bandying from me here, but something rotten seems to be going down at ND.
SEGAvangelist
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Exactly. Very unsettling.
TheLostBigBoss
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Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
I think most people here liked U3. However I think most people feel it was a step back from Uncharted 2, myself included.
Although it's pretty fucking hard to follow Uncharted 2
Syphon Filter
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you i don't even know what to say anymore. dam...
SoraanTribal
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Yeah. She was the main director on Uncharted 1, but wasn't for Uncharted 2 and 3 (I mean, she wasn't the main director, but still had a directing role).
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
I love Uncharted 3. I prefer Uncharted 2 overall, but Uncharted 3 is way up there.
Acquiescence
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We're entering parody levels here now. I used to joke that Kaz Hirai will be the only person working at Sony by the end of the year - now it's looking like it'll actually happen.
Seriously though, what the fuck is going on over at Naughty Dog.
Seriously though, what the fuck is going on over at Naughty Dog.
Live Free or Die
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Nothing is happening. People leave jobs all the time.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
I liked it too, but it was just uninspired in comparison to Uncharted 2. They pretty much made the exact same game with shockingly similar plot points. That's not a bad thing, it was just a lot less effective and the novelty began to wear off.
You can't possibly believe people care about this?
How many people of the PlayStation audience have any idea who Justin Richmond is? They only care if UC4 is good or not, not who made it.
If Sony has a good showing at E3 or not, and I'm sure they will, this 'mass exodus' is going to have zero impact on PS4's market performance.
He's not talking about that. He's talking about the people who are disparaging the game in this thread as if it were garbage.
They're just the vocal minority, though. The people who like the game don't need to shout their approval from the rooftops because the overwhelming majority of people already know it's a really good game.
HYPERBOLE ALERT!
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
It's my favorite out of the trilogy.
blizzardjesus
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Of all the things I've read on Gaf this is the most likely. First Drive Club, then the layoffs... now this..
Commanche Raisin Toast
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But he was FORCED OUT... by himself to explore other opportunities...!!
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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People change positions and workplaces all the time. It's fairly common.
Domcorleone
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I wonder what is happening at Sony. I think Yoshida or someone high up is making changes and requests based on financial restructuring that is affecting everyone at WWS. That is the only explanation I can think of of why so many people are being laid off, top dogs are leaving and projects are getting cancelled.
I hope Sony knows what they are doing...
I hope Sony knows what they are doing...
Tretton was the good luck charm.
4 in Japanese means...
ReturnOfTheRAT
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My dream would come true.
Has anyone even pointed out the location aspect of all this? Guy works at a studio in Santa Monica, thus lives where he has a good commute to it. If he doesn't want to move his family (kids in good nearby schools, etc) or have a bad commute he only has a few choices right there in Santa Monica right? Activision, Treyarch and Riot.
My guess is he sent a few emails, answered a few linkedins when the Amy/Uncharted stuff went down; Riot came up with a compelling offer and he went for it.
My guess is he sent a few emails, answered a few linkedins when the Amy/Uncharted stuff went down; Riot came up with a compelling offer and he went for it.
ThatStupidLion
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i bet naughty dog asked their higher ups to lay people off, and the higher ups refused, so they took a stand and left themselves.
similar to what happened with ed catmull at lucasArts
similar to what happened with ed catmull at lucasArts
Delta Assault
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And the aiming in that game at launch really was atrocious.
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Why are people so sure that he would be working on LoL? I'm sure Riot is working on other shit, they would be dumb not to be.
IncandescentPrecept
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Only the story aspect - I doubt Henning touches gameplay at all.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person on GAF who liked Uncharted 3.
I liked it as well, not nearly as much as uncharted 2 or 1 though. It had it's faults but I definitely wouldn't call it a bad game.
LegendofDragoonLives
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There is nothing rash about believing it as an option. I was fine with it, but this has been happening on a weekly basis, and this is coming from a company that doesn't fire workers as much as the bigger teams unless you compare them to Nintendo. I just find it absolutely shocking that people seem to be putting it off as the usual.
Because other than when the 2 studios were shut down by Shu (which some of their workers still went to WWS), this is the biggest in terms of big name players/scale of people leaving/being fired at WWS? Do you seriously have to ask?...
Yea that's my guess as well.
scoobs
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They've been hiring a lot, I would be shocked if they didn't have a new game in the works. Having said that... you need lots of employees to keep that rabid fan-base happy.
Broder Salsa
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Uhu, I'm only nerdy enough to know individuals and how and when they left for a few franchices, but look at something like Silent Hill. There was a new director for every Silent Hill game with team silent... and producers were also changed around all the time. They still maintained to be pretty damn consistently awesome and even though the director of SH1 left completey, SH2 is still pretty much regarded as the best one... and SH3 being pretty damn popular too which was a new director again, who then joined Kojima. It seems pretty damn normal for people to move around a lot like this.
I'm sure there's still lots of people at ND that have worked on the different uncharted games and can carry the ideas over.
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