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V_Ben · Dec 1, 2014

Thought people would be interested in this - from Irrational to Naughty Dog to Giant Sparrow, now he's at CD.

https://twitter.com/PrettyLarceny/status/539463909212557312

Wow, you can actually smell trees up here. #crystaldynamics #firstday

So, expect the next Tomb Raider game to have really well done art direction.

Impeccable · Dec 1, 2014

Tomb Raider just became more Uncharted.

Good for him.

Piston Hyundai · Dec 1, 2014

Man, the new Gex is going to look incredible now.

AmuroChan · Dec 1, 2014

V_Ben said:
So, expect the next Tomb Raider game to have really well done art direction.

That is, until he leaves for another studio in a few months.

V_Ben · Dec 1, 2014

Piston Hyundai said:
Man, the new Gex is going to look incredible now.

hahahahahaha

They're making Tomb Raider. All they will ever now make is Tomb Raider, until they are entirely burned out on the franchise and it is passed on to the next soul to be drained.

Man · Dec 1, 2014

Just cruising through.

Jomjom · Dec 1, 2014

I just need to know if this can be attributed to Druckmann in any way.

SomeOneInaHat · Dec 1, 2014

Wow, you can actually smell trees up here. #crystaldynamics #firstday

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Jb · Dec 1, 2014

I always mix him up with Evan Wells.

Game4life · Dec 1, 2014

Jb said:
I always mix him up with Evan Wells.

I got a shock as well. Thank God it is not Evan Wells.

TomShoe · Dec 1, 2014

That's great for Wells, I hope he does...well.

yeah I said it

Still not buying TR

PranooY · Dec 1, 2014

Shit, i was very much looking forward to the next game from Giant Sparrow guys.

Dr. Kitty Muffins · Dec 1, 2014

Too bad I don't care much for Lara Croft as a character. I'm all for more Uncharted/Tomb Raider style games don't get me wrong. Its just that I have Croft fatigue and I'd like to see a new face in the genre. I'm sure he will do excellent work though.

Triggerhappytel · Dec 1, 2014

Didn't settle at Giant Sparrow then? Seems to be moving around quite a bit.

Good luck to him anyway and I'm sure this will help Crystal Dynamics be even more like Naughty Dog.

John Caboose · Dec 1, 2014

I hope he finds his place.

Luigi87 · Dec 1, 2014

Wish him well there.

At least working on Tomb Raider won't be uncharted territory.

jbttwin · Dec 1, 2014

Congratulations, Crystal Dynamics.

DonMigs85 · Dec 1, 2014

So much potential for a new Gex game... There are so many shows and movies they can parody now since the last game. It's a shame the mascot platformer genre is essentially dead other than Mario and Sonic.

Fancy Clown · Dec 1, 2014

He never worked on Uncharted though, right? Just Last of Us?

LastNac · Dec 1, 2014

Nate Wells can't stay at a job it seems.

Bouncing around everywhere.

sflufan · Dec 1, 2014

Luigi87 said:
Wish him well there.

At least working on Tomb Raider won't be uncharted territory.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

sajj316 · Dec 1, 2014

Jb said:
I always mix him up with Evan Wells.

Any relation?

JDMC13 · Dec 1, 2014

Is Amy Henning back at CD yet?

FunkyPajamas · Dec 1, 2014

They're probably gearing up to start working on a new Soul Reaver project.

Right guys?

Guys?

Famassu · Dec 1, 2014

JDMC13 said:
Is Amy Henning back at CD yet?

No, she went to Visceral to work on some Star Wars game.

sublimit · Dec 1, 2014

I'm sure Crystal would have loved to just hire everyone from ND.

Sn4ke_911 · Dec 1, 2014

Did he got fired from ND because of this tweet?

This was Straley's reaction.

funkystudent · Dec 1, 2014

Read as Evan Wells and though shit was going down. But no its just this guy changing jobs for the 3rd time in a year.

ArjanN · Dec 1, 2014

V_Ben said:
So, expect the next Tomb Raider game to have really well done art direction.

The CD Tomb Raider games already have good art direction but more talent never hurts.

Empty · Dec 1, 2014

i hope he's in charge of art direction there. he is brilliant.

FlyinJ · Dec 1, 2014

That "smell the trees" line must be a joke.

Crystal Dynamics is based in one of the most disgusting office parks I've ever been to.

It is in the middle of a bunch of salt mines, a drained wetlands, a tire dump and a gypsum mine. The place is actually a superfund site, but George W Bush relaxed the laws so you're allowed to make people work on it, but you still aren't allowed to live on it.

It smells absolutely putrid, and there are often large dust storms of loose gypsum that whip around and gets into everything.

Here's a few shots:

Sn4ke_911 · Dec 1, 2014

FlyinJ said:
That "smell the trees" line must be a joke.

Crystal Dynamics is based in one of the most disgusting office parks I've ever been to.

It is in the middle of a bunch of salt mines, a drained wetlands, a tire dump and a gypsum mine. The place is actually a superfund site, but George W Bush relaxed the laws so you're allowed to make people work on it, but you still aren't allowed to live on it.

It smells absolutely putrid, and there are often large dust storms of loose gypsum that whip around and gets into everything.

Here's a few shots:

but i can see trees.

FlyinJ · Dec 1, 2014

Sn4ke_911 said:
but i can see trees.

Maybe he meant to say "see the trees", because you certainly aren't smelling them there.

Links_fantasy · Dec 1, 2014

All I want from Crystal Dynamics is a rebooted Legacy of Kain like they did for Tomb Raider.

Accoun · Dec 1, 2014

FlyinJ said:
That "smell the trees" line must be a joke.

Crystal Dynamics is based in one of the most disgusting office parks I've ever been to.

It is in the middle of a bunch of salt mines, a drained wetlands, a tire dump and a gypsum mine. The place is actually a superfund site, but George W Bush relaxed the laws so you're allowed to make people work on it, but you still aren't allowed to live on it.

It smells absolutely putrid, and there are often large dust storms of loose gypsum that whip around and gets into everything.

- I can smell the trees
- Where?
- In my mind's nose.

Maybe that's why he was suprised in the tweet?

Muffdraul · Dec 1, 2014

LastNac said:
Nate Wells can't stay at a job it seems.

Bouncing around everywhere.

He stayed at Irrational for about 15 years, not sure what year he started but he was there for System Shock 2 from the beginning, so at least 1998 if not earlier. In a perfect world Irrational would still exist and he'd still be the head of the art dept.

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