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Jaime Griesemer (Lead Designer InFamous: SS, Halo 3) has left Sucker Punch
- Thread starter TheOddOne
- Start date
is that broken english intentional? Still funny I guess.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Holy fuck at that resume. You can tell both Infamous 3 and Destiny will be 9/10 titles just by this guy's involvement.
He can only go up from here so I'd guess Naughty Dog, Valve or Amazon...
He can only go up from here so I'd guess Naughty Dog, Valve or Amazon...
Probably indie. Dudes done everything under the sun pretty much.
Also I dunno about Valve. Clint Hocking was there and left.
Three or four years isn't long now? It's a whole game dev cycle.
Jaime is awesome btw. Also has the best taste in Sushi.
Shiro's ftw.
I have no memory of this, can you or anyone else help?
Amazon? As if Amazon is a top notch world wide respected developer who made lots of critically acclaimed games...Nah I don't think so.
I wish him lots of luck in his future endeavors.
SpartanN92
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SpartanN92
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Prince Vultan
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Amazon or mobile time!
Pound_lb003
Member
He was essentially poo-pooing the decisions Microsoft made. I very much doubt it'd put Microsoft off, they've cleared house a little since then. I can only imagine it'd put him off from going back there, more than vice versa. Who knows?
Big hit with the ladies....
On topic, it must be nice to be at the top of your game so much you can decide where you want to work.
Chill Penguin
Member
I'll echo the sentiment that this increases my excitement and expectations for Infamous SS quite a bit. Interesting mission and level design is typically the weakest part of open world games.
His last Halo game was Reach. I'm not so sure.
So delicious. I knew there was trouble in paradise when Amy Hennig, Jack Tretton, and others started to leave. Sony fans thinking it was all sunshine and rainbows for them with PS4 selling out, but now it's over and they are finally going to get exposes for manipulating the masses like they have. Maybe Jaime will go back and work on some real games instead of that mediocre series Infamous.
Chuck Norris
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Nothing. Happens all the time
3rdamention
Member
Looks like he was there for only 2 1/2 years, worked on Infamous, and is now gone. That was a pretty short stay.
Traumnovelle
Member
Some devs in the Seattle area he could go to that aren't the usual suspects:
5th Cell (they seem to be really growing lately)
Airtight
Monolith
5th Cell (they seem to be really growing lately)
Airtight
Monolith
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
He definitely bounces around.
I don't think you understand how the industry works. Looks like work for hire. The question is why has he moved around so much?
I don't think you understand how the industry works. Looks like work for hire. The question is why has he moved around so much?
reptilescorpio
Member
Damn, he's great so that sucks he left.
I wonder if he's going back to Destiny now.
I wonder if he's going back to Destiny now.
Look at his resume in the OP: he provided advice to the Reach creative team, and helped tune stuff near the very end. He was focused on Destiny when Reach was made and didn't have much of a role in its development.
Moved around? 9 years at Bungie and 3 years at Sucker Punch is not what I'd call "moving around"
What do you mean? The OP shows he's been with Bungie and Sucker Punch between 2001 to 2014.
Pound_lb003
Member
What... Really?
As that other guy said, a development cycle is a huge chunk of people's lives. I remember an interview with Ken Levine saying something along those lines. If they're going straight into pre-prod on another inFamous game, then he's probably happy to move on.
Syphon Filter
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Dam errbody leaving everywhere. ninty is safe for now. Hope he does to 343.
cosmicblizzard
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Looking at his resume and then looking at mine is damn disheartening.
Prince Vultan
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Going by the link posted it seems kind of sporadic. Perhaps he needs some vacation time!
Syphon Filter
Member
Reach was decent, at least it wasn't Halo 4.
Heheheheh.
At this rate, he'll be the next Nintendo CEO.
arhra
Member
Do we even have any details on what the hell Staten is actually doing yet?
Syphon Filter
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Senior Creative Director
Microsoft
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry
January 2014 Present (3 months)
Helping to create incredible entertainment on XBOX.
Pound_lb003
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Heheheheh.
I am sure he knows better than me... But I swear Sucker Punch became SCE, after inFamous 1... And he joined after inFamous 2.
Weird.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Hope it's some place good. He's talented without a doubt and would be a huge get for anyone.
CambriaRising
Member
They were acquired after Infamous 2.
I'm pretty sure you're joking, but either way, I love that this narrative has gained momentum over the past month or so when the so-called "mass exodus" adds up to 3 or 4 people with vastly different roles leaving for probably completely different sets of reasons.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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He is excellent at what he does, that is for. I know alot of other people contributed to those great games but we're talking about a guy who was in the quarterback role after all. I haven't played Infamous Second Son yet but the early buzz definitely makes it seem like the series hit the next level in terms of quality and he had a role in that.
I'm sure many fans of Sony games would prefer he stay at Sony in some capacity but thems the breaks. I'm sure he found a great opportunity for himself and I hope we all benefit somehow from whatever he helps create.
I'm sure many fans of Sony games would prefer he stay at Sony in some capacity but thems the breaks. I'm sure he found a great opportunity for himself and I hope we all benefit somehow from whatever he helps create.
SP was bought in August 2011. Griesemer joined sometime in July 2011.
Pound_lb003
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Cool!
Weird. I couldn't even slightly remember when they'd been acquired then.
arhra
Member
Yeah, I saw that myself. Was hoping someone might have said something a little more concrete on twitter or something, since the linkedin entry is vague as hell and could mean pretty much anything.
So I guess the answer is no, we have absolutely no idea what he's doing. Except that he says it's going to be awesome.