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Amy Hennig has left Naughty Dog [confirmed]
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Chuck Norris
Banned
Ew I hope not. Nice scripted scenes, but that resume offers no credibility as a gameplay designer
NotTheGuyYouKill
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UC3 is actually my favorite one.
Love that desert.
Love that desert.
Somehow I doubt she was forced out. I mean she's been there a while. Why would people suddenly gang up on her? I never played the Kain games and I think TLoU is the best thing ND ever did, so I feel bad saying it but I'm actually more excited about U4 now...
I hope she lands a new position shes loves soon.
This reminds me of the Disney's Brave situation, actually.
I hope she lands a new position shes loves soon.
This reminds me of the Disney's Brave situation, actually.
Presumably?
Dang, I hope it is true though.
The Plane and Desert part is great.
And TLoU beginning is God Tier for such a short small moments that affect all of the series plot point later on.
liquidspeed
Member
This makes me very sad.
Devilinthiscity
Member
Bummer 
"Forced out" sounds really harsh. Creative differences maybe? Loss of talent but i'm sure she will find somewhere else to be successful.
"Forced out" sounds really harsh. Creative differences maybe? Loss of talent but i'm sure she will find somewhere else to be successful.
as much as it pains me to see Amy go.....Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley are a MASSIVE upgrade!!! Just sayin.....
MrPink93485
Member
Just looking at her Twitter, it seems a bit odd in the span of a month she went from talking about Uncharted, congratulating the TLOU team and being extremely happy for them to 'being forced out.'
I wish her the best, but I'm still woried about how car this thing was into development.
To give you some insight into what I want out of Uncharted 4; Uncharted 2 had some great moments(had some less than great also) but what stayed with me the most wasn't the train or any single shootout(those all seem to blend together) it was the moments in gameplay where Drake climbed up the latter and the Geri moved in the forefront. During gameplay.
Moments like that were what I wanted to see more of in Uncharted 3, and it seems UC3 was full of them. I dont want that gone for UC4. A lot of devs would usually just use a cutscene but I loved UC3 because it tried to keep as much story in gameplay as possible all the while framing it in various dynamic ways. TLoU didn't have much of that, hell, it felt like Druckmann resorted to a cutscene whenever he could.
Yeah, its minor stuff but its still important to me. Features like that really do make it an interactive cinematic experience.
CriterionDog
Member
What the heck? This is awful!! : (
Juliet's 8½ Spirits
Banned
WHAT
THE
FUCK
this is the worst news I've heard in a very long time
Amy Henning was the only reason naughtydog was worth a damn for me. I'd rather have Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley leave than Amy.
This is fucking bullshit, if they really were behind her departure I will never buy a game of theirs or naughtydogs again.
THE
FUCK
this is the worst news I've heard in a very long time
Amy Henning was the only reason naughtydog was worth a damn for me. I'd rather have Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley leave than Amy.
This is fucking bullshit, if they really were behind her departure I will never buy a game of theirs or naughtydogs again.
Forced out!? What the hell, guys?
Just because TLOU was successful doesn't mean they should force out the creative director of their biggest series.
I'll wait to pass judgment until the forced out thing is confirmed, but regardless, it's sad. I hope she has something lined up elsewhere.
Just because TLOU was successful doesn't mean they should force out the creative director of their biggest series.
I'll wait to pass judgment until the forced out thing is confirmed, but regardless, it's sad. I hope she has something lined up elsewhere.
I'm hoping the forced out part is not true and she was either offered a great opportunity elsewhere or left on her own terms.
brandonh83
Banned
Because they did something not comparable to Uncharted whatsoever?
The Last of Us is like an indie film compared to Uncharted. Both have their own style.
But I guess since The Last of Us is just The Shit now, everything else is fucking crap.
Hypereides
Member
I want to hear what Arne has to say about this.
I dont care even if you do(which it seems you do) hate UC3, UC2 fans always talk about fighting in that collapsing building.
This.
The storytelling process she used for U3 was so opposite of everything I believe (and directly responsible for a lot of my disappointment with the title), that this news is something for me to celebrate.
Pretty shocking really, especially as there were no pre-prepared statements so it clearly wasn't a long term plan being set in motion.
That said, my goodness this thread is infuriating to read, please stop assuming things and jumping to conclusions. The article is clearly trying to push your buttons in one direction but even if you assume the sources are correct you still have no idea how/why this all played out as it did.
That said, my goodness this thread is infuriating to read, please stop assuming things and jumping to conclusions. The article is clearly trying to push your buttons in one direction but even if you assume the sources are correct you still have no idea how/why this all played out as it did.
DangerMouse
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BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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I love holding forward on the analog stick as well.
TLoU had a shitload of story delivered through gameplay. I felt like UC3 was the most cutscene / scripted scene-heavy game that ND has made.
Definitely this...I hope she releases a statement very soon. I also hope ND releases a statement soon.
The filler graveyard/cruise ship section was all the rave for a while too.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
This.
So did not see anything like this coming, loved her work on Uncharted
I agree. I call bullshit.
Juliet's 8½ Spirits
Banned
I'm 100% serious
bigboss370
Member
wooow at the author of the article taking those jabs. he's the MS guy at IGN right? mr. can't tell the diff between 1080 and 720? smh.
Giraffes, Injured Joel Gameplay, and the two bookended sequences come to mind. That's just about it though.
No fool, because they also directed Uncharted 2. TLOU and UC2 are by far ND's best games.
Phire Phox
Banned
Damn. that's unexpected
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I did not like that section at all.
dragonbane
Member
Nah. The presentation is excellent in their games and the gameplay is fine for the genre. Certainly much better than anything Telltale puts out. The writing was severely lacking and they are fixing that right now with hiring more talented writers.
She already wrote 3 movies so far. So she should be fine lolNor making movies..
I know, right!Damn, those are some of the best moments in all those games.
That's what still gives me hope.
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, at the very least no way do I buy the "forced out" bit without proof.
brandonh83
Banned
...and without Amy's talents, I wonder what Uncharted 2 would have been like.
What in the world. The gameplay was loaded with storytelling. So much of the backstory comes out naturally in dialogue while you're roaming around with Ellie or other characters.
This is patently untrue.
LookAtMeGo
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So it doesn't matter to you at all if they release a quality game? The only reason you would purchase a ND game is because Amy was involved?Juliet's 8½ Spirits;103217321 said:
Amy's talents directed a much inferior game.
Wtf?!? How the hell would you know that. We have no official word either way. Drawing baseless conclusions from no data is pointless. Why do you constantly jump on every chance to bash Sony. This news sucks already. Stop twisting the knife for no reason.
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