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[VulcanRaven]

Greg Miller asked this on Twitter:


It would actually be really interesting to see The Punisher game made by Naughty Dog. I'm not sure if they should do it but they know how to make good and violent action games so they might be the right studio for it. I liked The Punisher game from 2004:

 

[Abriael_GN]

Nah thanks.

 

[Hobbygaming]

A Naughty Dog Punisher game with Naughty Dog's brutal melee combat would be incredible

 

[Rex_DX]

I feel like the word hypothetical should be in the title.

 

[01011001]

I can't wait for Half Life 3, where every jump is semi scripted and every 3 minutes something breaks off beneath you faking danger.

OH and sitting in a bush! can't wait for that.

 

[Hudo]

Half-Life could be a challenge for him because he'd need to figure out how to make something that doesn't take agency away from the player to tell the story, which would be new ground for him.
I mean, I wouldn't ask Miyamoto if he could do a The Last of Us.

 

[MiguelItUp]

That PS2/XBOX Punisher game was so good. The gore was ridiculous. Loved it.

Love Half-Life as well! Alyx was great, though I'm still hoping for 3!

That being said, keep that man away from both of these, lmao.

Edit: Well, more so Half-Life than The Punisher, I'm not devoted to anything The Punisher related. Well, and honestly, considering the games he's been attached to in the past I suppose The Punisher could work pretty well.

 

[Jethalal]

Punisher seems the best fit considering their past games TBH. I'd play it.

 

[MightySquirrel]

He[?] lost his mind completely.

 

[Warnen]

what does more damage to the punisher brand, ass hat wearing it in the failed capitol insurrection or Neil the IP killer Druckman?

 

[tkscz]

In terms of gameplay or story?

 

[Spukc]

Hey look it's that spineless backstabber asking the king of cuck a question

 

[Cert.in.Death]

When asked the same question, Valve executives conspicuously omitted any mention of Half Life and proceeded to snort another line of cocaine off a 3D-printed version of one of their community-created TF2 hats.

Back to you Tom.

 

[VulcanRaven]

He[?] lost his mind completely.

Greg Miller asked an hypothetical queston so he might not actually want to make them.

 

[manfestival]

He should make half life 3

 

[Camreezie]

All of those franchises would be better off elsewhere

 

[KyoZz]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Soulblighter31]

Well, Druckmann did say on record that Half Life 1 was the game that made him want to make games:


"Which video game made you first want to make games?
Half-Life [the seminal 1998 shooter in which you play as a doctor who must fight his way out of a research facility following a botched experiment] was unlike anything I had experienced in a game before. It made me want to dissect it and figure out how the developers were able to achieve it."

The game changers: meet the creatives shaking up the gaming world

On the eve of a new exhibition, we talk to six radical designers in an industry that’s evolving at exhilarating speed

www.theguardian.com

 

[TintoConCasera]

Oh please, no, don't touch any of those.

 

[Ogbert]

Half Life and Valve are the antithesis of ND. They use the craft of game design to teach players how to interact with their world. They’re pretty much the best ‘pure’ designers out there.

Still, I can see why he likes the IP. He’d make a moody corridor game where you press triangle to karate chop a headcrab.

 

[martino]

Druckman + punisher = does not compute
Druckman + Freeman = does not compute
Druckman + Alix = can compute but no thanks

 

[Nemesisuuu]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Sounds like a terrible idea.

 

[VulcanRaven]

That PS2/XBOX Punisher game was so good. The gore was ridiculous. Loved it.

Love Half-Life as well! Alyx was great, though I'm still hoping for 3!

That being said, keep that man away from both of these, lmao.

Edit: Well, more so Half-Life than The Punisher, I'm not devoted to anything The Punisher related. Well, and honestly, considering the games he's been attached to in the past I suppose The Punisher could work pretty well.

I liked the Punisher game too. The interrogations scenes were great. These would be great with The Last of Us 2 graphics:

 

[octiny]

Stay the fuck away from Half-Life.

 

[sublimit]

 

[Salmon Snake]

Sequel to the Punisher game would be dope with Max Payne 3 gameplay and physics. Gore should be like in Soldier of Fortune but made with modern tech.
Just without Mr. Druckmann.

 

[PSlayer]

They do know how to make brutal games but The punisher is right wing-ish at its core no? not sure they can stay faithful to the comics

 

[Fake]

And?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Games "journalist" asks game developer about IP instead of game mechanics or game design.

 

[Space Runaway]

All his games have been largely the same style/format and he'd really need to break that to tackle some of these, especially H/L. Does he have it in him?

 

[sainraja]

I can't wait for Half Life 3, where every jump is semi scripted and every 3 minutes something breaks off beneath you faking danger.

OH and sitting in a bush! can't wait for that.

This is the stupidest criticism that people level at the type of games naughty dog has been making. Linear games existed before naughty dog entered the scene with their games; they decided to put in more effort to make their linear games have a little more depth and realism by focusing on good animations and focusing on character development/interaction and the best you can say to negate all that is scripted?

What type of games are you playing that are not scripted or allow you to do something outside of what the game was designed to allow?

 

[J3nga]

In case you're reading this, Neil, crowbar > golf club.

 

[Nikana]

If he touches Punisher I will shit in his mailbox.

 

[Senua]

I always thought Half Life needed 10 hours of cutscenes inbetween the incredible gameplay scenarios

 

[splattered]

Errr someone needs to tell Neil that his SJW crowd are hard trying to cancel The Punisher because equally stupid alt-right orgs are using The Punisher logo in their stuff...

 

[mckmas8808]

All of those franchises would be better off elsewhere

Maybe only Half-Life. All others would be better off with ND.

 

[Croatoan]

Someone needs to metoo this clown before he destroys reality as we know it.

 

[SCB3]

Hmm, The Punisher with Last of Us gameplay could make an interesting combination, based on the Netflix show with Jon Bethnal and it could be really good, I mean for all its faults, Last of Us 2 was a fun game to play

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Gordon, the Combine have intercepted a convoy of hormone-replacement therapy kits. Use your gravity gun to pull down the train tracks.

 

[Null Persp]

 

[Gediminas]

Punisher - woman tank bodybuilder, fast as a cat and clever like Einstein. forget i something?

 

[namekuseijin]

the journey of Alyx to come to grips with her masculine self and her crowbar phallic power fantasies

 

[mckmas8808]

Punisher - woman tank bodybuilder, fast as a cat and clever like Einstein. forget i something?

If it was a man, you'd be okay with all that right?

 

[Hobbygaming]

They could use the shotgun from TLOU Part II in The Punisher game and it would fit perfectly

 

[Enjay]

Jeez that'd suck. The Punisher stuck in cover + I could def see them using that punisher story The Final Days where he turned black.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

F off cuckman

 

[Barry Burton]

It is interesting that he mentioned Half-Life. Half-Life 2 and The Last of Us are two games I hold in very high regard as examples of well-crafted, memorable single-player campaigns. They're two games where I can remember almost every single moment, despite only playing through one time many years ago. In particular, I remember exploring some of the dilapidated houses in TLOU, not knowing what I'd find, and I recall how at the time that it really reminded me of Highway 17. During gameplay, I get a lot of the same vibes.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

The brutality of the combat in LoU is perfect for Punisher. But Naughty Dog is like the exact opposite of who should make a Punisher game.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Xbox gamers better get use to Naughty Dog games.