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He probably just got a new task.Druckmann has been doing nothing but TLoU since Uncharted 2 shipped up through the release of Left Behind.
He probably just got a new task.Druckmann has been doing nothing but TLoU since Uncharted 2 shipped up through the release of Left Behind.
Druckmann has been doing nothing but TLoU since Uncharted 2 shipped up through the release of Left Behind.
team ico has been helping on stuff like Rain & Knack, Media Molecule has given us LBP and Tearaway games, Sony's gotten into VR, RAD is making an exclusive PS4 game for Sony, Sucker Punch gained status with infamous 1&2 last gen and now Second Son, Evolution started motorstorm and now driveclub...etc etc....
things change and evolve all the time
Amy Hennig has creative differences about the direction that UC4 should go in.
i dont see no daryll anywhere
My theory:
Druckman wanted Uncharted to go for a darker, grittier tone for the next generation, the co-presidents agreed and asked Richmond and Henning to comply. Richmond and Henning complied originally but as time went on they become more and more disillusioned with the idea, eventually they left.
My theory:
Druckman wanted Uncharted to go for a darker, grittier tone for the next generation, the co-presidents agreed and asked Richmond and Henning to comply. Richmond and Henning complied originally but as time went on they become more and more disillusioned with the idea, eventually they left.
Guerrilla Games will be untouched by the house cleaning, and other studios will suffer because Shadowfall sold well thanks entirely to aggressive bundling.
They've never delivered on the promise of what a first party FPS franchise like Killzone could be, yet for some reason Sony still give them a AAA budget to ship a middling 2 million units for their games. Being technically capable isn't enough when you're going to be compared to Battlefield, Call of Duty and Halo.
They should've shuttered the place and flushed Killzone down the toilet at the end of the last generation. Guerrilla Cambridge's vita game was the best entry that franchise has ever had, they should expand that studio instead.
Why has Druckmann become the meme/defacto king of ND, not Straley too?
The (presumably bullshit) rumour cited them both as being responsible.
people keep suggesting this when there isn't actually a real reason to think that would happen. just because he made the last of us doesn't mean he's going to exclusively make bleak serious games for the rest of his life. he's a creative guy, he's capable of doing more than one genre.
if anything, after the last of us you'd think that he would want to do something more lighthearted. you see that all the time.
Why has Druckmann become the meme/defacto king of ND, not Straley too?
The (presumably bullshit) rumour cited them both as being responsible.
lol, I love how Druckmann is now like a super villain. The guy probably has nothing to do with this. I can only imagine his twitter blowing up right now.
Speaking of Guerilla Cambridge: i just spotted a Linkedin profile from a concept artist who mentions they're working on a new project since July 2013.
lol, I love how Druckmann is now like a super villain. The guy probably has nothing to do with this. I can only imagine his twitter blowing up right now.
Shu said EVERY single WWS was working on a PS4 game... not hard to believe.Speaking of Guerilla Cambridge: i just spotted a Linkedin profile from a concept artist who mentions they're working on a new project since July 2013.
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gosh you stalkers are scary
Yeah, they only created the world's most popular videogame, as well as the world's most popular professionally played and watched videogame. The last big League of Legends event had over half a million people watching live on Twitch, no innovation needed there!
"I love the company and the people and know that they will continue to create awesome games going forward. On a happier note, after careful consideration and exploration I have joined Riot Games. There is some really innovative stuff going on here that I can't wait to be a part of."
Thanks so much for the insight, Mort. I was starting to fall into the tin foil hattery. Sounds like Sony is just tightening ship in general. But man, that info on Stig's project is really sad. So they really did give him all the chances they could financially afford, and his project still was a mess. That's a shame for everyone involved.Connecting dots where they don't need to be connected.
Stig and his team spent almost 100 million dollars on a game that failed every QA test that took. The game sucked. They shitcanned the game and a lot of the people involved. They offered stig a spot on barlog's project - he didn't want to go from game director to something lesser so he quit.
This makes sense, right? Shitty game, money wasted, people fired, head guy leaves out of ego? I mean that all makes sense.
Amy Hennig has creative differences about the direction that UC4 should go in. Egos swell, she leaves. She's happy, she will make another studio much better when she gets there. Justin Richmond, an ally of Hennig's, gets an offer he can't refuse from Riot. He leaves.
These things happen. Naughty Dog is going to be fine. UC4 will still be awesome. Riot will be better with the pickup of Richmond and whoever gets Hennig will be better off. The sky isn't falling.
Guerilla Cambridge is working on a vita game that is shit and won't sell. They slim down as they retool for another project.
Again - this isn't new. This happens a lot.
The director of Driveclub doesn't deliver the game on time. Given more time the game still needs work. He is replaced.
Wouldn't you replace him? Wouldn't you shitcan stig's project that cost them almost 100 mil and had nothing of value to show for it? In fact they should have done it two years ago. The fact they let it go this far is a testament to how much they believed in him after GoW 3.
And all of this is happening before the fiscal year ends. Is sony trimming fat? Of course. Sony corporation is not in a great spot. So they are tightening up a bit. But a lot of people are connecting dots that don't need to be connected. Hennig/Richmond is about creative differences and ego. Stig is about wasted money and time. Col Rogers (driveclub) is about failing to deliver. Taken on their own they all make sense. Combine them together and you get glenn beck with a chalkboard.
And Jack Tretton was about money and inability to move up. He will make more money and have more power somewhere else - something Sony simply could not offer him. Shit happens.
It's the same with the xbox department guys. People move around. People leave for other companies. Shit happens.
So how was that burger you were eating while riding the central line last friday night?
The thing is... guerilla does what they do for relatively cheap. They also work directly with the ICE team to help with tools. They also haven't released a game that has lost money.
While I agree with you about the quality of killzone, i don't agree with the rest. You don't fuck with a team doing that much for you.
Whats scaring me is that shirt you are wearing right now yeesh!half of that is actually true .. its scary me
i'm worried
bottom line we don't know what happened. as someone said where there's smoke there's fire. to say druckmann had zero involvement "because that's what nd posted in its blog" as proof is seriously naive.On one hand its funny as hell to read but on the other its messed up for the guy due to the people who might take it seriously.
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Why would they keep the two people mostly(they were the leads werent they?) responsible for the uncharted series going down hill? I mean, they spent years making that game adn it was worse arguably then the other two, then the other guys make the last of us and its amazing, why keep around other leads that arent up to snuff? give the chance to some new talent or some one else.
That seems to be what sony is doing, cutting people who arent delivering on the quality sony wants.
I mean some of the big guys from ssm and naughty dog, and evolution all let go i am assuming. Sony is trying to keep the quality of their games up, and that makes sense if they get rid of people who arent doing that quality.
half of that is actually true .. its scary me
Hey it's Wheatley!Me too, the more DemonNite digs the deeper I dig. I don't want to dig anymore, so DemonNite I think it's time to stop.
Because he is in the limelight most of the time. But you are correct, we shouldn't let Straley of the hook. He is just as much responsible for all the lay-offs.Why has Druckmann become the meme/defacto king of ND, not Straley too?
The (presumably bullshit) rumour cited them both as being responsible.
Wow, so good.For you Druckman/Straley super villain loonies out there...
From the Narrative Design Lead at Naughty Dog:
most likely taken completely out of context. stahp
Do we have a GAF thread or other article about this? I'm curious.Stig and his team spent almost 100 million dollars on a game that failed every QA test that took. The game sucked. They shitcanned the game and a lot of the people involved.
Stig is about wasted money and time.
That's just the next one on his death list!!
I don't know what cambridge is working on. I don't think they know. I think they slimmed down as they figure out what they are doing next. If/when that's approved, they will hire people again. Many studios operate like this. Especially lower-tier ones like GC.
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gosh you stalkers are scary