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kleinbl00  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 25, 2015

Full disclosure: I have a few friends at Naughty Dog but haven't played Last of Us because I fucking hate zombies.





user-inactivated  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I fucking hate zombies.

:(

veen  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And here I was hoping it'd be a cover of Clapton...

I used to be able to play that on my guitar. It's been too long now, sadly.

user-inactivated  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is awesome you have friends at Naughty Dog. You can personally tell them that I thought their second coming of gaming was shit. Shiiiiiiiit.

It's not like it's their fault. They're not the ones who threw their game up on a cross like it was some misunderstood genius. In fact, they knew what they were doing. They played that shit so super safe. There is nothing wrong with the game, it's just ridiculously boring.

But gamers are okay with ridiculously boring.

After all that, tell them to make Jak and Daxter 4. I miss Jak and Daxter.

kleinbl00  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Both of them came from EA. One of them came from Bungie to EA, where he was one of the main AI guys for Destiny and then one of the main AI guys for whatever Blizzard is working on that isn't Starcraft and isn't Warcraft. So I don't know that either of them had much to do with Jak and Daxter.

thundara  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Back when I was still considering game dev as a career I remember hearing EA was an absolute hell-hole for workers. Long hours to meet ridiculous deadlines following lay-offs as soon as the product shipped. Do they confirm these stories?

    one of the main AI guys for whatever Blizzard is working on that isn't Starcraft and isn't Warcraft

Titan?

kleinbl00  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Titan.

I've never met anyone who enjoys working for EA.

user-inactivated  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dammit, guess I'll have to keep sending these daily fan-letters

thundara  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    After all that, tell them to make Jak and Daxter 4. I miss Jak and Daxter.

I have such fond memories of the Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank series. Game devs don't make them platformer shooters like they used to. None of the whole quick-time-events-hold-A-and-run-at-a-wall-to-get-to-its-roof non-sense.

user-inactivated  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

At least we're getting a Ratchet and Clank movie.

And the Infamous games, by the Sly Cooper guys, are pretty good platform-shooters. Second Son has been the only non-indie game worth beating on my shiny-new PS4.

thundara  ·  3319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

<grumbles/> I have little hope for any video-game-based movies. How many years now have the bioshock / WoW films been in the making? Past the stalled pipelines, most games just don't seem like they would translate well into a movie setting. I have trouble imagining rail-shooting being nearly as entertaining when I'm not the one in control.

kleinbl00  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Friends are mixing WoW as we speak. They are enthusiastic.

They are rarely enthusiastic. I think the last film they endorsed was skyfall.

thundara  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I slept through a majority of skyfall, but I got my start in programming doing stuff related to WoW machinima. I shall remain curious but with low expectations...

kleinbl00  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Skyfall would have been an awesome movie if it weren't about James Bond.

OftenBen  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Friends are mixing WoW as we speak.

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user-inactivated  ·  3318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have the same concerns, but at the very least this is CGI and not live action like other video-game based movies. Plus R&C had humor going for it. And Rainmaker isn't too bad, plus the original game creators have a hand in it.

But yeah, I'm probably gonna preempt myself and give it 70% before I even see it.