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God of War: Raising Kratos |OT| How to make a Sandwhich Part II (feature length God of War 2018 documentary)
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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This was an absolutely great documentary, more emotional than I expected to get watching it to be honest great work to all involved.
I really hope that people can see that behind the scenes a lot of hard work is done and people are always hoping to create the best product they can. We often forget the human factor involved and while this was, in the end, was (thankfully) a massively successful game but plenty of that same passion does not end up with success in this industry.
We should all try and be more level headed about games.
I really hope that people can see that behind the scenes a lot of hard work is done and people are always hoping to create the best product they can. We often forget the human factor involved and while this was, in the end, was (thankfully) a massively successful game but plenty of that same passion does not end up with success in this industry.
We should all try and be more level headed about games.
How did I not know about this thing's existence! I thought people colloquially call EZA's Huber Syndrome as Huber Hype.
Wow, here's to learning something new every day. Thanks.
Yep she seemed to completely keep her head (at least in public) when everything around the studio was apparently falling apart. Really impressive.
Amazing documentary! Would love to see stuff like this from all of Sonys major studios.
A little moment, but I loved when during the E3 reveal, the perfect timing with the insane crowd cheers when Bear McCreary raising his arms. The look on his face. <3
And Scott Rohde comes off as such an lovely guy, Sony WWS really have some genuine guys on top positions.
A little moment, but I loved when during the E3 reveal, the perfect timing with the insane crowd cheers when Bear McCreary raising his arms. The look on his face. <3
And Scott Rohde comes off as such an lovely guy, Sony WWS really have some genuine guys on top positions.
I loved this as well. Such an awesome moment, you could tell he was so thrilled to be there and to be a part of the moment.
Just finished watching it. Goddamn. Kudos to the people behind the game. It is always fascinating to get a peak behind the curtains and see what the people go through and the sacrifices they make to deliver a game. It really puts things into perspective.
I really hope people do not say hurtful things about any game. If you don't like it, then just say what about it didn't work for you and move on. Constantly saying something sucks, is garbage, lazy devs , generic, etc.... can be hurtful and demoralizing to people putting their heart and soul into a game.
I really hope people do not say hurtful things about any game. If you don't like it, then just say what about it didn't work for you and move on. Constantly saying something sucks, is garbage, lazy devs , generic, etc.... can be hurtful and demoralizing to people putting their heart and soul into a game.
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Aw man I never watched this, great video. Huber's hype is infectious.
Same lol. Time to go play the new game plus with the highest difficulty.
I watched it yesterday, it was really good. The team put their blood, sweat and tears into the project. They deserve everything they got
Watched it. Very well done. Liked it a lot.
That said, the bit where Shannon is like "I don't think I want to answer that now" about the work/life balance stuff straight up got me.
Like Schreier says, industry is not sustainable at these costs. Needs to be addressed. I want devs to know that I don't want their games at the cost of them not seeing their kids/families.
Also that bit with Cory and the review scores got me just as hard as it did last year.
That said, the bit where Shannon is like "I don't think I want to answer that now" about the work/life balance stuff straight up got me.
Like Schreier says, industry is not sustainable at these costs. Needs to be addressed. I want devs to know that I don't want their games at the cost of them not seeing their kids/families.
Also that bit with Cory and the review scores got me just as hard as it did last year.
Indeed, and I do wish a lot of people would watch this documentary if for nothing more to understand development just a little bit more, to have a bit more empathy for the people making them (even when they as product do not come out so well, critique can be fair and it allows us to grow too). Even when being blessed to have worked in environments with stable 40hr work weeks (at pretty much all times), the pressure and constant sense of doubt can easily be there. Hell, that too creates a voice in the back of your head asking whether you're doing enough, working hard enough, pushing for greatness even if you know that ultimately for the business just the cost of overworking staff does not make sense. Then of course you have post-ship depression where you think you'd finally be able to relax, but instead struggle with finding meaning before jumping back in the saddle. That said, I couldn't think of another thing currently that I'd rather spend my energy on, having gotten so much from games and being so glad to work with other amazing developers that make each challenge worth it, and are there to support when the hour seems the darkest.
The doc itself was great and furthered my admiration for the amazing talent and people at SSM (which was high enough already, and I'm glad to have had the chance of talking design and production with one of them). I wish I could hug each and every person at the studio (I must admit, watching the scene where Yumi and Shannon talked about the sacrifices they'd made was difficult to watch, to say the least), but maybe MDSVeritas and Brunobi can spread some more love, around the studio you all rock! <3
I sorta wish they would've animated Kratos crying when he gets called a monster. Probably would've been the most notable instance of a male character crying in a video game instead of looking sad.
Great documentary showing how tough the process was. It also helps clarify exactly why I felt there weren't enough boss fights in the game.
This did give me some new perspective that I hadn't thought about. I always felt that on a personal level, games were not worth the work and stress that was put into them because I just play them to pass the time. What I hadn't considered is that thousands of people respond to the thing you made and I am just one of them. It is not worth it for me to be impacted, but to see the response from thousands might be.
However at the end of the day I personally don't think any relationship I have with my loved ones is worth sacrificing for my job.
However at the end of the day I personally don't think any relationship I have with my loved ones is worth sacrificing for my job.
Nah that's where they should have inserted,"I'm the fucking God of war!" line.
Decided to watch TLOU Grounded documentary, it was certainly great but this GoW one really did kick it up a huge notch in every way. Really hoping we get something like this for all of Sony's huge productions, maybe even some of the smaller ones like Dreams as well :)
Got around to watching this over the weekend. Amazing how much work went into this. Chris Judge pulled out all the damn stops with his acting for Kratos.
The thing that's sticking with me the most, though, is Cory's reaction to seeing the reviews for the first time. I can't even imagine seeing years of your hard work boiled down to two little numbers on a computer screen.
The thing that's sticking with me the most, though, is Cory's reaction to seeing the reviews for the first time. I can't even imagine seeing years of your hard work boiled down to two little numbers on a computer screen.
THe last thing I saw him in was some sharknado something flick...yeah.
That was easily the most I've ever enjoyed a documentary. They almost always put me to sleep (even the ones about stuff I'm passionate about), I was just gonna have it on while I cleaned my studio, but I was glued to my screen the entire time.
Did you see the one on The Last Of Us? I didn't see it all since I didn't have time, but after watching this I saw that one and only recently took a brief look at it.
I just re-watched this.
I hope we see more of them. It's a great exemplar of what a videogame documentary should be.
Not at all surprised.
Also not surprised.
I'm impressed that it doesn't shy away from the personal toll it takes on the people who make the games we all love can be, and although people will inevitably argue over the reasons for putting content like this out, I hope we see more of this kind of thing from first party studios (or anyone, really) whose games we're going to enjoy next gen and beyond.
Makes me appreciate the outcome even more. Keep it up and more like this please!
I hope we see more of them. It's a great exemplar of what a videogame documentary should be.
Not at all surprised.
Also not surprised.
I'm impressed that it doesn't shy away from the personal toll it takes on the people who make the games we all love can be, and although people will inevitably argue over the reasons for putting content like this out, I hope we see more of this kind of thing from first party studios (or anyone, really) whose games we're going to enjoy next gen and beyond.
Makes me appreciate the outcome even more. Keep it up and more like this please!
