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Kenzodielocke

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Oct 25, 2017
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What is this?

Raising Kratos documents the five year, herculean effort to reinvent one of the greatest stories in gaming, God of War. Facing an unknown future, Santa Monica Studio took a massive risk, fundamentally changing their beloved franchise and re-establishing their rightful place in video game history. More than just a "making of," this cinematic journey of second chances rooted in family, sacrifice, struggle and doubt follows game director Cory Barlog and those who chase perfection in art and storytelling. Witness the incredible defeats, the unpredictable outcomes and the down-to-the-wire tension on full display in this true-life redemption story.



When will it be available?

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What do I do in the meantime?



Will this improve my Sandwhich making skills?

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Warning: This Documentary will contain spoilers and so will this thread



Note from me:

I took a more lighthearted tone for this OP. I didn't have any intention to make it seem like game development is easy. Because it's not, as this documentary is showing.
I am going to request a thread title change if people can agree on one. The OP will remain the same, unless someone at SSM or any person that worked on this game in some form or another does have a problem with it, I will gladly change it then.

Thanks for reading.
 
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Much

The Gif That Keeps on Giffing
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Feb 24, 2018
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Nice OT! Looking forward to this one. :P
 

Datajoy

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Oct 27, 2017
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Super hyped. I love documentaries like this, and I love Cory. Will be super interesting to see what went into their process for rebooting the franchise so successfully.
 

Binabik15

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Oct 28, 2017
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I haven't watched a lot of game dev documentaries, like, basically zero. After stumbling over Barlog's GDC talk thanks to autoplay I stopped and listened, though. It was actually fascinating stuff. And all that talk of stuff being cut for time/budget/manpower reasons in what was a big first party peoject that turned out to be a GOTY award winner x100...intriguing.

It also probably helps that I started GoW4 last year shortly after release, stopped halfway through and started again in Feb after having a son in October.
 

Kolx

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Oct 25, 2017
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Very excited for this. Hopefully they talk a bit more about their canceled project while they're at it.
 

Richter1887

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Oct 27, 2017
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Hyped as hell to watch this.

I recommend everyone to watch the documentaries they did for the past GOW games. They are well done.
 

Dinjooh

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,830
I haven't watched a lot of game dev documentaries, like, basically zero. After stumbling over Barlog's GDC talk thanks to autoplay I stopped and listened, though. It was actually fascinating stuff. And all that talk of stuff being cut for time/budget/manpower reasons in what was a big first party peoject that turned out to be a GOTY award winner x100...intriguing.

It also probably helps that I started GoW4 last year shortly after release, stopped halfway through and started again in Feb after having a son in October.

Well, turns out you were right. Just watched this, and it's both hilarious and incredibly interesting. Well worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIb-Lt7WX_s
 

Hey Please

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Oct 31, 2017
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Not America
On a tangential note, it bums me out that ND never did a long behind the scenes documentary for Uncharted 4 as they did with TLoU. Presumably, it had to do with early development woes and Amy Hennig's departure.
 

HardRojo

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Oct 25, 2017
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Just like I tend to do with long Directs and E3 keynotes, I'll be watching this with snacks and a few beers. Friday night is set!
 

Strafer

The Flagpole is Wider
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Oct 25, 2017
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This is going to be so good.

Getting to see Jeremy Davies be awesome on the mocap stage.

Hopefully there's some Troy Baker and Nolan North funny business in there too.
 

PlayerOne

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Apr 16, 2018
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Hope they show alot of cut content, cory said some amazing battles had to be cut, would be awesome to see some of it.
 
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Nakenorm

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Oct 26, 2017
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Super hyped but damn, didn't know it released so late.. Won't be able to watch it until Sunday.
 
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Kenzodielocke

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hey, I will not be able to update the OT up until a few hours the doc will be out. So feel free to report the OP with a link provided so a mod can edit it in. Thanks!.
 

MDSVeritas

Gameplay Programmer, Sony Santa Monica
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Oct 25, 2017
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Enjoy, everybody! Hope it gives some good insights into some of the utterly exhausting and absolutley blissful moments of game dev like this.
 

BraXzy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Can work be over already so I can watch this!
 

Tagg

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Oct 25, 2017
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Enjoy, everybody! Hope it gives some good insights into some of the utterly exhausting and absolutley blissful moments of game dev like this.
Thanks so much! Is YouTube the best place to watch this or is there a higher quality version available anywhere?