I edited it almost immediately but that's ok, I understand.
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Retro Studios tweets job listing for an Art Director for Metroid Prime 4
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I edited it almost immediately but that's ok, I understand.
They JUST tweeted this. They wouldn't be drawing attention if it was a filled position.
We aren't seeing this until like 2023 at earliest.
There's still gonna be people expecting a trailer next E3.
Considering they're rebuilding the game, it's likely they were using assets from the old project to go through the programming and mechanics before they felt the need to get a new director for their own vision management.
Even if they started from scratch when it was announced they were working on it, you can do a lot of engine work without a final art direction.
But yeah I'd imagine holiday 2021 is definitely the earliest we'll see it.
1. Sometimes Art Directors leave, and they then need to hire another one
2. Nintendo said in January that we shouldn't expect it for a while
3. Anyone expecting it sooner than 2021 at the earliest was kidding themselves
2. Nintendo said in January that we shouldn't expect it for a while
3. Anyone expecting it sooner than 2021 at the earliest was kidding themselves
Yeah! I edited my post. I opened the wrong thread and didn't realised that we were talking about Prime 4
Sorry
Honestly, in most cases art concepting starts not long after the design phase (in this case we can assume there are enough known quantities that they have already concepted some stuff and been doing art style tests.
The fact that they are hireing an art director doesnt mean they didn't have an art director before.
That's what I'm thinking at this point.
That's not fair, Bandai Namco did a great job with Smash. Although they did have Sakurai to guide them.
You sure it's been up all the time, or is it possible the position was filled and then that person left (because it didn't work out for whatever reason)? 7 months is a hell of a long time to have an application up.
The bigger surprise (and disappointment) isn't that Prime 4 is far away, it's that Retro quite likely has nothing else releasing before Prime 4, baring a remaster of older titles.
ehh.. who said they would show it at next E3? I cant remember any official word on that. Don't expect it for another 3 years, that is game development for ya! Just trust that Retro will do a kickass job.
Sure, but I bet they got material from the previous studio who was working on it that will take months to get and fish trough to see what the state of that was and how to continue further, and also Hiring is hard, even for a title like Metroid and a studio like Retro.
Too many studios, not enough experienced people to go around. Every year there are thousands of students with various level of qualities released into the job market around the world, making it a nightmare to find quality experienced personel. I have not met a single studio who has had no hiring issues the last couple of years.
Easier said then done. Maybe they don't have internal artists who want to become an art director. Those are very different jobs and a good artist does not make a good art director and vice versa. Good art directors are very rare and I think a Metroid Prime game deserves a great art director that can take it to the next level.
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They're just staring now because they had to put the finishing touches on Star Fox Grand Prix...
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Not surprising sadly, but it hurts every time I'm reminded of it 😢
God, there's no other dev story that I'm more curious about than this... Just what the hell happened?
But is that really confirmed?
God, there's no other dev story that I'm more curious about than this... Just what the hell happened?
Well, they just started development :p
We might as well see this game on Nintendo's next console.
We might as well see this game on Nintendo's next console.
Would this be around when the project was moved to Retro? That seems like it would make sense.
Damn, I expected Retro to have a ready-made design document that meticulously outlines what Metroid Prime 4 has to be so they only have to fill in the numbered areas and finish this in 1-1.5 years.
I forgot where I read this and I could have some of the details mixed up but apparently there were multiple teams in different locations working on different sections of the game or something. They didn't have a clear vision so it ended up being a mess. Now I don't know about you but this is not the game I'd expect Nintendo to allow to be made like that.
Plus Bandai isn't known for making First Person Shooter/Adventure games with an interconnected world.
Theyre not getting paid for free, they worked on shit that got cancelled
