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I wasn't super fond of the PS4 God of War game, but this guy seems like he was in charge of the stuff that I actually did like about the game, so this sounds like a pretty good get.
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It doesn't indicate any time frame. Projects can be hiring people up until near release date
While interesting to hear this kind of transition happens all the time in the industry, and every other industry for that matter. I could see this being interesting news if Barlog himself went to Metro to do some serious work. That and I wasn't big on the level design of God of War outside of a couple parts. Lots of really simple arenas.
Very, very slim chance.
It tells us absolutely nothing in regards to that.
I thought the level design was pretty good, but the older GOW games were much stronger in that regard.
I always find these "articles" over trivial industry moves so unnerving and weird. If it's a major director or producer, sure, but I'd feel super weirded out if I read a gaming news article about my LinkedIn.
ERA eats this stuff right up though :p
ERA eats this stuff right up though :p
there were puzzles in god of war 2018? has it been that long that i've forgotten? i hope the ps5 version lets me play in 4k
vault? what? are you talking about the boss battles - the valkryie things?
Some parts were really well done like the lake area. Other parts were incredibly repetitive and uninteresting and ultimately were just straight forward paths with a lot of arena fights along the way.
Yeah it gets a bit silly and reeks a tiny bit of console warring/fanboyism.
Ironically, Santa Monica is still working hard on GoW Ragnarok's title screen :^)
A bunch of people will make youtube videos over every single hire a studio makes, and dissect their entire body of work and what it might mean for the upcoming game. It is pretty creepy.
There was a metric crapton of puzzles if you bothered to explore at all.
I think the interesting thing is that he left Santa Monica mid development of God of War Ragnarok
But that's a nice get. I think Retro is building up a great team that'll shape them up well for not only MP4 but for future projects from the studio as well. Maybe Retro will become the powerhouse dev they were back in the 2000s again
But that's a nice get. I think Retro is building up a great team that'll shape them up well for not only MP4 but for future projects from the studio as well. Maybe Retro will become the powerhouse dev they were back in the 2000s again
This happens all the time, its not that interesting. You've got people moving from one studio to another all the damn time.
Color me excited, he's had one fine career thus far. Let's hope for some news in the coming months/early next year?
I thought retro had been working on this for 2 years now? Why are these type of people just now being hired, makes it seem like retro themselves have restarted development multiple times
Teams hire mid-development all the time. Big productions rarely start and end with the exact same people on them.
Of course, I know. But I wonder what caused him to decide to shift his life like that after working with a studio for a decade and in peak development of their next game. Maybe he is just really excited at the prospect of making Metroid Prime 4 the best it can be
I hope they switch things up a bit and offer something new this time. I love Metroid, and the atmospheric setting, but I keep thinking about how much has changed in the gaming landscape since the last Prime title. I almost wish they'd drop the number from the title, or even the Prime title itself, and hit us with something completely reenvisioned. Either way, I've been dreaming of a new Metroid game for so long I'm gonna be excited no matter what we get.
Unless Retro where hiring like crazy, I wouldn't read too much into it. Studios hire all the time, not just around development milestones or before pre-production.
Yea I get that but if the environments were like 70% done before this person was hired is he going to go back and redo all of them or just finish the last 30% for example
Bruh at this rate the entire industry is going to be working on this game.
It better win GOTY for at least 3 consecutive years.
It better win GOTY for at least 3 consecutive years.
Likely just help finish/learn the ropes at the studio. If they hired him as a lead it could possibly mean they are redoing a lot, but even that could be a hiring for something not MP4 as far as we'd know.
GoW was the best game the year it released and its environments were no slouch, so yes, this is great news for Metroid fans. I'm excited for MP4.
To be blunt, it's not anyone's damn business why someone leaves for a different studio. There can be dozens of reasons why someone might want to leave their current position, and many of them have nothing to do with the games.