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Uncharted Film Director Feels Games Aren't Emotional

Uncharted the film has already been having a tough time pleasing fans, now the Director David O' Russell adds more fuel to his own fire.

"You guys are playing the game, and it’s about playing the game. It’s not about a narrative embracing you emotionally."

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theunleashed644842d ago

hey! about doing me a favor and everyone else if you just change the name of the characters in the movie and the name of uncharted to something else that be great.

lociefer4842d ago

n4g members feel uncharted film director dosent play games or gets them

LORD-PHOENIX4842d ago

yet i bet he messes up the film.

he needs to go and play heavy rain

BakedGoods4842d ago

I'm a big fan of the director, but Uncharted is literally 'uncharted' territory for him.

If you're not going to make a movie faithful to the series (fans and Naughty Dog included), then skip it.

captain-obvious4842d ago

this movie is going to flop hard

shadow27974842d ago

Now he's just being stupid.

I could just as easily say that when you're watching a movie, you're just watching everything happen. You're not experiencing the events of the narrative from the first person, but from the third person. You have no control.

What Mr. Russell fails to understand is that videogames have the potential to be a storytelling medium far beyond any medium before it. In a lot of ways, the player becomes the character. The player becomes vested in the story and events, because in a way, it's actually happening to them.

We haven't quite pushed past the movie barrier yet, but one day videogames will be the best way to experience a story, no contest.

Oh, and arrogant much?:

"I personally think it’s really cool when you [...] get someone such as myself to make this picture. You can be guaranteed that it’s going to be real, it’s going to be raw, it’s going to be intense, it’s going to be original, and it’s going to be propulsive."

Soldierone4842d ago

The more i hear from him, the more sad I get. This could of been such a great film and he is ruining it before it even gets out.

first he thinks there is a family in this game then he says this. no wonder kojima doesnt want hollywood touching MGS.

hay4842d ago

I believe Mr Russel told us more about himself that he intented. It's obvious he doesn't know much about games, also it appears that he doesn't know the game at all, that's why film won't be faithful to the original but will end as an... "interpretation" of the action/adventure cinema respecting names, not the game itself.

Reibooi4842d ago

I'm really sick of these retarded hollywood directors who make statements about gaming and gamers without having ever played a game in recent times. Just because you played Frogger or Pac Man back in the day doesn't mean you have a opinion on gaming today.

Gaming not emotional? Really? My ass. I have been saddened by many a game. Shadow of the Colossus moved me more then any movie as did Xenosaga Episode III. I cried my eyes out during the ending of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core despite KNOWING before hand how it ended. Gaming is full with emotion. And for those who say that when someone says there is no emotion in gaming they are referring to game play and not cut scenes they are still wrong.

Again Crisis Core is a perfect example. In the last portion of the game you play Zack in a battle against 1000's of soldiers you cannot win and you will often hear of many people who refused to stop fighting because they knew what was coming. That's emotion DURING game play. It's not as common in gaming but it does happen.

As for Uncharted 2 it's a emotional roller coaster. You laugh at Drake when he is funny you feel for him when he is hurt and you really feel for Elena by the end when you are unsure of her fate after what happens. It was JUST as emotional if not more so then any movie with the same type of premise.(basically better then any adventure movie in recent memory)

CrIpPeN4842d ago

Final Fantasy VII, IX and X are emotional rides.

I think it is terrible saying that games are not emotional.

maybe he have seen to much footage of shooters.

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ShinFuYux4842d ago

Excuse, does anyone know if there's a petition I can sign that says I wont watch this movie unless the director and story is changed. You see, when someone who says he's really not into video gaming his main idea about story should be "really intense family dynamics on a global stage" is utter bull.

Someone, PLEASE, PLEASE make a petition and so we can sign it and send it to sony and show them that their fanbase is WEEPING, CRYING with agony seeing how this franchise is going to be ruined.

-Alpha4842d ago

Petitions wont work. Just ignore the damn movies. If you think this will suck wait until Shadow of the Colossus' movie :|

PixlSheX4842d ago

True! I just finished Shadow of the Colossus last night and the ending was sooo sad. Games hardly make me cry, but this game had me crying like a little girl. Other than MGS4, FFX and this i can't think of any.

Jio4842d ago

He obviously hasnt played many games

Cajun Chicken4842d ago

This man hasn't even looked at the back of Uncharted's box.

life doomer4842d ago

that doesn't explain how I almost cried at the end of metal gear solid 4, and I rarely get emotional for anything.

SSKILLZ4842d ago

I'm with you bro, MGS4 ending = T_T

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai1d 18h ago (Edited 1d 18h ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai1d 10h ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19721d 1h ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

-Foxtrot1d ago

@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19721d 1h ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 18h ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz23h ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay23h ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers30d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken29d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g29d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing29d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H929d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola29d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66929d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle29d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg30d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos30d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola30d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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