An editorial about David Jaffe’s response to the difficulties experienced by game journalism outlets.
Terri writes: "In a recent video released by the creator of the God of War series, David Jaffe, we can see that Jaffe is not fond of the direction PlayStation took regarding the franchise, and in particular, Kratos himself."
Well, I personally think that Santa Monica did an absolutely phenomenal job with Kratos, showcasing insane character development in all the right ways.
Wasn't Jaffe the one who got stuck on something easy in Metroid Dread and started bashing the game because of it? From what I played of GoW 2018, they actually gave Kratos some much-needed depth. I definitely plan to finally go through the newer entries once my PS5 comes in.
This whole video was essentially him finding comments to back up his own opinion. "It looks like a lot of people think..."
Yeah, well what do the review scores, sales, user scores, and completion rates on the last two say? Anything on that?
People won’t like it I know but he’s entitled to his opinion being the games creator
I totally disagree but it’s not going to ruin the game for us who do like it
Game director David Jaffe reveals that the original God of War 2005 was considered for a first-person viewpoint.
Im very glad it did not end up that way. In first person you would lose the scale the game has. That is something i really appreciate about the GoW games is the immense size and scale of the environments and how the camera zooms out to show it in a much grander view.
One of the unlockables in the original God of War was a first person representation of God of War. A consideration for a spin-off/sequel was presented as a FPS in modern times. The military finds the dead Titan (Chronos I believe) and goes into the mountains where Kratos found Pandora's Box. Very interesting idea and gave me Clive Barker Jericho vibes.
Maybe the Egyptian era for the PS6 would switch to first-person just to keep things fresh
David Jaffe says he doesn’t believe a new game is in the works; “I haven’t heard a thing".
IF a new game is in the works (I hope so), I don't care if Jaffe is part of it or not. There are a lot of talented game directors out there. Twisted Metal might be his baby, but Jaffe isn't a guarantee lock in developing the best version.
Jaffe is all over the place now. Whenever he gets brought up it’s on some weird shit. I wouldn’t blame Sony for leaving him out of the mix even though I still respect his older works.
Well his "revival" of the franchise sucked out loud, so not sure what he expects.
Stop trying, Jaffe. It cannot be saved.
Real journalists report the news and investigate interesting topics. Game journalists are paid shills for gaming companies at worst, and misguided fanboys at best.
It won't change until websites work some other way than ad driven revenue. A lot of sites care more about getting you to click through page after page (full of ads) than they do about the actual content they offer.
There's also too much pressure from publishers when it comes to reviews. With certain websites, which won't be named... I G N, getting exclusive dibs on review embargos and other shady practices.
You know I honestly feel there are VERY few proper game journalists now. By that I don't mean the outlet entirely such as IGN or gamespot or whatever. I mean the actual people.
Take Greg Millier from IGN, the guy is an actual enthusiast about the industry. We need more people like that, who actually have an invested interest in the industry, and not just looking for a job because they have a journalism degree.
More often than not, i've seen gaming journalists that aren't very credible. I've been at the point of entirely lost trust for quite some time, and i don't see that changing.
If i see something i feel is worth the purchase, then i will keep an eye on it. I usually pre-order closer to release, because something that changes my mind can be revealed.
With that said, and in many cases, games are not reviewed by gamers anymore. It used to be that way, but very few will do in depth reviews.
when the "copy and past job" that was MW3 can get a 9 from that fanboy site IGN and sell millions, but be regarded as one the WORST CoD games ever created by actual gamers, and then IGN turns around and tries to downtalk what is potentially BF4, without even know anything about it's changes.... that's when the phenonmenon that's "fanboy journalism" raises its ugly head.. and sadly, that monster is out the box and cant be put back in..