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Why Guerrilla Games stubbornly built its amazing game engine from scratch

Guerrilla Games couldn't have made iconic games like Horizon Zero Dawn and Killzone without its remarkable engine.

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Hardiman1920d ago (Edited 1920d ago )

Two things, really great read and again this reiterates how things should be done! I love that HZD came out of a company wide idea contest. Also Guerrilla was allowed to go other routes.You can't get further apart than going from a FPS to an open world action RPG, yet they did and won both critics and fans over.

So it's pretty obvious with examples as HZD and GOW if devs are allowed creative freedom it can pay off handsomely if you put the games quality and the creative process first! I wish other companies that have the capital would allow their devs similar avenues of success.

ps3vita4life1920d ago

I know right! You would think this wasn’t GG’s first third-person action- RPG based on how good HZD was! Having creative freedom and passion for the games you are creating really brings out the best in game studios.

Hardiman1920d ago

Very, very true and the other big companies should look at that as the avenue in taking established IP's to the next level or allowing devs to chase those creative desires.

HZD's world is not only large, varied and gorgeous but it's teeming with humans, robotic creatures and wildlife. The level of detail in it is astonishing! That's not to mention the combat. I've never enjoyed bow combat more and the narrative was so well done. I loved finding out what happened in that world.

darthv721920d ago

I love it when a dev goes out of their comfort zone and does something different. It only adds to their repertoire and shows how versatile they really are.

kayoss1920d ago

Unfortunately a lot of good smaller companies rely on bigger companies to help fund their project. Therefore some of their creative ideas are replaced with ideas that will make the bigger companies more money. Sometime due to this, these smaller companies do not get the chance to show case their potential and end up shutting down. There are only a handful of big companies that will allow smaller companies that they own the creative freedom with zero to very little interference.

sKiiTs81920d ago

Yeah I'd really love if Ubisoft and other big companies had this kind of freedom. how could anyone be keen for the new far cry / assassins creed when they're essentially the same thing every year??

starchild1920d ago

Because they're not. Assassin's Creed has evolved as much as any series I've played. To me they've only gotten better over time. AC Origins and AC Odyssey are two of my favorite games of the generation.

Beyond that, not everybody is going to play every game in a series. So the changes could actually be quite dramatic between one game and another a few years later.

DerekTweed1919d ago

Assassins creed Origins and Odyssey are very different from previous games.

There will be no Assassins Creed game in 2019 as far as I know.

It's like you're just spouting the common tropes on N4G without knowing a thing you are talking about.

bluefox7551919d ago

@derek Assassins creed Origins and Odyssey are very different from previous games.

Not really, lol. The core mechanics are still pretty much the same as the beginning.

Bleucrunch1919d ago

Who the hell would disagree with your statement? You are SPOT on @Hardiman with your post. There is no excuse for low effort and worse low effort games. The publisher are at fault for rushing the developers....Folks now know why SONY IS THE BEST with their developers....talk about support.

This is why SONY is the MOST EFFICIENT Publisher....PERIOD.

Hardiman1919d ago

It drives me crazy! I've never seen people so dead set against allowing devs to be creative because for whatever reason their company of choice doesn't do it. Seeing people defend companies like EA, Activision, M$ etc for either bad practices, driving IP's into the ground or just not offering compelling content boggles my mind.

I can't think of another industry where creativity and quality are ignored or belittled. I'm an artist and I think it's great they have faith in these developers because they've earned it and let them try new things. It'd be different if they weren't successful but they are and they are in an elite class as far as quality is concerned.

There's nothing wrong with making money! We all want more money but there's something wrong with just sterile cash grabs and that's what gets me. I understand smaller devs who don't have the capital to think outside the box but in most cases they do I think more than these massive companies.

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kevnb1920d ago

If you have the money and resources its certainly the best way to go.

ps3vita4life1920d ago

I’m so glad they did, the visuals in this game, especially the detail and variety in the gorgeous environments (snow, jungle, desert, etc.) and the machines looked unbelievable. It also felt incredibly smooth while playing. Kudos on a job well done GG

badz1491920d ago

IMO the open world is the best looking out there. on consoles at least. RDR2 with all its incredible level of details isn't a match for HZD when it comes to graphics

ps3vita4life1920d ago

I agree! RDR2 looks incredible but HZD is mouth-watering. When I roamed the world, I often got lost in it, just admiring the view and wondering.....wow, is this how far games have truly come? I can’t imagine the sequel on PS5!!

starchild1920d ago

They both do certain things better than the other. Both of them look incredible.

DerekTweed1919d ago (Edited 1919d ago )

I'm not trying to start a war or anything but RDR2 on my One X looked better than HZD on my Pro.

_FantasmA_1920d ago

I'm glad they decided to go in a new direction. A new Killzone would have been good but even the best 10/10 games get stale with too many games in series or if they come out too frequently. HZD is my favorite PS4 game and I trust that GG can start from scratch with a new game after this. As much as I love HZD, I would love to see them go in a new direction again because they've shown they can do it.

Gamist2dot01920d ago

"The search for a new engine was rigorous. It led them to Decima – Guerrilla named the previously nameless engine in honor of the partnership, picking a name that referred to the Japanese island of Dejima, once the focal point of Dutch trade relations with the Japanese."

WWWWhhattt... that's interesting.

starchild1920d ago

Yeah, I never knew that. Pretty neat.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein16h ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii12h ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo11h ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9011h ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19893h ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

qalpha12h ago

Daily reminder that 'TheGamer' is a corporate-generated, anti-gamer, anti-consumer, clickbait web site. They are mostly A.I. generated articles that villainize gamers. They provide nothing positive and actively try to provoke and divide the community through extreme view points and politics. Do not give them any clicks.

Inverno12h ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan11h ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno11h ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198111h ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6693h ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

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Media Molecule’s Next Game is Going to be a New IP

A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.

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Inverno1d 7h ago

The only PlayStation dev I care about tbh.

Inverno12h ago

Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.

Cacabunga1d 7h ago

Hopefully doesn’t take them a complete gen to release it

TheColbertinator1d 2h ago

Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.

Stopac1d ago

I too like to look for things in the wrong places.

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Outriders Dev's Next Game Has Been Canceled After Publishing Agreement With Take-Two Fell Through

Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.

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Tacoboto2d ago

"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."

If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.

banger882d ago

If it was more online-only crap then good riddance.

jjb19811d 15h ago

Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.

thorstein1d 14h ago

I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.