From its humble beginnings as Jam Software in 1984 to its current status as one of Sony’s best first-party studios, Naughty Dog has released dozens of games varying in quality. The Naughty Dog of today didn’t begin taking shape until the PlayStation 3 era. The Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter franchises stand the test of time, but they don’t reflect the studio’s current values.
Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected
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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?
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.
Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.
A job listing published by the UK studio reveals that its next project will be another entirely new IP.
Dayum did I hit a nerve. Sorry for not liking most of this gens games coming from PS, not really doe.
Good. Something not boring, not one of those "make your own game" crap and also on Steam would be nice.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"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.
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.
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.
Naughty Dog is the best studio
“ Consumers can always expect them to churn out technical marvels with excellent writing, but they aren’t the end-all-be-all the industry has made them out to be.”
As opposed to what or who? Every studio will always have their weakness, but ND is one of those devs where the overall quality will make up for their weakness. I much enjoyed U3 despite its linearity. U4 was awesome despite a few chapters feeling it dragged the game a bit which slowed the pace.
A few imperfections shouldn’t affect the reputation they have built for themselves in the industry. I much prefer the Naughty Dog of today than the past
Let me sum this article up
"stop thinking Naughty Dog are the best in the industry because I said so".
Saved everyone a bunch of reading.
Journalism and it's imperfections.
According to this article someone who made mistakes 20+ years ago should always be remembered for it and can't possibly be redeemed.
It’s easier for me to go through the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games than it is to replay Uncharted & The Last of Us. I love replaying those other entries, but sometimes it takes too long for me to get to my favorite parts in those titles than in the previous titles.
One thing I find hilarious is Naughty Dog’s tradition of always having a chase scene with the player character running away from the screen from a big instakill threat in almost all of their games under Sony.