Hello and welcome to the first Community Interview, a series where we take the community's questions for a developer and ask them on your behalf.
Today we are seeking your questions for developer Nightdive Studios. Nightdive Studios is known for their history of remastered games, from Forsaken to Star Wars: Dark Forces. Their latest game is a remake of the original System Shock.
For the next 24 hours, we will be taking you questions for Nightdive Studios below. Simply comment with your question for the developers below and the N4G Unlocked team will ask them. The full interview will be published to N4G Unlocked.
The industry veteran shares his views on the current state of the video games business.
The industry has changed in lots of ways and not all of them are bad, they are just changes that are due to how technology evolved. I've been playing and buying games for 20 years now and it is clear that the Triple AAA industry has changed the most because if takes a lot more time, money and effort to deliver the quality that the Triple A public demands.
A major franchise that saw new releases every two years in the 90s, now demand at least four years to get the next great game ready, and that's fine and fair, we have to understand that. That said I believe, we, as a public, have to stop caring only for the next hot release of the year in every game that comes our way and also start enjoying more the Double AA and indies. Maybe you, who are reading this, already is like that, you enjoy games for what they are and that's great, but how many around you have a much harsher opinion and 'demands' that every single game is a photorealistic masterpiece like God of War or Red Dead Redemption 2?
We need to start demanding that games are good, fun and great experiences overall. The substance is always more important than the package of the product, the look of the product, you know?
That said, at the same time, we also have be able to point fingers and do our part to stop some developers that try to milk everything and develop GaaS creation clearly meant to make a quick cash. The industry has changed, and we need to keep up with the changes.
Shame he didn’t stay at Sony, we’d probably have some wonderful little gems from AA to AAA by now over the GaaS shit we’ve been getting
Sony need to realise you can focus on big titles and the smaller ones in between
They have two teams at most studios, one of them could easily do smaller games while the other team works on the AAA one.
I agree with him on most issues, but I disagree about why these people are being laid off. It has nothing to do with profits or game quality or cost of development.
These companies are laying off people to get ahead of AI.
They are reducing workforces with the intention of replacing them with AI. It's less fallout to fire people a year or so before they start heavily using AI to make their games.
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Love the work Nightdive Studios is doing at modernizing old games like Blood Fresh Supplies
What's the biggest challenge a company like Nightdive Studio faces when they want to remaster cult classics like System Shock 2?
Absolutely love their work! Both their original releases and their remaster works.
Out of all the classic game engines, they've worked on, which engine caused the most head scratches?
We know they'll remaster both NOLFs ... the simple question here is: when?
Also, are they considering remastering Monolith's other hit FP games like Blood II, Condemned and/or especially F.E.A.R 1? As in, are they considering remastering any early LithTech based games?
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Can we hope for Blood2 the Chosen remake?
Dear Nightdive,
Is there any update on Sin Reloaded? Also are Soldier of Fortune 1&2, Blood 2 The Chosen, Shadows of the Empire or Messiah remasters a possibility? Thank you!