Two key people have departed the Uncharted 4 team, and Sony is seeing numerous other layoffs and departures. What's going on?
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
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You think.....a lot of people are leaving from different studios who have key positions and it's becoming worrying in my opinion.
I mean people leave all the time in this industry but some departures like Hennigs stuck out for me. Knowing how the concept of Uncharted was her "seed" which the rest of the ND team "watered" I don't see why she would leave half way through development. I mean you would at least see the project through when it's a franchise you helped create. She dosen't look like the type to go "...DONE" and walk out. The project was still mo capping aswell something her and even the Game director see through, with Henning there (if you've seen the behind the scene videos) it gives her freedom to make the story better because she can change the script while they are acting if something doesn't flow well. Having someone else now might ruin that.
I mean come on guys, the creative director AND game director have left...I know we will all like the believe that this is nothing and Sony/Uncharted is fine but to be honest it really doesn't look that way. Something is up...not just at NaughtyDog but at Sony in general.
Some departures might just be Sony cleaning up, like if someone is wasting money in development but others like Hennig seem weird to me with the unusual circumstances
I actually think uncharted 4 is almost done been in development for probably 2 and a half years
I just hope the multiplayer is good. I spent a lot of time on UC2 and 3 multiplayer.
Normally when it comes to reviews IGN is in Sony's pocket...although lately they seem to be moving away from that. They admit that all of this is just speculation...and that's all it should be taken for until something more than rumor connecting these things comes to light. However, any fan of Sony should at least keep this in the back of their mind, admittedly it is somewhat worry-some. Other than Col, the leaving of most of these people, including Trenton, has all been a little odd. It could all be nothing, it could be all just weird timing like they said. Hopefully anyone making more out of this is just connecting dots that don't go together.
However, where I do think this video makes solid points is when it talks about Morpheous. The more we learn about this device, the more it just seems like it was rushed, almost like it was just trying to test the waters to see if they should push it...and perhaps gain the "innovation" title over MS in the minds of those that don't dig deeper than headlines. It may turn out to be great, but it already seems technically inferior to Oculus and further away from being available.