One thing about the action game genre that has less evolved and to an extent has even gotten worse is the use of camera in most action games.
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Former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida saw God of War as a "problem" when he first played it, and advocated for its delay.
And it became one of my most favorite games of all time and I still like it more than the sequel.
Well if a game/movie/project needs fixing, especially something with the legacy that god of war does. Delay and fix it, don’t ruin the legacy by releasing crap.
Way to go.
Like Miyamoto famously said.
“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”
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On PS3? they "remaster" games that are barely 5 years old. We can't even play the ones from PS3 natively right now on a PS5
As much as I love the new God of war saga, I really miss the scale and epic set pieces of the OG games :/
Thank you Mr. Jaffe. Few franchises stay relevant for 20 years. Thank you Stig, and Corey too
Good read. Some of the games mentioned in the article really do put you through your paces in terms of getting the camera right.
I don't have a lot to add to this but I'll say that whenever there's an option to do so I'll always have the camera close in.
Football games are a good example, yes if you zoom out to a birds eye view you can see everything unfolding like a general on a battlefield, and you'll be effective, but it's not fun to play that way in terms of enjoyable gameplay or immersion.
Wow this writer sucks at modern action games. Controlling the camera with the right stick has been a thing since the original DualShock, it's been commonplace ever since.
If you have trouble with God if War '18 and Dark Souls camera angles, then you're pretty much bad at controlling the camera period.
I prefer having the camera up close too for the most part, I wanna see more detail and be up close to the action.
Why use God of War as a thumbnail? I didn’t have an issue with the camera