Developer David Jaffe has never been short of opinions, and as a game developer, his personality has definitely helped make the Twisted Metal series what it is today.
Terri writes: "In a recent video released by the creator of the God of War series, David Jaffe, we can see that Jaffe is not fond of the direction PlayStation took regarding the franchise, and in particular, Kratos himself."
Well, I personally think that Santa Monica did an absolutely phenomenal job with Kratos, showcasing insane character development in all the right ways.
Wasn't Jaffe the one who got stuck on something easy in Metroid Dread and started bashing the game because of it? From what I played of GoW 2018, they actually gave Kratos some much-needed depth. I definitely plan to finally go through the newer entries once my PS5 comes in.
This whole video was essentially him finding comments to back up his own opinion. "It looks like a lot of people think..."
Yeah, well what do the review scores, sales, user scores, and completion rates on the last two say? Anything on that?
People won’t like it I know but he’s entitled to his opinion being the games creator
I totally disagree but it’s not going to ruin the game for us who do like it
Game director David Jaffe reveals that the original God of War 2005 was considered for a first-person viewpoint.
Im very glad it did not end up that way. In first person you would lose the scale the game has. That is something i really appreciate about the GoW games is the immense size and scale of the environments and how the camera zooms out to show it in a much grander view.
One of the unlockables in the original God of War was a first person representation of God of War. A consideration for a spin-off/sequel was presented as a FPS in modern times. The military finds the dead Titan (Chronos I believe) and goes into the mountains where Kratos found Pandora's Box. Very interesting idea and gave me Clive Barker Jericho vibes.
Maybe the Egyptian era for the PS6 would switch to first-person just to keep things fresh
David Jaffe says he doesn’t believe a new game is in the works; “I haven’t heard a thing".
IF a new game is in the works (I hope so), I don't care if Jaffe is part of it or not. There are a lot of talented game directors out there. Twisted Metal might be his baby, but Jaffe isn't a guarantee lock in developing the best version.
Jaffe is all over the place now. Whenever he gets brought up it’s on some weird shit. I wouldn’t blame Sony for leaving him out of the mix even though I still respect his older works.
Well his "revival" of the franchise sucked out loud, so not sure what he expects.
I feel like he's more real than an asshole. I feel like there is a fine line between being blunt and being and asshole and he walks it like a pro.
Th funny thing is about his comment is that he's not defending himself since all of his projects seem to have deep emotions sown into them.
I agree with his statement,
and does anyone else thing Other M played a part in his rant?
He is correct. These no talent hypocritical hacks that can't make games themselves scream for such titles and then throw perfect scores at the most shallow rehashed tripe on the planet.
I have to copy an epic comment from the article:
"Oh give me a break. First of all, if Jaffe wants to put his work in the public arena and charge admission, people can criticize it any *** way they want. If he wants someone to hang his macaroni art on the fridge, then he can whine to his mommy.
Secondly, it's not necessarily the responsibility of the critic (or even the general populace) to design a better game for the designer. These are two different roles. The designer designs and the critic critiques. Back to frakking drawing board if people don't like your stuff you charged them $60 for."
I think it's funny that in the comments section of the article people are using Uncharted and similar games as examples of games that don't take themselves seriously or have storylines that are epic masterpieces like Citizen Kane. Yet, in the review of those games, journalists have criticized them for having such features.
Funny.
Personally, journalists are looking to get hits each week to keep their wallets padded with ad revenue or whatever else it takes to make their money. They run out of stuff to talk about so they have to talk about topics like this. I honestly don't believe that any journalist who writes such an article lampooning games made just for fun are sitting at home not playing them at the same time.
We really need to start understanding that much like the 24-hour news coverage we see on TV, the majority of the 'news' isn't there to inform but to entertain and keep people talking, even if it's not based on the actual opinion of the individual and is only there for the point of stirring up the community.