From GQ Magazine: "Shaun Escayg has said the word ‘terrifying’ five times in the last 30 minutes. He’s recounting his time as lead animator on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. While Naughty Dog’s best-known series redefined what easygoing blockbuster games could be, Uncharted 4’s creation was nothing short of nightmarish. The game, which would go on to sell a record 16 million copies, suffered from a particularly messy inception. Intense pressure, tight turnarounds, and the mid-development departure of long-time Uncharted creative director, Amy Hennig. The game was restarted."
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Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.
Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
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This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.
Every industry has these issues
Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.
See, the lead animator had nothing to be scared of. Uncharted 4’s animations made me verbally say wow, I was blown. This dude did a fantastic job,
I would not call U4s ending epic. Some parts were great, everything with Elaine is great. They are so far apart though. The in between was drawn out and boring imo. Lost legacy did those characters better. UC4 is easily my least favorite uncharted. I’m not hating on it’s success and the work that went into it. This guy deserves major praise. But uncharted 4 is still shit compared to the rest imo.