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| Tweet Topic Started: Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 11:15 AM (260 Views) | |
| famicommander | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 11:15 AM Post #1 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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David Jaffe and Scott Campbell, founders of Sony development studio Eat Sleep Play, are both leaving Sony to pursue iPhone/Android game development. Jaffe is responsible for creating both God of War and Twisted Metal. This news comes soon after Fumito Ueda (director of ICO and SotC) and Yoshifusa Hamaya (producer of The Last Guardian) decided to leave Team Ico. Those are some pretty huge blows to Sony in my book. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| famicommander | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 11:16 AM Post #2 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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Oh, and Eat Sleep Play also laid off about 20% of their staff. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| ronaldmonster | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 11:40 AM Post #3 |
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Why am I not surprised? Jaffe has continually (Indirectly of course) ripped Sony a new asshole on many occasions for backtracking on gameplay in favor of presentation. I remember in a blog he once wrote that if he came back to God of War then it would be a completely different game because he was disgusted how the third had such a long dev time and was essentially God of War 2 HD. Also: "Jaffe has now eleborated on his plans via Twitter, stating, "I have zero plans to make games like Farmville and Angry Birds. I never said what I was doing post TM (and I'm still on TM along with ESP for the next months as we launch it and balance it in real time and make sure it's a perfect game and continue to support it)." |
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| SuperDouxSanaCanThree | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 12:59 PM Post #4 |
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de Geso
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Meh...who cares. |
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| Brokemon | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 02:27 PM Post #5 |
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Crash Bandicooter
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He "left" Sony as soon as he co-founded ESP. They struck a 3-year deal with Sony in which they developed the new TM, but he was never an exclusive developer à la Naughty Dog after he left SSM. That said, he continues to make awesome shit, so best of luck to him. |
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| famicommander | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 03:28 PM Post #6 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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Looking at his works, I have a lesser opinion of him than I did when I made this thread: Twisted Metal (2012) (PS3) <--demo is okay Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted Edition (2008) (PS2) <--Lazy handheld to console port Calling All Cars! (2007) (PS3) <--shit God of War II (2007) (PS2) <-- same game as the first, but still pretty good God of War (2005) (PS2) <--good, but vastly overrated Twisted Metal: Head-On (2005) (PSP) <--good Kinetica (2001) (PS2) <-- shit Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (2001) (PlayStation) <-- shit Twisted Metal: Black (2001) (PS2) <--good Twisted Metal 4 (1999) (PlayStation) <--shit Twisted Metal III (1998) (PlayStation) <--- shit Twisted Metal 2 (1996) (PlayStation) <---Amazing Twisted Metal (1995) (PlayStation) <--Awesome Mickey Mania (1994) (Super NES/Sega Mega Drive/Genesis/Sega CD) <--Meh He wasn't as involved with God of War III, which I thought was one of the least necessary games ever made. Also, when he threw a total bitchfit on his blog about the Calling All Cars reviews was pretty funny. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| Brokemon | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 03:39 PM Post #7 |
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- The new Twisted is more balanced than most fighting games nowadays. The demo was fucking awesome. - TM3/4 weren't nearly as good as 2, but were FAR from shit. - Black is wayyyyy better than "good" - The GoW series is phenomenal when played at a higher difficulty setting, forcing you to think rather than buttonmash. And GoWIII unnecessary? Do you have any idea the bitchfest Sony would've received if they left gamers with no conclusion to the second game's cliffhanger? The rest I agree with. |
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| famicommander | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 03:48 PM Post #8 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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-Being more balanced than most fighting games these days isn't saying anything. At all. Most fighting games aren't even balanced until their third or fourth re-release (see Capcom). -Twisted Metal 3, 4, and Small Brawl were absolutely terrible games. Map design sucked, soundtracks sucked, controls were off, the physics were terrible, multiplayer just didn't cut it. -I played the shit out of Black and even bought it again when they released the "online" version, but it still doesn't hold a candle to TM2. -God of War on any difficulty is still a button masher with a few too many QTEs thrown in for no reason. If you want a difficult hack-and-slash style game you look at Shinobi (PS2), Ninja Gaiden Black, Bayonetta, or Devil May Cry. God of War is just a mindless romp through an increasingly nonsensical story that, by the time it reaches the third game, is so far up its own ass the story sequences aren't even watchable. Kratos goes from being a sympathetic antihero to a stupid, whiny faggot who ends up no better as a character than when he started. It is the Call of Duty of its genre in that the only reason it is so revered is because twelve year olds decided it was "cool" and the developers ran away with it. The PSP GoW games are better than the console games in my book, but that's neither here nor there. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| SuperDouxSanaCanThree | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 04:10 PM Post #9 |
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Normally I love ya kid, but when people ask me what the most disappointing game I've ever played was, I always respond with Twisted Metal 3. (One of the worst games I've ever played) How you could go from the awesomeness of 2 to the garbage that was 3 is mind boggling. 4 was a bit better but still not good. Nobody has broken my heart quite as hard as Twisted Metal 3. That said, Twisted Metal Black was awesome. Anyone that says otherwise (Aside from it's annoying boss fights) is a ridiculous person and should remove himself from the material sphere right away. God of War is mediocre. In every respect all the time, every day. Mash happy combat+Captain "Screaming in place of personality" Kratos, not for me. If I need a chosen champion to take on Ares...Diana did it first. |
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| Coke Von Cola | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 05:14 PM Post #10 |
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Some kinda somethin
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Kinetica was dope on a rope |
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| famicommander | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 05:33 PM Post #11 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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Kinetica was a second-rate Wipeout, which while awesome is itself a second-rate F-Zero. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| moldonhold | Tuesday Feb 7 2012, 06:14 PM Post #12 |
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FUCK THE JETS
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Twisted Metal Black is outstanding |
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| Brokemon | Wednesday Feb 8 2012, 04:42 PM Post #13 |
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Crash Bandicooter
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Agree to disagree. Jaffe's still one of the better developers out there. |
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| famicommander | Wednesday Feb 8 2012, 05:04 PM Post #14 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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In what context? I certainly wouldn't place him in the top 50. |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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| moldonhold | Wednesday Feb 8 2012, 05:14 PM Post #15 |
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FUCK THE JETS
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Top 50? Nigga I can't even name 20. Regardless, Jaffe deserves a spot in the top 20 or 50 or whatever solely for the awesomeness of Twisted Metal Black. So good |
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| famicommander | Wednesday Feb 8 2012, 05:29 PM Post #16 |
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Wipe that face off your head, bitch.
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I can name 20 game directors better than Jaffe in my sleep Miyamoto (Mario, Zelda, F-Zero, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, Wii Sports, etc, etc, etc) Yokoi (Metroid, Kid Icarus, assisted on most of Miyamoto's early stuff) Naka (Sonic, NiGHTS, Phantasy Star) Suzuki (Virtua Fighter, Space Harrier, After Burner, OutRun, Shenmue, too many to list) Meier (Civilization, Pirates) Wright (SimCity) Igarashi (Gradius II, Symphony of the Night, NDS Castlevania games) Carmack (Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake) Nagoshi (F-Zero GX, Yakuza, Monkey Ball) Mizuguchi (Space Channel 5, Rez, Lumines, Child of Eden) Kamiya (Viewtiful Joe, Okami, Devil May Cry) Inaba (God Hand, Viewtiful Joe, MadWorld) Mikami (Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, etc) Inafune (Mega Man, Dead Rising, Onimusha, Lost Planet) Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy I-X, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon) Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) Logg (Asteroids, Centipede, Gauntlet, tons of others) Jarvis (Defender, Robotron, Smash TV) Aonuma (Zelda series starting with Ocarina) Fujiwara (Tomba, Ghosts N Goblins, Street Fighter Alpha) Kojima (Metal Gear, Snatcher, Zone of the Enders) Nomura (FF VI-VIII, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts) Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Mario Party, Xenogears) Spector (Deus Ex, Epic Mickey, Wing Commander, Thief, System Shock) Could keep going all day... |
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Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays #2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars | |
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