This could be promising, the fact that he's been working on it for 2 1/2 years suggest they didn't just hire him for some quick write up to score name appeal. In order for any video game story to be good it has to be developed from the start with the actual game design process. And has to develop and evolve right alongside the gameplay portion. You can't just write a script and be done.
Hence why no matter how many high profile writers COD hires every year the story always turns out to be shit. That's because they develop the levels first and then hire a writer sometime after to craft a story around the levels and set pieces.That does not work and will never work.
@corrus Huh? Bethesda routinely hires modders, don't speak unless you know the facts. Todd Howards has repeatedly gone to game design schools and talks about Bethesda's design process as well as their hiring process. The major thing he told them all is that if you want a job at Bethesda you need to show them what you can do. As he said their development tools are out there for free so you should be able to show them that you can create content.
And it's not like is has to be some mega mod such as this one it could be something small, I remember how he talked about hiring this one modder for Morrowind who I believe created mod that allowed for decapitations in the game. Todd had no idea how the guy did it and eventually had to ask him how along with a job offer.
Goddammit Chris Avellone I asked you on a Reddit AMA a while back if you guys had plans to make a Sci-Fi game similar to Mass Effect and you said "No."
Good move for Mattrick he'll if anyone can turn Zynga around it's him. You people need to understand that just because Mattrick may have been bad for "gamers" he was amazing for companies. He grew M$ and its Xbox Live membership from a small tiny million to the powerhouse that it is today.
You may criticize him for lack of exclusives for Xbox, DRM policies, etc, etc. But guess what people still bought the 360 over the PS3 and continue to buy 360's. So apparently he knew exactly what he was doing. It's the same thing people criticize Bobby Kotick for, releasing the same crap every year and not investing in new original IP's. But guess what people still buy COD EVERY year and it always turns out to be the ebst selling game every year.
So what you are accusing them of doing what makes them money? That's their job, if you want new IP's and exclusive Xbox content then vote with your wallet. The fact that Sony investes so much in new IP's and original content and yet doesn't have greater sales is saddening and you are the one to blame.
But back to Mattrick I'm sure he'll do a good job at Zynga dude is a good businessman, then again he did start his own game company at like 16 and from there worked his way up the corporate ladder of EA.
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