"Evolution have got a pedigree in racing games, and we like to think we know what's good and what's bad about them"
With the launch of MotorStorm, the off-road PS3 sensation developed by Evolution and published by Sony, getting closer, it was time to open up the forums for a live chat with several key members of the development team about the title.
On hand to answer questions were Simon Benson, producer, Nigel Kershaw, who was Senior Designer on MotorStorm and the Manager of all the other designers; Paul Rustchynsky, an integral member of the design team; and John McLaughlin, the SCEE associate producer.
While the forum was very free flowing and the questions covered a wide range of topics, here is what was gleaned during the conversation.
BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Richard writes: "Now was the right time to release the Fallout 4 Xbox Series X|S update. It just could have been more."
They aren't going to give more. We are talking about a company that has rereleased an 13 year old game at least 5 times.
Things are heating up in May a bit with Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, the Paper Mario TTYD remake, and a ton of promising indies. We pick the most interesting May games, from AAA to indie, so you can make sense of everything coming out.
Doesn't seem to be that bad of a month. Got a bit of something for everyone.
Please do not support braid anniversary edition. Don't support Phil phish, he's a very despicable person, a a cry baby.
One example
https://youtu.be/yKUGwlFJAH...
Wrong developer. Phil Phish was the developer behind Fez.
Jonathan Blow was behind Braid. If you're gonna cancel culture, don't take down the wrong indie...
Man, I don’t know why, but it also irks me when people try to tell others what to do. Fez was an awesome game, I couldn’t care less if the dev was a douche.
This is just extra cringe since the person actually doesn’t know what they’re talking about 🤦♂️
I wasn't cancel culturing shit. Phil phish is a complete douche. Did you bother to watch the video? Probably not.
I was wrong but call me cancel culture is just plain dumb also
Also crimson.
As you I'm human and we make mistakes. That was a mistake I mixed the games up. Shit happens. So go cringe yourself
Honest mistake, if you can watch that video and support the guy. Then I guess your in the same camp
You were wrong and that's that. Don't be so angry.
And yeah, that is a case example of cancel culture. It was a dozen years ago, he's apologized since, had Japanese developers rationalize with his remark, barely has done anything in the industry since Fez, and yet here you are, not even remembering the one game he made...
That was an intense interview. As soon as i joined in, which was right when it went Live, there were already 85 people in there waiting, and the max they could have on the list was 300. Luckily, I got one of my q's asked and answered, and although they never answered "Was it hard or easy to work with the Cell Processors,", they made it clear that they are PlayStation platform only team, and they couldnt say on how well the game might/might have not looked on other platforms. But still, I have a PS3, and im getting this, this is just awesome.
This quote made me curious for a second "We also use most of the Blu-Ray disk (thank God it’s not a DVD)!" since there's 8 tracks in the game. Then I realized that there's like 5 or 6 variations of each track (weather, time of day) and 35 vehicles (which probably have track-specific textures for proper lighting). I could go on and on, but suddenly I'm starting to realize why they love Blu-ray for this title.
P.S. Can't wait to do the night races. =]
they said they could squeeze quite a bit more yet out of the PS3. Man that will be great.
I'm a lil surprised that they had to use up all the blue ray for just 8 tracks. Day, night, rain, sunshine, etc... that shouldn't take much space at all. Many racers can do this and have more tracks. I seen about 4 tracks from the game and they dont look any bigger than most racers. I think this is a big blow to many fans who expected "more" from blue ray.
The onlie feature seems fun but I think PS3 fans would want to play with the every one who owns the game (ESPECIALLY JAPAN). Maybe Sony will get the online thing together.
I do not see this game selling too well. But we will see soon. Good times