Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Nec · 10 янв 2014

Ситхи атакуют!

-A- · 10 янв 2014

Nec сказал(а): ↑

Ситхи атакуют!

Нажмите, чтобы раскрыть...

Вот еще и Джоэля завезли =) Понабрали отовсюду

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 by PlayStation.Blog, on Flickr

dimm · 24 янв 2014

Dracula's Destiny:

x0m · 24 янв 2014

Отличный трейлер. В стиле раннего Кодзимы ) Сатану посадили на анаболики после первой части
Наверное, это еще одна игра после Dark Souls II, которая заставит меня взять в руки dualshock 3.

dimm · 20 фев 2014

Затрахал до смерти =)

dimm · 1 мар 2014

Обстановка в Mercury Steam, по всей видимости была тяжелая во время разработки второй части LOS-a.
Вот этот гай

по имени Enric Alvarez узурпировал власть над всей командой, даже программерам давались указания "как надо работать". Часть народа не выдержала и ушла в процессе разработки, часть выгнали после. Показания очевидца:

Well, I would like to shed some light over the development of this game... Working with Mercury Steam -and I would like to tell this anonymously- is about an everyday frustration. Here's to every guy that has experienced hell during the development of this game, but especially to those who have led this to the mess that Lords of Shadows 2 is:

- Kojima had little to nothing to do with the development of the first game, he came by, set a seal, visited the studio, signed some things and that was it. He had even less to do with Mirror of Fate and LoS2.

The vast majority of this team is aware that the game we've done is a real piece of shit that has nothing to do with the first one's quality and production values... Nobody is surprised by the low reviews we've got.

- If there's someone to blame here, that's Enric Álvarez. He is the person who has led a broken development based on his personal criteria, completely overlooking programmers, designers and artists. Despite his nice look to the press, often considered as some sort of creative "visionary" in the looks of David Cage and Molyneux, this guy has serious problems. He is a mean and naughty guy, and since the "success Lords of Shadows 1" his ego has grown to the point of not even daring to say 'hello' when you meet him in the hallway.

His distrust to his own workers is enormous. Most of the development team often found out features of the game through press news, rather than from the studio's head - unbelievable. And there is no corporate culture here at all... this is just a handful of people working blindly and at the disposal of an alleged visionary.

- The studio's internal structure is archaic, still based on the old partners of the Scrapland days. I'll give you an example so you can see the full picture: the studio's signature engine (one with many flaws) was solely coded by two guys, one of them being a founder of the company and Enric's confident. Access for the new programmers to the source code to update or refurbish the engine is denied, so things are still done in a 10-year-old fashion.

- Many of the studio founders are people with zero abilities for running a studio. Often here newbie developers know more than their own bosses. This structure only leads to a slow, messy and absurd development process, with the end result of Lords of Shadows 2 being a perfect example of what happens due to that.

- Absolutely every design idea has to be monitored, taken away and mutilated by Enric Álvarez. Several game designers have grown tired of this and have abandoned the studio.

- The art direction for this project has been erratic and beheaded. After Enric dismissed every idea and core decission from our main art director for the previous projects, he decided to just leave. It was a battle of egos unleashed by Enric (something that he has carried over with since his times in Rebel Act). Our now former art director is still working in Madrid, now with the Tequila guys making RIME.

- Many others have just turned to other studios offers, sick of the situation here. Almost every month we see fellow devs packing up and getting out of here looking for a new job abroad -that's sad-. It's amazing how the biggest AAA game developer in Spain is not even willing to make its workers a counteroffer. This company does not think highly of its talented workers and their good work. There has never been any kind of salary bonus or anything that remotely resembles it. Not even a single "Good job team!" acknowledgement.

- The production management for this project has been terrible, way often the heads of each department dismissed every production deadline and imposed their own criteria. As a result, the development was delayed for six months, and that investment only came out of MercurySteam's pockets.

Many can't help comparing this situation to something similar that already happened in a company in which many of us worked: Pyro Studios (the team behind the Commandos saga). The QA department is treated like cattle, with shameful wages and almost everyday bullying.

- Expectations for our future are quite bad... with a publisher like Konami really upset after the mediocre game we've made.

- After completing Lords of Shadows 2 MercurySteam has fired 35 workers, and it's embarrasing that no website or journalist is talking about that. More firings are expected to come in the following days.

- And finally, because not everything is bad in here, I wanted to say that the real team behind this company is an incredible bunch of people. If all those guys who are not allowed to be promoted due to our Jurassic studio leads had the chance to set the course of the company, our future would be so bright. There's just so much passion and talent here, more than I've ever seen anywhere else, but it's completely held back. I really hope that those who read this understand what we've lived here. Someone has to say this so it is not lost in time after the game's launch.

Thank you for reading me.
Нажмите, чтобы раскрыть...

-A- · 1 мар 2014

Да уж, у чувака явно талант, я почти заплакал на финальном абзаце.

Хотя и первая часть игры была ацтоем. Как всегда, я был прав на счет нее. Просто тогда у Альвареза эго не так выпирало, и это было менее заметно. Но от мое зоркоге око не скрыться =).

Вообще, не знал, что они раньше Командос делали. По мне так, им бы франшизу восстановить. Я бы тогда Нергалу 2-х литровую бутылочку счастья подарил.

The I · 1 мар 2014

Напоминает типичную японскую компанию)

Войти или зарегистрироваться

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Nec Well-Known Member

-A- Well-Known Member

dimm Administrator Команда форума

x0m Master of the Fist

dimm Administrator Команда форума

dimm Administrator Команда форума

-A- Well-Known Member

The I Всеми любимый троллератор

Войти или зарегистрироваться

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

Nec Well-Known Member

-A- Well-Known Member

dimm Administrator Команда форума

x0m Master of the Fist

dimm Administrator Команда форума

dimm Administrator Команда форума

-A- Well-Known Member

The I Всеми любимый троллератор

Быстрый поиск