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The Last of Us Part 2 Co-Writer Says Naughty Dog Are “Wizards”

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According to The Last of Us Part 2 co-writer Halley Gross, Naughty Dog is continuing to show its magical touch. Speaking recently in an interview with the Official PlayStation Magazine in their December 2019 issue (Issue 168), Gross talked about the work that Naughty Dog is going to "make the most complex, nuanced character in a video game", before calling them "wizards."

"This is the longest job I've ever had in my life," she said. "Every day I'm working, I get the opportunity to work with designers, and animators, and sound guys and character artists, and we're all working toward a vision about how do you make the most complex, nuanced character in a video game?

"Everybody's putting their particular smarts toward that, and you get to just watch these incredibly brilliant people and go, 'How the **** does your brain work?' Wizards. They're wizards."

 

[brap]

I believe it

Urban Dictionary: Wizard

Wizard: A 30+ [year] [old] [virgin].

www.urbandictionary.com

 

[Paulistano]

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[mcjmetroid]

Someone employed by Naughty Dog says Naughty Dog are really good.

Is this the Twilight Zone?

 

[cormack12]

"Everybody's putting their particular smarts toward that, and you get to just watch these incredibly brilliant people and go, 'How the **** does your brain work?' Wizards. They're wizards."

This is fine in the context of an interview, paying homage to the technical proficiency of the studio and your peers/colleagues.

'...and we're all working toward a vision about how do you make the most complex, nuanced character in a video game?'

This is just self-fellatio and one of the small number of reasons why people are eye rolling more at the more narcisstic traits that come out the studio. The more pertinent question should be 'how do you achieve that without heavy handed melodrama or maudlin overtures', and 'how do you do that without reducing player agency or making your games heavily dependent on non gameplay exposition'. And it can be done, this is not snobbery - RDR2 imo (though I'm not a huge fan), raised the bar for both these elements, which is surprising when compared to GTA V.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

"I work at X and X are good". News at 11.

Look I know everybody is excited for TLOU2. But this is stupid, we don't need a thread every other day. Something positive was said about Xbox the other day and Sony Gaf shit itself.

The game looks great. ND are awesome devs. Water is wet.

 

[Deleted member 738976]

With that Uncharted 4 expansion and how Last of Us 2 seems to be I'd imagine they are full of "White Knights" also.

"More diversity, homosexuality, and female empowerment for our next game m'lady?"

"God I wish that were me..."

 

[DForce]

"I work at X and X are good". News at 11.

Look I know everybody is excited for TLOU2. But this is stupid, we don't need a thread every other day. Something positive was said about Xbox the other day and Sony Gaf shit itself.

The game looks great. ND are awesome devs. Water is wet.

I don't know why XboxGAF think they're special when it comes to people coming into their threads and shitting on it. XboxGAF does it all the time, too.

The OP makes post similar to Xbox.

Aaron Greenberg ‘Pleasantly Surprised’ by How Much Innovation & Content Is Coming from the New Studios.

https://wccftech.com/greenberg-pleasantly-surprised-by-how-much-innovation-content-is-coming-from-the-new-studios/ In an interview with Xbox: The Official Magazine (November 2019, issue 182), Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg (General Manager of Games Marketing at Xbox) highlighted the strong...

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[DForce]

Whatever they're doing, it really shows.


Animations, attention to detail that was shown in TLOU is ahead of many other developers out there.

 

[Pallas]

Thank you for reminding us, ND.

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

Man people in this thread couldn't be bothered to google her? shes a screen writer who wrote some episodes of West world not a ND employee.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

What does this mean?

 

[Screamer-RSA]

 

[Deleted member 738976]

What does this mean?

That graphics have come a long way.

 

[GymWolf]

If they are complex and nuanced like nate brother or the villains in unchy4 i can't wait to skip all the cutscene with them

 

[Psykodad]

This is just self-fellatio and one of the small number of reasons why people are eye rolling more at the more narcisstic traits that come out the studio. The more pertinent question should be 'how do you achieve that without heavy handed melodrama or maudlin overtures', and 'how do you do that without reducing player agency or making your games heavily dependent on non gameplay exposition'. And it can be done, this is not snobbery - RDR2 imo (though I'm not a huge fan), raised the bar for both these elements, which is surprising when compared to GTA V.

What is narcistic about setting that as a goal?

 

[HeresJohnny]

Problem is, when Hennig was with them they were sorcerers.

 

[daninthemix]

Do we really need more Sony fellatio?

 

[DForce]

Man people in this thread couldn't be bothered to google her? shes a screen writer who wrote some episodes of West world not a ND employee.

People are looking for reasons to complain.

I believe this is the first game she has worked on and brought in as a writer for TLOU Part II. She is no doubt going to be impressed.

 

[ph33rknot]

When they make a game with better than average gameplay call me

 

[Hobbygaming]

With Uncharteds 2, 3, 4, Lost Legacy, TLOU and TLOU Part 2, I'd have to agree

 

[Justin9mm]

With Uncharteds 2, 3, 4, Lost Legacy, TLOU and TLOU Part 2, I'd have to agree

But fuck Uncharted 1, that can go suck a dick! Am I right? lol

 

[Starlight Lotice]

Someone employed by Naughty Dog says Naughty Dog are really good.

Is this the Twilight Zone?

brap said it right, it is the Virgin Zone.

**Except those who get Sexually Harrassed by the other Staff members.

 

[Hobbygaming]

But fuck Uncharted 1, that can go suck a dick! Am I right? lol

Lol yep I left out Crash Bandicoot though

 

[lame gag1990]

Naughty Dog's games are great visually but my god, they're so boring to play.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Naughty Dog's games are great visually but my god, they're so boring to play.

I always feel like I'm in some alternative universe when I read stuff like this on here

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

I believe it

Urban Dictionary: Wizard

Wizard: A 30+ [year] [old] [virgin].

www.urbandictionary.com

So this was the post that propelled you to earn your 17,000th reaction score

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

I always feel like I'm in some alternative universe when I read stuff like this on here

You wanna know how I got these shitposting scars?

They're the reason why I do what I do everyday.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

I believe it

Urban Dictionary: Wizard

Wizard: A 30+ [year] [old] [virgin].

www.urbandictionary.com

You have to be dedicated to attain that level of achievement!

 

[Hayabusabruh]

Someone employed by Naughty Dog says Naughty Dog are really good.

Is this the Twilight Zone?

M. Night Shalamalamuh

 

[USMC43]

Yeah, they're such wizards, they can't even hit a targeted release date.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Now if they could only add an element of choice to their games they'd really be wizards, maybe on ps5.

 

[Jtibh]

Pffff after todays delay this game has me as excited as another 4 years of justin turdodo.

Both can go fuck em selfs

 

[Handel]

If by wizards they mean mid-tier TV directors then sure. They don't do anything special with the medium of gaming narratively.

 

[Cleared_Hot]

Sounds wonderful. I would be more excited if they said this about GAMEplay.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

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