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[EN250]

And to think the most difficult tasks of his career was menu screens on Jak X: Combat Racing ...
But later wanted to be moved to game design but was refused a position because he lacked experience.
Only to later be put on the game design team of Uncharted because they had to meet a deadline and it would give him the experience he wanted to further his career
He later due to his positive relationship with Amy Hennig requested to work alongside her to gain experience in writing on Uncharted 2.
Although he was put in charge of Game Design the majority of it was spent with Hennig
Showing promises he was put on another project to continue his experience with Bruce Straley, but this time be credited as Co-writer while production of Uncharted 3 began.
That project was The Last of Us.
What the lead creators at Naughty Dog didn't realise when naming the title was they where referring to themselves.
By Uncharted 4 Neil wasn't the young intern wanting to learn but the one going against Amy Hennig and later Bruce Straley.
And then finally being Studio President by elimination of other core members.
Truly a Gaming God.

not impressed

 

[xanaum]

yeah, used to be ND fan, not anymore since everyone left and cuckman take a lead, i was baited to buy TLOU2, but that my only mistake, not gonna buy anything from ND as long as he still around

dude seem more interesting in making movie than video game, just kick him out and see if he can stand on his own legs

The Last of Us Part 2 is a great game, gameplay is a 10/10, and the graphics are still impressive even today. I think the downside is mostly Neil Druckmann’s writing and the kinda cringe attempt to force moral reflections with Abby and Ellie.

Makes me wonder how the game would’ve turned out if Bruce Straley was still around to keep Druckmann in check and guide things like he did in the first one.

That said, it’s definitely worth experiencing despite the flaws, give it a shot!

 

[Sharius]

The Last of Us Part 2 is a great game, gameplay is a 10/10, and the graphics are still impressive even today. I think the downside is mostly Neil Druckmann’s writing and the kinda cringe attempt to force moral reflections with Abby and Ellie.

Makes me wonder how the game would’ve turned out if Bruce Straley was still around to keep Druckmann in check and guide things like he did in the first one.

That said, it’s definitely worth experiencing despite the flaws, give it a shot!

i did play it tho, and even platinumed it, but that said, this game didn't click for me like TLOU1, i don't care about the fate of any character in this game right after they killed off joel

 

[Trilobit]

I mean, Eris and Cronus were also gods.

 

[Black_Stride]

yeah, used to be ND fan, not anymore since everyone left and cuckman take a lead, i was baited to buy TLOU2, but that my only mistake, not gonna buy anything from ND as long as he still around

dude seem more interesting in making movie than video game, just kick him out and see if he can stand on his own legs

Except that TLoU 2 has some of the best gameplay of lastgen easy work.
For a third person adventure game its pretty damn deep.
Whether you play it aggressively or stealthily the gameplay is very rewarding.

The writing is something I try not to comment on too much because I actually liked it, because while the Joel death was shocking.....it was shocking in a good way.......I ended up really disliking Ellie and im sure thats by design.....not that I loved Abby, or that the story will go down in my list of greats, but the game as a whole is top tier.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Giving this a second thought, I concluded that she might be right, because only a god would make everybody in TLOU 2 forget about Ellie having the cure in her blood, the whole plot of the previous game. Even Abby, whose father died because of Ellie's blood, magically forgets about her or doesn't care anymore. That's peak memory wipe ala Men in Black. served by the almighty power of the script.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Tati comes across as genuine and humble. It's honestly a breath of fresh air from the complete woke nutters elsewhere in Hollywood who land one single blockbuster film and immediately start shitting on the audience and making shitty music videos twerking while calling everyone racist.

Tati might be indoctrinated by some woke views, but she doesn't seem like a far-left activist... yet at least.

I'm glad at that... I want to love her.

 

[Arachnid]

Lol, I say. Lmfao, I say.

There is only one video game god.

 

[CJ_75]

She is talking like she is one of the bro's.

 

[Tomeru]

He is a false God. Everyone knows there is only one true Lord of Videogames:

Oh please, he is just a glorified store manager.

 

[Eliciel]

With the official announcement of Intergalactic: The Heretic, Tati Gabrielle expressed her excitement on social media, mentioning Neil Druckmann as a video game god.



Source

Trust me kiddo, you'll make him and all of us proud. I am expecting 97% metascore.

 

[360fps]

I wonder if she ever finished a game in her life. Her looks tell me she haven't gone any further than Mario 1-1.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

He's certainly been at the helm for many great video games. God like though? Nah, I rarely replay ND games since they feel so narrative heavy it makes it difficult to replay them. I think Hidetaka Miyazaki is better placed for that kind of title personally.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Gaming God = Neil Druckman
Gaming Pope = Geoff Keighley
Gaming Jesus = Mark MacDonald

God of entertainment =Miyamoto.

God creator of all video games = Keiichiro toyama.

 

[GymWolf]

Nobody actress that no one gives 2 fucks about over-praise the dude who chose her for the protagonist role in an high budget videogame and probably the biggest role of her life.

 

[GymWolf]

So much for the whole "actress must be soooooooooo mad about how she looks in the game" claim

The deep lolz.

One single look at this chick and you could already tell she was pappa e ciccia with neil, her video about hair equity lowered my iq by 50 points

She probably suggested that retarded haircut to neil

People really thought she was mad? Lmao.

 

[Jigsaah]

Jesus Christ....she's giving me Forspoken vibes. What's with all the hyperbole and fawning.

She's not supposed be annoying outside the game too. You don't get both.

 

[Madserb2023]

What will be the excuse if the game isn't very good. God had an off day?

 

[Gonzito]

She clearly doesnt know about videogames

 

[Chuck Berry]

Wow, a young Hermen Hulst and the kid from Free Willy. Pretty awesome!

 

[LordOcidax]

She is securing his participation on Intergalactic 2 already.

 

[MacReady13]

uc4, tlou, tlou2.
If these games don't earn you a right to be smug about yourself, nothing does.
Great games

I'll give him The Last Of Us. Uncharted 4 AND TLOU2 were bloated messes. Both games were poor follow ups to classics in their respective franchises. Druckmann is, IMO, overrated.

 

[The Fartist]

She is securing his participation on Intergalactic 2 already.

Yep, doesn't want to get Arnold Palmered, for sure.

 

[GymWolf]

She's right

From her look i would say she is more of a leftie.

 

[rofif]

I'll give him The Last Of Us. Uncharted 4 AND TLOU2 were bloated messes. Both games were poor follow ups to classics in their respective franchises. Druckmann is, IMO, overrated.

nothing bloated about uc4. I replay it every year and it's better every time.
tlou2 is bloated a bit sure. I can see that

 

[nial]

Whether Neil Druckmann likes it or not and whether he's even aware of this; the prideful dude's on thin ice from Sony Japan. They are not happy with the amount of controversy that DEI/Wokeness that is permutating on their Western counterparts such as Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, and - most recently and unfortunately - Sucker Punch Studios with the Ghost of Yotei debacle that Endymion's video about it discussed it.

You need to go back to Earth if you genuinely believe that Sony Group gives a fuck about these useless grifters, why would they when these games are still selling great?

 

[EN250]

nothing bloated about uc4. I replay it every year and it's better every time.
tlou2 is bloated a bit sure. I can see that

It's a walking sim with sprinkles of shooting in some chapters, playing as 8 years old kid Drake in some old ass kitchen mansion wasn't thrilling or fun at all and the game has a whole gameplay portion that in-story canon doesn't even exist, it's a lie to Drake and the player to advance the story, one of the chepeast tricks in the book people always criticize that french hack for doing it in Heavy Rain, but somehow it's handwaved in U4 because reasons, if it wasn't because of the brand and the characters, no one would care about U4, except maybe for the multiplayer portion

 

[rofif]

It's a walking sim with sprinkles of shooting in some chapters, playing as 8 years old kid Drake in some old ass kitchen mansion wasn't thrilling or fun at all and the game has a whole gameplay portion that in-story canon doesn't even exist, it's a lie to Drake and the player to advance the story, one of the chepeast tricks in the book people always criticize that french hack for doing it in Heavy Rain, but somehow it's handwaved in U4 because reasons, if it wasn't because of the brand and the characters, no one would care about U4, except maybe for the multiplayer portion

you have yo be crazy ignorant to call uncharted 4 a walking sim. what the actual fuck.
it's a 15 hours long game and cutscenes are like 2-3 hours. All the rest is gameplay that is shooting, climbing and puzzles and I love all of those. The climbing is so fun to do.
You kill few hundred dudes in that game lol but it;s not a focus. Focus is on climbing and puzzles with levels exploration. It's great.
And thank god there is less shooting in 4, because it gets really repetitive in the trilogy. There are better things to do in games than shooting

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

 

[SirTerry-T]

Is he fuck.
I've been in dev for 25+ years, trust me, I'm far more Godlike than that c@nt...

 

[MacReady13]

nothing bloated about uc4. I replay it every year and it's better every time.
tlou2 is bloated a bit sure. I can see that

That's fair. I really felt Uncharted 4 dragged on for FAR too long. I even felt like that with Uncharted 3 but not to the extent I did with part 4.

 

[powder]

I wonder if she ever finished a game in her life. Her looks tell me she haven't gone any further than Mario 1-1.

She was born in 1996 and more than likely hasn’t even played anything that came out before then

 

[EDMIX]

her video about hair equity lowered my iq by 50 points

with how many pages that trailer thread got, maybe per point is more valid then people realize

She probably suggested that retarded haircut to neil

lol probably, but it breaks the narrative that anyone is forcing this on any actor or something

People really thought she was mad? Lmao.

lol they would have ran with a whole thing about "She is upset that they did this to her"

Now its

"How can ND let her be ok with this"

That is what I've seen. With Star Wars OL it was like, the actor must be upset (She never indicates that she is)

With Yotei its like, look at her beliefs

and with this game, you could tell some were trying to find some angle to see how this would play out. From it doesn't look like her (Literally 1.1) to is she unhappy about this (shows picture of her ACTUALLY bald and loving it) to just, we hate her

and its funny cause I literally made a statement years ago, what happens when the person chosen for the motion capture agrees with all of that and looks like the person in game?

Went from "We don't like artist changing the actor" to "we don't like the actor" . That is all that you'll see when the dust settles regarding this. I never even got the whole "They are making her ugly" as if no one in their opinion of ugly REALLY exist that could be that role with no changes what so ever lol

Thats like saying we have Steve Buscemi in a game and someone's like "OMG they made him UGLY" lol

like OMG, I saw him in other films and he did not look this way, clearly something fishy going on lol

 

[HJuggernaut]

Druckmann is a hack, TLOU2 proved it. The success he had with TLOU came from Amy Hening and another person handholding him and ditching his dumb ideas.