Games Thirst – Amazing Life
By now, you would’ve thought that the praises Uncharted 2 has been receiving would end. After all, it’s leading up to a year since the game was released. But not so; because in interview after interview, game developers from around the world continue to talk about the game in a positive light, and how Naughty Dog has set a clear path that others must follow.
The latest studio to give the game, and its developer praise was Crystal Dynamics, the folks developing the online only title: Tomb Raider And The Guardian Of Light for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and later a full game titled Tomb Raider Legend.
When asked by Eurogamer, how does Uncharted make brand director Karl Stewart feel, he said:
“Awesome. Uncharted is a phenomenal game. Full credit to the development team for the time and energy they put into it. As with any game, irrespective of Uncharted 2, we’re blown away and we’re delighted with the fact that the bar is continually raised and we break new barriers in storytelling, physics and graphical fidelity. It’s a credit.
He continued, stating that not only Crystal Dynamics, but all devs should look at Uncharted 2 closely, and learn from it.
“It’s not just Crystal Dynamics who have to look at that and think, we now know where we have to go. Every developer irrespective of what game they’re building now has to look at the competition out there and realise in order to have somebody put down their hard-earned cash, you have to continually deliver something new and exciting and worth that $60.”
He added: “We had already made the decision that we needed to revisit Tomb Raider in a different light after the trilogy finished. As time goes on we’ll start to talk about that in more detail. It’s not for now. Needless to say, we work in videogame development, and we, like every single developer, analyse and pull apart every single game.
Uncharted, of course, was a game that broke new ground. We will continue to look at that level of detail and that quality of game, irrespective of whether it’s Uncharted or a game that’s due to come out in six months. It won a number of tremendous awards and it broke new ground. Everybody, not just Crystal, would have to stand up and take note.
Get more through the Eurogamer link up top.
