Agreed, all we ever saw of Scalebound was a mediocre CGI trailer. Heck, even Arkane Austin makes some sense after Redfall was a piece of shit. Tango makes no sense. Their last four games were all good to great
Opinion fits the username.
Hard Disagree. The founder wasn't even that involved in H-Fi Rush, or even The Evil Within 2, both which were excellent games. The game director of those, John Johanas, along with the devs who made those games were mostly all still there. I'm sure Microsoft had some justifications for getting rid of the studio, but the founder leaving was definitely not a death blow.
I was under the impression the core development team consisted of former veteran Capcom devs, engineers, level designers. etc. And the remaining staff were mainly art department and Zenimax support teams. Is this not the case?
It isn't. Many of those "core devs" were very hands off during Evil Within 2 and especially Hi Fi Rush to let the younger/less seasoned devs take control.
I'm not refuting that, but rather if that core staff was remaining at the time of their closure. I was under the impression the core dev staff had it's mass exodus after Ghostwire shipped. I know there was scuttlebutt around what Mikami might be doing after his departure because people were saying he essentially took his team with him.
Dont be cruel with Microsoft, they have a lot of expenses like thier Davos meeting and other important stuff.
I think you are right about that, but I never saw anywhere where the team all left when Mikami left, and again he hadn't been directing game development for Tango for at least 6 years. I just know that John Johanas is going to end up somewhere else making great games and Microsoft is going to end up with egg on their face again.
It's revenge for Mikami refusing to support the OG Xbox.
And there was nothing we could do. Phil Spencer was made and Tango Gameworks wasn't.
It's going to be the gaming version of the Bambino Curse.
Which Tango games have been "shit" ?
i was not talking about tango i was talking about the redfall devs.
Dominos in Japan is not the same as America. It’s a premium pizza outlet where you can get esoteric toppings and premium desserts.
I guess Sting wasn't available to make an appearance.
The way you sell it is hauntingly familiar... Where have I seen this kind of post before?
On the ledger.
Phal, short for Phallus Spencer
Ftfy
SIEJ restructured its game development division, MS closed the whole Zenimax Asia company. Sony can have a game like Astro Bot 3 years after the whole debacle, for MS that's something that will never come back (and it looks like they don't even care, anyway).
And even then I think Arkane Austin deserved another chance. Prey was excellent. Had they been able to make redfall the way they wanted instead of forcing them to make a GAAS, that game would not only have been to the quality that arkane austin is capable of but they would never have been shuttered. Absolutely MS fault.
