NanoCleric
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
DARKSTAR ARMY
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Posted - 2014.06.30 16:58:00 -
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Cross Atu wrote:
Which brings me to platform integration. I play on both console and PC, I've enjoyed both experience and firmly believe in the idea of Legion coming to both PC and PS4. While I acknowledge that this is a long term goal as Legion is not even in beta state yet, I do not believe it is too early to keep a dual platform approach in mind even as CCPs choice of PC focused development moves forward.
In short, I hope to foster development choices that are not only good for the game, but support an expanded community on both the PS4 and PC in the coming days of Legion.
I must say i like the posts you've put up thus far.. As i've already said about Judge and Jackal, you come across as more mature and professional, and you seem to also be leaving ego at the gateway... Very pleased to see this.
The reason i've included your quote above about the cross platform integration, i strongly disagree. Let me elaborate.
Firstly so you understand where i'm coming from.. I've been a games programmer on AAA games for many many years now. So i understand a lot about what it takes to make games cross platform, and in absolute honesty.. even with my experience i wouldn't want to do something like this without even more experienced coders than myself...
So to my point..
CCP made dust 514 and failed to deliver on a 'ridiculous' amount of features. CCP are great at standing on a pedestal which was errected back when Eve came about and seem to think they are still masters of innovation. The simple truth is CCP themselves need to step down from that pedestal and stop being so egotistical.. They have proved at best to be somewhere between Amateur and Professional at what they have achieved with Dust 514. Whether the reasons being bad management, bad communication, not enough experience, taxed resources... i can't honestly say, but something has been 'very' wrong. That's obvious.
This means that i have 'no faith' in them as a company being able to handle creating a great and quality game which spans different platforms. I'm not saying it can't be done... but the way they have presented themselves for the last several years in Eve and in Dust.. they need to focus.. and then need to get 1 thing right before advancing.
To this end, i maintain that CCP should fully focus on making Legion PC specific with the 'potential' in the future to then port to other consoles 'if' Legion has the features it should have, and is of a high enough quality. The more they focus on cross platform, the more quality will be lost from the game and the more missed features.
So i hope you can understand this external perspective from a games developer who 'really really really' wants CCP to get Legion right. The games have such potential.. i want CCP to deliver on it, rather than promise us gold but leave us with brass.. yet again..
but aaaannnyyywway... despite my disagreement with this issue... i think you are a very good candidate for going ahead, i wish you the best of luck.
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NanoCleric
the unholy legion of darkstar
DARKSTAR ARMY
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Posted - 2014.07.04 06:53:00 -
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Hi again Cross,
Yes i'm glad you acknowledge that it's important for Legion being a stable and complete build before going onwards with ensuring we have it onthe PS4 too. My worry is not just the technical implications but the simple ability of CCP. I'm all too familiar with seeing CCP as developers fall short.. and that happens most often when their focus is divided. To this end i believe they should have a primary focus on one platform (not to say they shouldn't design with PS4 in mind for future too). I just feel if they are pushed for the PS4, we'll end up with a far less quality build than we would otherwise letting them do one before the other. So i 'really' don't want them to be pushed on that. :)
As for supporting the Playstation users.. definately without a doubt support should be ongoing for Dust514, and personally what i would hope to see is a 'finished game', it still to this day feels like a beta for me. There are far too many mechanics which were never refined.. it feels like they were rushed in and left in an unfinished state. Rather than other people suggesting new features, models, etc.. etc.. i just hope they will actually finish the game and make it more polished.. Though i also recognise the amount they can change will be limited if there is a complication with releasing more client buiilds. If nothing else.. i would support the concept of taking Dust514 onto PS4 in the meantime too.. pre-stable-legion-pc-build.. To keep the support going for the playstation users.
Aside from my points, you were already on my list for votes, but your past few posts have cemented that descision. Wish you all the best in your campaign and you can count on a vote from me. |