LucasArts Run by "Psychopaths"
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This doesn't make any sense?
Destroy the chances for creating a garenteed sell with large critical reception to make The Force Unleashed instead?
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Oh wait, somehow that piece of trash sold extremely well...
Why did that piece of @#%^ sell well?
Destroy the chances for creating a garenteed sell with large critical reception to make The Force Unleashed instead?
...
Oh wait, somehow that piece of trash sold extremely well...
Why did that piece of @#%^ sell well?
Last Star Wars game I played was Jedi Knight 3. I was waiting for a fourth, but it doesn't look likely anymore.
Well, who's up for a full-scale indie revolution?
Well, who's up for a full-scale indie revolution?
The actual eurogamer article, was probably one of the best articles I have ever read, gaming related or not. It was heart rending and tragic to see what happened to Free Radical and honestly, it makes me loose a lot of respect that I once had for the gaming industry. To be brutally honest, I don't believe that an industry exists in this world that is more corrupt and soul destroying than the gaming industry. People like Valve, Mojang, Bethesda are falling by the wayside and I don't think it will be long until indie development is the only route for anyone who wants to do what they want. Farewell Free Radical, you will be weeped for.
Mmmmmmm, something fishy in that story. A developer and publisher need to work together as a team toward a common goal, or it will never be successful. The dev here (Free Radical) seems to be telling only their side of the story. If the publisher truly believed that the game was costing too much to develop, then I'm sure they told the dev about their concerns - if the dev decided to throw the contract back in their faces instead of actually trying to work with them to address the problem......then I'm not surprised the publisher lawyered up and screwed them right back.
When the client says "this costs too much and we're going to lose money/never finish", the response isn't to say "we have a contract and we're meeting our milestones, so piss off", the appropriate response is to work out with the client a path forward that both can agree on.
When the client says "this costs too much and we're going to lose money/never finish", the response isn't to say "we have a contract and we're meeting our milestones, so piss off", the appropriate response is to work out with the client a path forward that both can agree on.
I've heard about LucasArts legal paranoia for years now.
Knew some beta-testers and journalists who went to Lucas Ranch, and they said it was run like an elaborate corporate prison complex. They either security or a lawyer with them at all times watching them like a hawk. Everything was methodical and scheduled to the minute, including the questions they were allowed to ask, or the terms in the contract they were allowed to negotiate.
It's a legal minefield run with ruthless efficiency.
Honestly, as depressing and horrifying as this article sounds, it fits in exactly with what I'd heard about LucasArts before.
TOR came about because they were dealing with other giants who were as money-obsessed as they were (EA), but based on how that transaction worked out, I think even EA fears LucasArts to some degree.
Knew some beta-testers and journalists who went to Lucas Ranch, and they said it was run like an elaborate corporate prison complex. They either security or a lawyer with them at all times watching them like a hawk. Everything was methodical and scheduled to the minute, including the questions they were allowed to ask, or the terms in the contract they were allowed to negotiate.
It's a legal minefield run with ruthless efficiency.
Honestly, as depressing and horrifying as this article sounds, it fits in exactly with what I'd heard about LucasArts before.
TOR came about because they were dealing with other giants who were as money-obsessed as they were (EA), but based on how that transaction worked out, I think even EA fears LucasArts to some degree.
We're surprised because we remember when they had games like Full Throttle, Day of the Tenacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road and a dozen different games that weren't Starwars extended universe shit then suddenly we blinked and now there's nothing but Star Wars extended Universe shit on their site.Imbechile said:
Perhaps its because people would rather assume it would have been something more like LucasArts unable to retain good developers, and was loosing them to stronger publishers with promises of bigger budgets to such likes of EA and Activision. Or loosing your star developers who wished to leave to make their own developer studios, rather then being micro managed by the overlords, you know, the typical stuff that happens every week now...Imbechile said:
I don't think anybody actually honestly expected that LucasArts went into self destruct mode jumping on landmines wanting to just not shoot themselves in the foot, but blow them off completely.