D.I.C.E. Summit 2010 and AIAS Awards
Richard Lemarchand, Co-Lead Game Designer on UNCHARTED 2, and I just arrived in Las Vegas several hours ago, where both of us will attend our first D.I.C.E. Summit.
The easiest way to explain the D.I.C.E. Summit is that it’s kind of like a mini-GDC focusing on the business of making games, but really a bit more on a high level. It’s notable industry figures giving us their perceptions and big picture about making and selling games right now. And there’s no shortage of notables—just in our first session today you could spot key folks from Epic, Portalarium, Valve, Silicon Knights, Insomniac, Ubisoft, EA, Activision, and on and on and on. Not to mention we’re all essentially trapped in the same hotel the conference is at, so it’s a great time to meet new people, see old friends, catch up and share ideas, in a quieter, more subdued environment than other industry events.
I really enjoyed one of the opening sessions today, “Hot Topics,” during which Adam Sessler moderated a series of three mini debates on different topics between two notable industry people—one on casual games, one on narrative (and narrative innovation) in games, and one on being an independent studio in this industry. I can’t really pinpoint what it was exactly, but not only was the session entertaining, but it felt inspiring as well. Hopefully you’ll be able to catch some of it online at some point soon.
Just looking over the schedule for the next two days promises a conference full of sessions that will likely prove just as interesting and inspiring.
If you look carefully, you’ll notice one Richard Lemarchand, whom I mentioned at the beginning of this post, as the first speaker of the conference proper with his interestingly titled presentation ”Uncharted 2: Among Thieves—How To Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants Without Crapping Them.” I told Richard that he’s going to set the pace for the rest of the summit. Good luck Richard!
Tomorrow, a bunch of other Dogs will be joining us to attend the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. This is a huge deal for us, as UNCHARTED 2 received an awesome 15 nominations from our peers in the interactive entertainment industry. It means a lot to us to see our peers, all of whom we respect and have respect for their work, recognize our achievement with UNCHARTED 2 in this way. We’ll all have our fingers crossed we pick up some wins during the ceremony on Thursday night. Wish us luck!
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Anyone notice that the helghast eyes glow more ? and sevs gadgets bring out some life !!!
ND’s level of detail IS amazing, but you also have to give kudos to Guerrilla Games seeing how it’s their character concepts.
@arne, GL ND! Hope you guys win at most 14 nominations! probably wont win that “Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play” *cough 1.05*
gotta say - new maps for multiplayer are a major disappointment! Clearly not designed for survival mode - there is nowhere to hide or climb to higher ground like all the other maps. Thumbs down
And for the people complaining about the update just get used to it, if your good at the game you should enjoy it since its easier to kill.
Please try to keep your comments on topic. If you’re having trouble leaving comments on the quite full Title Update 1.05 post, you can head over to the PlayStation.com forums and leave your thoughts there. We read and respond there as well:
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board?board.id=uncharteddf
That’s funny ARNE...i just went through all 45 pages of the link you sent about the 1.05 update and those who hated it to see what you “responded” with...and i did not see A SINGLE response from you...in 45 pages??!! maybe you read them...but you definitely don’t respond to them
Arne is a busy beaver man, calm down
I actually responded in several threads within those boards, but there are multiple threads. Sorry, I do my best but I can’t keep up with them all. You can find my posts here: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/tracker?user.id=1319198
thanks for the list here
Maybe if someone would reply or respond to to comment about the update the ppl wouldn’t have to. You guys could at least acknowledge that you are looking into everyones concerns, I mean that would be the professional thing to do.
I have a reply on the second page of the Title Update 1.05 post (and there’s a comment now on the blog post itself, prior to your comment being posted) from me discussing that we’re giving the adjustments we made some time to breathe first.
Ok cool, that’s all we ask.
I like the update.
Still no reply for bringing back old System?
THE ONLY THING THAT IS Positive ITS that theres more medals AND Helghast eyes glowing im serious.
Could you just make a new poll because your gonna lose alots of ppl including me . Do u guyz atleast read comments and have readed the petition
See my reply above—please move over to the PlayStation.com forums if you’re having any issues with the comments. We’ve responded there and will continue to read and respond.
he has not responded there so don’t bother going there bro...its 46 pages of posts on the “post here if you don’t like 1.05” thread...and not a single one from arne...so don’t waste your time as i did searching for a response...it is nowhere to be found amongst the 1000+ comments (both on ND and PS forums together)
See again my post above, I’ve linked to where I’ve been able to respond to some of the threads and I have several responses to the first page of comments on that post as well. We’re working on making it easier to spot when a Dog replies on the ND.com blog as well. I’m sure that’s not helping.
ND everyone will only comment to cry about the update. Dont listen to them they cant play since they suck so they complain about dieing to fast LOL
That’s kinda funny cause I’m complaining about how good I’m doing in the game, reason being is because it takes no skill anymore to get kills. No sense of satisfaction whatsoever. So next time you actually try to speak for everybody that hates the patch, actually say something smart, cause your not looking like the brightest crayon in the box. Owned.
ur a fagot and ND is doin there best you freakin chonch PWNDED
i know right i lovw this update
and hey ND you WILL win all 15 nominations cause this game is BEAST
and it got GOTY
We suck? well i guess you are 1 of these people that like to camp with a fal in the fort . we die too fast? rofl did i said that i died too fast? no. its just too boring i had 14-3 in fort and I WASNT EVEN TRYING TO play i was trying to glitch looooool XD then when i see some 1 i just kill him
The fal sucks, you could have at least said the sniper. Anyways ND thanks for the update , always cool to know whats going on in ND. Some game companies keep things secret.
Arne, I read about the forums and im heading there after but I just want to ask one thing, You guys are reading all the comments about 1.05 right? And I liked this blog love this site.
We do, between myself and others at the studio, we get around to reading just about everything in blog comments and in the forums.
please! someone listen to me! i really wanna see co-op arena last more than ten rounds! its too short!!! i know u guys work really hard at this stuff but i just want someone to respond to my thoughts.
your fan, patjeff
Good Luck at the Awards.
Hope you guys win all 15.
LOL
I LOVE UNCHARTED
its my favorite game EVER, SERIOUSLY
nithing else compares to it…
i like the update too, if your good then you’d last. and about all this grenade lagging…
sometimes it benefits you too, so just live with.
I know right this update is awesome and for all you haters out there i do not camp i get a M4 and go around pwning and because of this update im alor better and i level up faster FINALLY level 50 and i am pretty good
Good luck and have fun! You deserve it!
Are you guys going to be giving updates while at the event? Like who gets the awards and all the other events happening?.
the update 1.05 is cool the only thing i didnt liked is the one shot kills lol please FIX THAT!
lol, its funny how right ownageLsu is, Arne you do a great job of normally responding to comments, but when the heat has been turned on, as the 500+ comments on title 1.05, no repley’s, and talk about the playstation form, haven’t seen any action there either.....
There’s only so many times we can respond and let you know that we’re reading your feedback, but we’d like the dust to settle in both the debate and in our players adjusting to the changes first.
So we’re not going to see any changes to 1.05 anytime soon then? Well that sucks, I was really looking forward to playing U2 this weekend too.
Thank you Arne, for atleast replying and giving an answer much appreciated. While i am still upset about the changes, and refuse to play, or pay for anything now. Uncharted 2 was the greatest game, and gave PS3 made bragging rights, hope you guys keep winning stuff.
Arne, it’s really hard to stay on topic when 1.05 is on everyone’s mind. All we’re asking for more additions to the multi-player experience (e.g.- a rewind button for the cinema) and less extreme IN-game changes. I don’t even care about the less health anymore but the weapons definitely need to be rebalanced, it doesn’t make sense that the weapons you spawn with are the strongest ones. At least make an on/off toggle option for Auto-Shoulder before the the weekend.
http://www.petitiononline.com/U2update/
^Sign IT!!!!
Congrats ND, and good luck at the Interactive Achievement Awards.
OMG, would everyone just stop complaining. And everyone threatening to leave, please just leave already. Nobody cares if you do. For everyone of you spoiled little brats leaving another 10 decent players would take your place. In the meantime the rest of us is going to enjoy the game, changed or not.
Almost 3 million copies sold. Well done ND! Hope you guys clean up at the awards!
good luck naughty dog and thank you for making a brill game as I can’t stop playing it lol. also this is to the people who don’t like the new update DEAL WITH IT AND STOP YOUR COMPLAINING
Good luck! :3
Good luck!
Offtopic: i enjoyd the new update but things need to be fixed, like the aiming (im sure its a bug and nothing else, why would it be their intention?).
I hope for much explaining, comments before DLC next week, if not the same day.
Hope for crossbow and mp40 weapons in the new maps!
Thank you<3
with what you have done, you can sow your self full of pride
! have fun and show them how much power the ps3 have if you do it right!!!
Arne-
I seen lots of people complaining about Title Update 1.05 from the health standpoint....and while I don’t really like it eaither, I can probably learn to deal with it.
However, I’m not seeing alot of mention about glitches that are still happening after 1.05. Last night I played 5 games, and had glitchers in 3 of them. It’s very, very frustrating to be dealing with the new health and also have people shooting at me from under the board and behind walls. Last night the problems happened in the Fort and Temple.
So my biggest concern right now is ND addressing the glitches. If you aren’t aware of what the are, put out something where people could report them so that they could be dealt with.
There has to be a way to fix the maps so it doesn’t happen. And if the maps can’t be fixed, maybe there is a way to add a new trophy called “CHEATER”....If somebody gets a certain number of kills while glitching, they would get the cheater trophy....which would give them a negative $100,000K and take 10 ranking points away....
I’m struggling a bit with the new health...and it’s kinda frustrating not being able to really defend yourself anymore. I used to be active on maps....running around and looking for confrontations....but that stragegy isn’t so great on most maps now. You’ve basically gotta stay in cover, camp and hide most of the time. Not nearly as fun but I guess it’s a matter of opinion.
All in all, I do appreciate support ND is providing. I look forward to more maps, weapons, skins, playlists, etc.
However, the thing that will really drive me away from the game are the glitchers. They really frustrate me and I will continue to leave games I see it happening in....and I don’t care about penalties. And it’s a shame I need to incur penalties myself if I’m leaving a game because of a glitcher.
Please keep up the good work, evaluating what’s going on, and keeping the game FAIR and FRESH.
In terms of ‘allowing the dust to settle’, I honestly can’t see it being any different to how it is now. There’s so much anger and disappointment in the new update, it quite simply won’t just disappear over a couple of weeks. And if it does disappear, it’s only because people would have got tired of bashing their head against a brick wall and have decided to leave altogether.
I’m sorry, Arne. I don’t mean to sound harsh, and I do still love Naughty Dog as a company. I just can’t help but feel extremely disappointed about this change. I’ve given it a number of tries, but it’s just not for me anymore – it’s not fun.
And before anyone says ‘it’s because you suck’, believe me, I don’t. In fact, I was doing just as good, if not better after the new update in terms of KDR. But it’s simply no longer a fun, all action, exciting experience for me anymore.
yo jaylowe, you need to get a girl buds, and stop spending so much time bitching about a video game!! Hey ND love Uncharted 2, even though i only play sport games, great grahpics!!!
I don’t have ‘a girl’, but I do have a fiancee, “buds”.
What I’d like to know is what on earth has that got to do with me not liking the new update? And one post, which took all of about forty-five seconds to type, is “spending so much time”? It’s not my problem that you’re quite clearly an immature moron who doesn’t understand the concept of an opinion.
billz got owned. gl and have fun ND at the summit.
Good Luck N.D
Ill cross my fingers for you but i think itll be useless, you dont need luck for winning. Excellent game its a piece if art.
After saying that i have a question.
Arne, please respond to this, or tell me if you has already responded to this in os forums or anywhere else.
Why did you change the SHOULDER SWITCH, its no even mentioned in the update, and are you reconsidering change it like it was before?? its my only comlaining.
THANKS
pd:sorry my english im chilean
Good Luck ND!!!
Must be fun to still be riding the wave of success! IMHO everything you’ve done to date for us fans has been fair, and I can certainly see the thought you all put into it.
Thanks for keeping U2AT MAD FUN!!!
Naughty Dog just a few thoughts I’d like to share with you.
In my time playing U2 MP i’ve seen my fare share of totally unevenly matched game so I suggest to combat this why don’t you do a set-up like the following
Levels 1-10 get matched against each other
Levels 11-20 get matched against each other
Levels 21-30 get matched against each other
Levels 31-40 get matched against each other and
Levels 41-60 get matched against each other .
I’ve seen a couple of games do this the two that done this very well (Metal Gear Solid 4 and Halo3)
This helped me starting games for the first time so im not getting mauled but also kept it competitive the better I got.
And maybe a system were party’s would get matched against other party’s more often as your aware party’s have a major advantage over a randomly matched team keyword “Communication”.
Also it would be very convenient if you were some how able to incorporate your website into the multi-player menu.
Just so I along with others wouldn’t have to quit out of the game to view your website (Which im regularly on).
Hope this got you thinking and hope you win some rewards (As if you won’t).
Congrats ND!
Sorry I also had a gametype that I forgot to mention.
It’s sort of a free for all/Team game.
Picture this everyone starts away from each other and a all silver AK-47, M4 or a FAL spawns randomly somewhere at this point everyone is against each other and can kill each other but your kills dont count(AT ALL NOT EVEN TOWARDS YOUR TOTAL KILL COUNT) and you get no cash(To prevent people hoe-ing cash or kills)
The only way to get kills or money is to pick up the silver gun at that moment everyone else becomes a team (And CAN’T kill each other) and have to kill the silver gun carrier.
While they they to do that the silver gun carrier has to rack up as many kills as he can until he dies or ammo runs out.
If he dies the gun simply falls to the ground and everyone scrambles to recover it but if it runs out of ammo it spawns randomly again. At either moment it turns back into a free for all to see who can get the silver gun.
Whats so important about the silver gun I hear you ask.
Well the score limit is 25 or whatever and each kill with the silver gun brings you closer to that limit.
Power weapons I think wouldn’t be fair for this game type (Shotguns, pistole, Grenade Launcher, and RPG)
Hope you like my idea.
With Naughty Dog up for more awards, I remember IGN review of the pre v1.05 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Review http://ps3.ign.com/articles/102/1026373p4.html just a couple of quick quotes for those who do not want to read the whole thing.
“To say that the multiplayer is fun would be a massive understatement. For my money, this is one of the best multiplayer experiences that you’ll find in any game around....”
“There’s a lot to the strategy for every mode of multiplayer offered in Uncharted 2, but I don’t really need to delve into any of that because it all plays exactly like the single-player game, which is fantastic news.
For a game that relies so much on environmental traversal to be able to offer the same exact mechanics while playing online, Naughty Dog has really tied everything together brilliantly. “
“If you like to get up high and drop down on your opponents in the single-player game, you can do that online. If you like to stealthily flank guys online and take them out silently, you can do that in the single-player game. The multiplayer is both a massive and natural extension of the single-player experience, and the fact that Naughty Dog was able to pull it off so seamlessly is applause-worthy.”
I just have to sit back and wonder what the IGN’s review of the multiplayer would look like now with v1.05....
I am sorry Naughty Dog, I guess that I don’t have to say any more IGN’s review said it all.....
Correct Link: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/102/1026373p4.html
Youre waiting for the dust to settle?? if u wat u mean by that is, ur waiting for people to give up on this game and sell it then yes it is goin to settle. Doesnt matter if a few days have past or a month. The multiplayer is still gonna b boring. I dont play anymore, instead i am constantly checking the blog for any hope in change. I was a level 54 i had bought the skins. this game was my favorite of all time. Now I just get pissed when i think about it. Its too easy to win now. i get 25 and 2 with no sense of accomplishment, b4 if i got that it was because i was on the zone. There is just no satisfaction. IT DOESNT OWN, ITS NOT COMPETETIVE ITS NOT REWARDING.
the online is great forget my other comments its great i finally got to a level 50 because of this awesome update
dear ARNE,
The thing that is really PISSING PEOPLE OFF(including myself) is that WE NEVER ASKED FOR YOU GUYS TO CHANGE THE HEALTH AND WEAPON DAMAGE. We always thought it was perfect. It was all balanced and fair which made it fun because it actually REQUIRED SKILL. now its not fun, cover is irellivent, and everyone camps now.. theres no skill required. the auto shoulder switch gets people killed a lot because it doesnt aim where they think its going to aim…
I know u guys are in a lot of stress BUT COME ON. change it back to the way it was BEFORE THE DLC comes out...We arnt going to buy the DLC if the game is still like this before then… WE NEVER ASKED FOR THIS… it was you guys. so dont say WERE GANA WAIT FOR THE DUST TO SETTLE. because u made this problem. and were not going to adjust...ive played about 15 games so far with this update and i cant...no one on my PSN can adjust.. they all quit and play other games now until u change this… All ur hardcore UC2 players simply arnt playing anymore...FIX THIS NOW!!!!! not later NOWWW!!!
Arne-
I’ve got a solution....ND should do another survey on the home page.
Put up a poll and let us vote on the new update.
Have the choices be:
A) Love everything about the update
B) Like the medals but don’t like the health adjustments that were made
C) Don’t like anything about Title Update 1.05
I’d love to see the results of a poll like this. If it turned out more than 50% pick A, then I think we’d all need to keep our mouths shut about the update and move on.
But if the majority picks B & C, then you know there is a problem with the health that should be addressed. Then ND could consider changing or at least maybe making the reduced health a new playlist that people could play if they wanted to.
Seems like it would be a very democratic solution....
For the record, my vote would be B. I like the medals...but didn’t like the health adjustments.
well ye i agreed i alway ask them to make a new poll but no reply so i guess they wont make a new poll
OHHH and NAUGHTYDOG??? u expect us to vote for u in the BAFFTAS(british awards or wtver) and this other thing after u just did this to ur loyal/hardcore UC2 players??? honestly wuts wrong with you… WHEN DID WE EVER * ASK THAT WE WANTED A HEATH CHANGE!??!?!?! WEN??? NEVER
Arne I was reading though the credits (Because of the music sweet tunes)
And a bit down there was a Special Thanks to
Insomniac,
Guerrilla Games,
Sucker Punch and the one that got me asking the most
Bungie?
(There were others but cant recall who they were).
May I just ask how were these other developers involved in U2
Please reply if you can thanks.
People, please stop complaining
I’ve read the same arguments over and over again
I played the game in both modes (with health and less health) and seriously the only thing that changes is that your kill ratio increases...what I mean is, the fun factor is still there!! so c’mon it’s not like it’s another CoD or the world is ending or anything so just go with it.
Dear naughty dog,
Today, my ps3 froze right before the game started (online) So i turned off my ps3. Can you please not give me the rank deduction and the penalty? Please? Thanks
Jonanaman
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