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It might also be an open world game:
Criterion said:
It might also be an open world game:
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Criterion (Burnout, Battlefront) is working on a new IP, seems to be a melee combat action adventure
- Thread starter Nirolak
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Stop. Criterion today has 0 staff from Burnout era.
All are gone after NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, more or less.
Criterion was rebuilt and relocated by EA. Criterion is just a name for pedigree. Like Bioware everywhere nowadays. Ea loves stappling glorious studio name all over the place as a make believe.
All are gone after NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, more or less.
Criterion was rebuilt and relocated by EA. Criterion is just a name for pedigree. Like Bioware everywhere nowadays. Ea loves stappling glorious studio name all over the place as a make believe.
''New Criterion ip''
Oh awesome!
''melee combat action adventure''
What the fuck? Ok then, that is pretty intriguing.
Oh awesome!
''melee combat action adventure''
What the fuck? Ok then, that is pretty intriguing.
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They're actually larger than they've ever been before. They were at 80 before shrinking down to around 17, and are now up to 90+.
Could be anything from a fighting game to Assassin's Creed EA basically (that cancelled Star Wars game perhaps in another shape?). We'll see how it goes.
But is it a multiplayer focused game?
The answer might stop me from getting interested in the game.
The answer might stop me from getting interested in the game.
I didn't know all the Burnout-era staff had left the company.
It's a pity because Criterion made the best contribution to Star Wars Battlefront 2. What I played of Starfighter Assault made me crave a new Rogue Squadron game.
They actually helped with Star Wars Battlefront II. I think they handled the vehicle gameplay and arcade mode, but I may be a little off on the specifics.
Im not sure it's accurate to say 0 staff from the Burnout era. There may still be a few. I know there were a couple years ago.
Good to know, thanks.
Me neither.
Shame we never got that F-Zero from them when they were an incredible racing studio.
Obviously their speciality is racing games, but they have given us Black as well, so I'm at least intrigued by them trying out something new.
Let's go.
Let's go.
I guess this makes sense. Haven't seen anything come out good from them since then. Most wanted was the closest decent release they had since Hot Pursuit. They seem to be long gone from their glory days
Woah, I didn't know that! I thought after they bled staff to Ghost Games, they were left with 15 people. Great to hear that they are well alive!
It's incredible to see the success of Horizon inspiring other publishers to invest in open world action games. Super weird, but kinda incredible.
So EA has. (without counting sport games
- New Battlefield game
- New Dragon Age in development
- EA Motive new game
- Respawn's SW
- Titanfall 3
- ANTHEM
- ex-Visceral SW games (EA Canada & Vancouver now)
- Criterion new project
As announced/rumoured games.
- New Battlefield game
- New Dragon Age in development
- EA Motive new game
- Respawn's SW
- Titanfall 3
- ANTHEM
- ex-Visceral SW games (EA Canada & Vancouver now)
- Criterion new project
As announced/rumoured games.
The "every game has to be open world" thing has been going on since Skyrim at least.
What? We had a lot of open world games before HZD success, what are you talking about? lol
More negativity please!
I mean, all companies have hires and leaves.
Yes. But let's say New Criterion of EA, who helped on Battlefront and made Xwing Vr experience, then. Not Burnout. Because its really not the same Criterion.
It's like saying " mass effect andromeda, made by bioware, the same that made the original trilogy " : this is indeed Bioware but only by the name. Totally different studio, in different states and 0% of the same team lol
I'm referring specifically to Eurogamer's piece on Fable 4, which stated that Microsoft were partly inspired by Sony's success with Horizon;
"So, what changed? We've heard Microsoft's rekindled interest in Fable was in part inspired by Sony's phenomenal success with Guerrilla Games' PlayStation 4-exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn. As of June 2017, Guerrilla's story-driven, single-player open-world action RPG had sold over 3.4m copies."
Seems reasonable to me that EA would also look at that game's success when thinking about open-world RPGs.
That's Microsoft and ok, but we had open world games from other publishers in the last 3-4 years, way before HZD, TW3 or BOTW success, it's not a new thing.
They're definitely not alive now that the games they did make under the Three Fields name didn't sell at all
Maybe people just don't like Criterion. Maybe, they just like Burnout
Their last game, Lethal VR, released last week. Haven't seen a SINGLE news about it :(
It's hyperbole to say not a single original criterion staffer from the Burnout era does not work there anymore.
People come and leave companies all the time. The creators of Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter aren't even at NaughtyDog anymore, and ND makes excellent games to this day still.
You can argue they switched genres, which they did. But you can say that Critieron switching from arcade racing to melee combat is the same too.
Can't we just all look forward to a new game from Criterion, without spreading negativity first?
I do hope one day that Criterion can revisit Beyond Cars or Burnout one day.