The fall of 'Core design; Article.

Adrian Browne · 29 July 2015, 23:20

A good read; http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2015...core-design/1/

Gzegzolka · 30 July 2015, 06:51

I find this article very interesting and informative. Thank You very much

gimbal · 30 July 2015, 09:41

Nice read! Sickening and nice. It explains a whole lot more than only "whatever happened to Core?"

Adrian Browne · 30 July 2015, 14:06

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Originally Posted by gimbal

Nice read! Sickening and nice. It explains a whole lot more than only "whatever happened to Core?"

Yes. It's interesting how the industry was beginning to move in the direction of franchises at this time. sadly we now have assassins creed 20 or whatever.

Hard to believe that core never used design documents or much planning for their games in the early days.

TCD · 30 July 2015, 17:40

Sadly the industry (and the customers) never learned the lesson from the Tomb Raider 'franchise' (also a really horrible allegory). Today we have so many 'just more of the same' game series and they sell just fine no matter how dull and/or horribly broken they are...

Thanks for sharing Adrian

A very interesting read.

Amiga1992 · 30 July 2015, 17:45

Really good article and sad how it all went down.

Lonewolf10 · 30 July 2015, 19:01

That's a great article - I hope modern developers take note.

I still own the original Tomb Raider (Saturn) and Thunderhawk 2: Firestorm (Saturn).

Adrian Browne · 30 July 2015, 23:39

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Originally Posted by TCD

Sadly the industry (and the customers) never learned the lesson from the Tomb Raider 'franchise' (also a really horrible allegory). Today we have so many 'just more of the same' game series and they sell just fine no matter how dull and/or horribly broken they are...

Thanks for sharing Adrian

A very interesting read.

Yup, it started a trend. I guess the power of the original psx made it viable to create elaborate games that could be believable and franchised.
With a large install base they could reach many customers too.

gimbal · 31 July 2015, 09:43

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf10

That's a great article - I hope modern developers take note.

They do, that's why lesser known games such as Ori and the Blind Forest and Wasteland 2 exist.

But that doesn't change publishers who paid REALLY close attention and are applying the improved formula to this day.

Shoonay · 31 July 2015, 10:15

Great art, but...

LOL that kid on the left feels insecure, like he'd rather crawl under the bed and cry

Typical Lara Croft fanboi, amirite?

Lonewolf10 · 03 August 2015, 23:00

The lady in the middle kinda looks bored, lol, and more interestingly... what is that poster on the wall just above her head?

29 July 2015, 23:20	#1
Adrian Browne Jackie Chan Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ireland Age: 46 Posts: 995	The fall of 'Core design; Article. A good read; http://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2015...core-design/1/

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Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,107	Great art, but... LOL that kid on the left feels insecure, like he'd rather crawl under the bed and cry Typical Lara Croft fanboi, amirite? Last edited by Shoonay; 31 July 2015 at 10:47.

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