Interview An Interview with Chris Avellone

[Roguey]

I based it on reviewer's response, the demo, and community response based on the demo itself and widespread criticism. There's not even a single 9.0+ rating on the mainstream review and most of the critical fans or alternative gamers like codex didn't exactly like it.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlhoffman

• Executive Produced 'Dungeon Siege 3' for PC, PS3 and 360 including consumer and trade / consumer playable demos, resulting in a nomination of Best Action RPG and a score of 8.5 from OXM.
• Received special thanks from President and CEO of Square Enix for identifying, executive producing and ultimately releasing Dungeon Siege III in NA, EU and soon Japan.

I wonder if "special thanks" is the equivalent of those participation awards they give kids in school. "You showed up shipped! Good job!"

 

[CappenVarra]

Lots of faggotry ITT, not enough MCA .

WO: Your approach to entrenched genres or hallmarks has often been to take these established tropes and to turn them on their heads, as notably seen in KOTOR II and Planescape: Torment. ... <snip>

MCA: It mostly stems from hate (Planescape). Or indignant posturing about unfair rules of life (Star Wars: The nature of the Force). ... <snip>

Hate and derision, bringing MCA and codex together.

 

[1eyedking]

WO: What are some of your favourite game genres, and what have been some creative works that have stood out for you?

MCA: I enjoy survival-horror games (played Amnesia: The Dark Descent recently, loved it), but that doesn't depend on it being FPS or more 3rd person action like Dead Space/Resident Evil perspective, I just want to see how they can scare me regardless of the game genre. I also play a lot of iPhone titles, pick-up titles (I jump onto Plants vs. Zombies every once in a while because it's so addicting) and Nintendo DS - in terms of recent ones I've played, Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Puzzle Quest(s), and Dungeon Raid (when my girlfriend isn't playing it on my phone). In terms of long-term favorites, I'll go back to the hallmarks: Fallout 1, Chronotrigger, Ultima Underworld 1, and System Shock 2. These four probably had the biggest influence on my design approach of any titles I've ever played.

MCA's got a girlfriend! MCA's got a girlfriend!

Fucking pathetic. What the fuck happened to this game developer I grew to admire and respect? That's what a goddamn 15-year old would write. And turns out he's now having fun while playing Plants vs. Zombies? And fucking Nintendo DS games?

What's the meaning of this faggotry? Really, what is this, I don't even

 

[J_C]

WO: What are some of your favourite game genres, and what have been some creative works that have stood out for you?

MCA: I enjoy survival-horror games (played Amnesia: The Dark Descent recently, loved it), but that doesn't depend on it being FPS or more 3rd person action like Dead Space/Resident Evil perspective, I just want to see how they can scare me regardless of the game genre. I also play a lot of iPhone titles, pick-up titles (I jump onto Plants vs. Zombies every once in a while because it's so addicting) and Nintendo DS - in terms of recent ones I've played, Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Puzzle Quest(s), and Dungeon Raid (when my girlfriend isn't playing it on my phone). In terms of long-term favorites, I'll go back to the hallmarks: Fallout 1, Chronotrigger, Ultima Underworld 1, and System Shock 2. These four probably had the biggest influence on my design approach of any titles I've ever played.

MCA's got a girlfriend! MCA's got a girlfriend!

Fucking pathetic. What the fuck happened to this game developer I grew to admire and respect? That's what a goddamn 15-year old would write. And turns out he's now having fun while playing Plants vs. Zombies? And fucking Nintendo DS games?

What's the meaning of this faggotry? Really, what is this, I don't even

You know not everybody has time to be a super serious gamer 24/7. Especially if you, I don't know, have a job.

 

[l3loodAngel]

You know not everybody has time to be a super serious gamer 24/7. Especially if you, I don't know, have a job.

Theres a difference between not having time to play and playing garbage...

 

[J_C]

You know not everybody has time to be a super serious gamer 24/7. Especially if you, I don't know, have a job.

Theres a difference between not having time to play and playing garbage...

Except that those games are not garbage.

 

[l3loodAngel]

You know not everybody has time to be a super serious gamer 24/7. Especially if you, I don't know, have a job.

Theres a difference between not having time to play and playing garbage...

Except that those games are not garbage.

Your opinion is just as good as mine.

 

[Melcar]

Someone in here is a fag. Just saying.

 

[J_C]

You know not everybody has time to be a super serious gamer 24/7. Especially if you, I don't know, have a job.

Theres a difference between not having time to play and playing garbage...

Except that those games are not garbage.

Your opinion is just as good as mine.

I know.

 

[Radisshu]

WO: What are some of your favourite game genres, and what have been some creative works that have stood out for you?

MCA: I enjoy survival-horror games (played Amnesia: The Dark Descent recently, loved it), but that doesn't depend on it being FPS or more 3rd person action like Dead Space/Resident Evil perspective, I just want to see how they can scare me regardless of the game genre. I also play a lot of iPhone titles, pick-up titles (I jump onto Plants vs. Zombies every once in a while because it's so addicting) and Nintendo DS - in terms of recent ones I've played, Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Puzzle Quest(s), and Dungeon Raid (when my girlfriend isn't playing it on my phone). In terms of long-term favorites, I'll go back to the hallmarks: Fallout 1, Chronotrigger, Ultima Underworld 1, and System Shock 2. These four probably had the biggest influence on my design approach of any titles I've ever played.

MCA's got a girlfriend! MCA's got a girlfriend!

Fucking pathetic. What the fuck happened to this game developer I grew to admire and respect? That's what a goddamn 15-year old would write. And turns out he's now having fun while playing Plants vs. Zombies? And fucking Nintendo DS games?

What's the meaning of this faggotry? Really, what is this, I don't even

Hey guys, I kind of almost remember when 1eyedking wasn't just an even shittier version of Skyway... Yeah, I miss those days.

 

[1eyedking]

Yeah, let's all suck developer cock, like in BioWare & Bethesda's forums. Let's all ignore the fact that people that once designed games we care a lot about are now playing and praising kiddie, web-browser quality games, and being generally beta, and "in".

What the fuck is this shit? Since when do nerds care about social acceptance, or reduce themselves to lowest common denominator mass-appeal entertainment?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

1eyedking, you might want to reconsider your views on life if your idol briefly mentioning he's had fun times with a girlfriend makes you angry and disappointed

Yeah, let's all suck developer cock

Whoa, calm down, one step at a time. You could start by telling us when you realized you liked boys.

It was during a PE class, right? It's always during PE. A bunch of sweaty boys, no girl in sight...

 

[Radisshu]

YEAH HOW THE FUCK CAN HE ENJOY PLANTS VERSUS ZOMBIES ON HIS I-PHONE?!?!?!?!

 

[sgc_meltdown]

what are the codex approved iphone games

 

[Metro]

Angry Birds!

 

[mangsy]

1eyedking, you might want to reconsider your views on life if your idol briefly mentioning he's had fun times with a girlfriend makes you angry and disappointed

Brilliant.

 

[DragoFireheart]

1eyedking, you might want to reconsider your views on life if your idol briefly mentioning he's had fun times with a girlfriend makes you angry and disappointed

 

[Esquilax]

Guys, can't you see?! Plants vs Zombies doesn't have ART DIRECTION!!

 

[1eyedking]

1eyedking, you might want to reconsider your views on life if your idol briefly mentioning he's had fun times with a girlfriend makes you angry and disappointed

TBH, I don't care that he's having fun with women. At least he's banging women and not getting banged by men, like our dear Tim "Bear" Cain.

I'm actually raging because of the fact that he posted such a cutesy-wutesy little observation on a goddamn interview. That thing he said is something that you toss along in a reunion with fellow nerds, something that should go along the lines of "Hey man, this woman-thing I'm dating is so fucking annoying she uses my company MacFag phone to play shitty Flash games with so much fucking color that a rainbow would look gray the next time you saw it. I know I'm just for the pussy, but damn she's pissing me off."

 

[J_J_M]

A: We're currently developing Icewind Dale 3, a party based, isometric D&D dungeon crawler. It's about choice.

 

[Darth Roxor]

1eyedking lost his eye when he was hit by his dudebro's hyper weapon.

He's never been the same since then.

 

[Davaris]

TBH, I don't care that he's having fun with women. At least he's banging women and not getting banged by men, like our dear Tim "Bear" Cain.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Guys, can't you see?! Plants vs Zombies doesn't have ART DIRECTION!!

Fan stated that every game he worked on had only him designing the prototype, adding that he used to draw a lot before he made games, where he made pixel art. The final designs of the zombies and the first plants are similar to how they were initially. After searching for an artist, they discovered Rich Werner, who Fan thought clicked with what he intended for the design. He attributed the intrigue of the design to its animation scheme; Tod Semple suggested that they animate it in Flash and export it into the game. Fan worried that this would look like it was cut out from paper, and would resemble South Park too much, but was satisfied in the end, attributing this to Semple and Werner's talents.

FLASH

 

[poocolator]

A: We're currently developing Icewind Dale 3, a party based, isometric D&D dungeon crawler. It's about choice.

My Magic is Choice

"You cast dirty hippy.
You win by not embarking! Good job."

 

[Mastermind]

At least Alpha Protocol was a misstep in the right direction...

I like AP but it just wasnt an RPG in my book... It was good shooter with stats...

Shooter with stats = rpg. Stats are the defining characteristic of RPGs. The more complex the stat system, the more of an RPG a game is.