Gamasutra interviews Jason D. Anderson
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Public said:Lichbane said:Thank goodness one of the original devs has come out and said it. Thought I can see that the naysayers are already claiming he's been bought out .... just like 90% of all the reviewers out there.Brother None said:
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It's apparent from his words that he was simply being courteous, like any developer in his position would have been. Don't get your hopes up, apologist.Lichbane said:Thank goodness one of the original devs has come out and said it. Thought I can see that the naysayers are already claiming he's been bought out .... just like 90% of all the reviewers out there.
Of course he was only courteous, afterall never forget that he was one of the guys who made it all happen. He is one of the guys we are here for......
An artist of his caliber obviously sees everything that is to see about Fallout 3, that in the game industry it is not beneficial to criticise is a completely different matter....
Also, how come no one is happy about Anderson's choice ? Leaving Interplay and joining Fargo is one of the best things I have heard for years now.
An artist of his caliber obviously sees everything that is to see about Fallout 3, that in the game industry it is not beneficial to criticise is a completely different matter....
Also, how come no one is happy about Anderson's choice ? Leaving Interplay and joining Fargo is one of the best things I have heard for years now.
aenemic
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
or maybe he just, you know... liked it? he doesn't say he loved it, he says he liked it. I see no reason for him to be diplomatic. and why would he start dissecting it like one of us crazed fans and go "this bit I liked, it was very Fallout-y, but not this bit" etc? maybe he's enough of a gamer and single-player rpg fan to actually be able to enjoy the game. and maybe he has come to terms with the title being developed by someone else, maybe he's even happy about it?
and before you play one of your "lolz, I pwn bethesda fanbois" cards, I hate the game and was very disappointed with it. I'm just being realistic.
and before you play one of your "lolz, I pwn bethesda fanbois" cards, I hate the game and was very disappointed with it. I'm just being realistic.
DexterMorgan
A Smooth-Skin
aenemic said:
In that case you can probably see how unlikely it is for one of the creators of a gaming work of art to actually like a mediocre piece of shit game that is Fallout 3?
Yes, it's incredibly unlikely that someone could have an opinion that differs from yours. He's probably lying.DexterMorgan said:
Seriously, Aenemic is right. Normal people don't spend a lot of time complaining about movies/games/books that they really like. People do not usually behave like thorough critics in real life.
Dionysus said:
Hm... I can complain even more about stuff I like when I see points I don't like and where I think that they could have been avoided.
Thats why I can flame about Fallout 3 the hole day. It has definitively it's good parts, but there are so much bad parts, I can't believe how stupid this is.
I do that too, but most people don't, especially when they aren't on anonymous internet messageboards in which complaining is one of the primary activities. If you ask someone if they liked a movie, they typically won't say "yes," and then go on a diatribe about why it wasn't the best movie ever. On the internet, that sort of thing is pretty common.Lexx said:
Multidirectional
Mildly Dipped
I think people are really too worked up about this. It's not like JA said F3 was a really good sequel or anything like that. All you can really take from what he said is that he managed to enjoy that game for what it is, which is exactly what I did with the help of few mods. I don't see anything wrong with liking Fallout 3. Anderson avoided going into specifics on what he liked about it, and he probably had a reason for it, so why don't we just respect guy's decision? 
Jason Anderson is not normal people. Jason Anderson is a game developer, one of the greatest of his generation. To believe that he genuinely delights in Bethesda's profanation of his life's work takes a special kind of naivette.Dionysus said:
Ratty said:
I'm sure you hate it when people dissect what YOU say, so why are you doing this to him?
The way I see it there are two choices and only two.
One - He genuinely did like it and he was being honest.
Two - He was saying something nice to keep up his image and we will never know if he really liked it or not.
So stop psychoanalyzing him.
Dionysus said:
What?
I'm guessing you're new to this whole internet thing?
I mean: yes, yes they do behave like that. A lot of places are a lot worse than us.
of course "normal" people do spend time complaining about things. Even movies or music they like.
A friend of mine which is not posting in forums as well complains about some band here that changed over time (for the worse ...) which he liked a lot.
Maybe not everyone (the Fallout tourists namely) compalins about Fallout 3. But everyone has definetly something he cares about in the one way or another.
A friend of mine which is not posting in forums as well complains about some band here that changed over time (for the worse ...) which he liked a lot.
Maybe not everyone (the Fallout tourists namely) compalins about Fallout 3. But everyone has definetly something he cares about in the one way or another.
Yellow said:
My thoughts exactly. As one of the people who really enjoys fallout 3 I'm not surprised that somebody who understands how the industry works (when you stop working on a game the next publisher might turn it into pokemon with deathclaws) did not find too much fault in it. And I agree with him, it has a lot in common with fallout, despite the change of system. I love overhead tactical games but I enjoy the way they are doing things now. And I think that it loses some of the fallout sense of humor (no jokes about venereal diseases) it does benefit from storytelling through exploration (often loot tells a story). I know a lot of people here will say that there is almost nothing good in the game, I mean on this thread alone there is a fight over who hates the game more, but for people like me who enjoy both the past and the present I can see where he is coming from without having to put words into his mouth or complex motivations into his head.
whirlingdervish
Brahmin Cavalry Commander
dude. strawman. look it the fuck up.
"despite the change of system"
ROFL.
They didn't just change the "system"
They changed nearly everything about Fallout with the exception of a few bits of recognizeable imagery and names for things and factions that they were unable to even apply with an ounce of believability or consistency.
They changed the fucking genre of the game for god's sake, and we still have people like you coming in here months later to parade their weakass strawmen and parroted PR speak around, claiming "they really didn't change much!" and acting like were wronging you by having opinions and stating them.
:fuckyou:
"despite the change of system"
ROFL.
They didn't just change the "system"
They changed nearly everything about Fallout with the exception of a few bits of recognizeable imagery and names for things and factions that they were unable to even apply with an ounce of believability or consistency.
They changed the fucking genre of the game for god's sake, and we still have people like you coming in here months later to parade their weakass strawmen and parroted PR speak around, claiming "they really didn't change much!" and acting like were wronging you by having opinions and stating them.
:fuckyou:
Holocausto
It Wandered In From the Wastes
That's great if you like it. I don't really. It was somewhat amusing for a short while. I have basically no motivation to replay this game again though, so why is that? (don't answer as the reasons are too numerous to list & discuss them all over again and again). How long have you been reviewing games? I've been gaming since 1984-ish and PC gaming since 1994. I have plenty of games to compare F3 to and IMO it doesn't stack up. I don't care what the consensus is or isn't. And why should I?lugaru said:
If most people drink certain mass produced beers (won't name any names) and think it's great (even though it's flavorless piss to me) does that mean that is the BEST beer? lol, well to them they like it. One reason could be they have nothing better to compare it to. Then of course some really like it because they don't care much about it in the first place and as long as it gets them drunk that's all they care about. Should I give a fuck what these people think? No
I get what you guys mean but again, this is not a matter of being some sort of game expert that eschews the simple and moronic games in favor of only the best of the best. This is a matter of being mildly obsessed with a 10 year old game, having this feeling fester into something ugly in the dark and unsanitary forum environment and next thing you know you are surrounded by people who rant about strawmen (which I addressed in another thread) and scream fuck you as a means to punctuate sentences.
Sure, I’m a NMA tourist; just here in part for vintage fallout discussion and in part for the freak show, but it would take a long time to have my sense of judgment shrink into such a pitiful and fanatical speck. But I’m sure you guys think that every articulate fan of fallout 3 is secretly a lobotomized Bethesda slave who prays at night for the fallout brand to come to the Wii. I’m just with the designer here, the game is good and the bad stuff (god-awful Arefu vampire quest for example) does not ruin it entirely for me. Or he is saying “if you cant say anything good, don’t say anything at all”, which is a sentiment lost on the fuck you crowd.
Sure, I’m a NMA tourist; just here in part for vintage fallout discussion and in part for the freak show, but it would take a long time to have my sense of judgment shrink into such a pitiful and fanatical speck. But I’m sure you guys think that every articulate fan of fallout 3 is secretly a lobotomized Bethesda slave who prays at night for the fallout brand to come to the Wii. I’m just with the designer here, the game is good and the bad stuff (god-awful Arefu vampire quest for example) does not ruin it entirely for me. Or he is saying “if you cant say anything good, don’t say anything at all”, which is a sentiment lost on the fuck you crowd.