Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The King of Kong

I think I am the worlds worst blogger. I have let my updates fall pretty far behind, but honestly I don’t have much I can actually update about. I would love to go on and on about the day to day things I am doing on my new game, but unfortunately I can’t talk too much about it.

I can say that I just distributed the story and gameplay outline to the team, which is a huge milestone since this thing has taken a lot out of me. I am pretty damn excited about it though, I think it is going to rock the freaking house. I am very biased of course, so take that with a grain of salt.

I got to check out some new mechanics this week as well. Things are moving along pretty quickly so I am always having that feeling of running to keep pace. It is definitely the most hectic pre-production process I have been in. Though I guess the producers would say we are in “actual” production now, but I still feel like I need some more pre-production.

Oh, if you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, check it out. It is a documentary about the two best classic game players in the world battling it out for the Donkey Kong championship title. It looks freaking awesome…if for nothing else than the wicked mullet the current champ has. Nice.

We are gearing up for the big E3…well not big E3…more like the little E3 next month. God of War: Chains of Olympus is going to show there. It should be pretty cool as the game is coming along great. The ready at Dawn guys were in the office today hanging out with Eric Williams. (Lead combat designer on the GOW 1 and 2) I really can’t wait for this game to get finished. I think in part so I can just focus on one game, but also so I can have GOW in my pocket anytime I want to rip some limbs. That is one great advantage to overseeing a project that an outside developer is doing, I removed just enough that I will want to play the game right when it is done.

Speaking of playing, I have been playing some of Tomb Raider anniversary lately, and having a great time. It took me awhile to figure out the settings with the new ps3 firmware, but once I did it looked great. The game still suffers from fairly simple combat, but the puzzles and the new time slow sure shot mechanic are pretty cool. If I have the time I want to finish that one.

Earth Defense Force…freaking blast of a game. It gets old after awhile, but for the price it was a great time. I give some big ups to the developers of that game for really embracing that 50’s b-movie style. I actually had more fun playing that game than Destroy all humans…go figure.












I think I am going to do a post or two over at the playstation blog, so keep an eye out for that.

Also..to the guys from Brazil that made the cool GOW video...I have a question so let me know how to get a hold of you.

cory

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

I cant believe!! Its the first time that I post a first comment ^^
Thx for the update Cory!! \o/

Anonymous said...

I wonder what the game you're working on is. I hope it's GoWIII.

Anonymous said...

New Message in ur Inbox at MyS. I think its not the one you're waiting for but...

Diego N. said...

Hehehe, I'm from Brazil, though I have nothing to do with the minds behind that video... Sorry :p

It's been a while now since I finished GOW 2, and I'm just playing the first one all over again, and it's still great to slash those beasts repeatedly... It's got a really fabulous gameplay. I hope GOW:COO achieves that level, though it would take over players' life a little bit, now anywhere.

Well, thanks for the update, Cory, and I'm looking forward to the announcement of your new project. And since it's the first time I'm here, thanks for your work at GOW 2, me and my friends had a great time with that one...

Anonymous said...

CORY

you say that you want to play god of war :) but isn't that weird to play something you have created? and i'm playing resident evil 4 now, and it's awesome. i hope more of those games will come :) and since you guys at santa monica are so good at making games, maybe you should make a survival horror. after the god of war series ofcourse :) well i'm just at the point where i have beaten that crazy midget with a pirate hat called sallazar :)

greetz mike

Anonymous said...

and i LOVE that ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD from gametrailers :) he is fucking funny.

mike

Unknown said...

Cory, I have a plotline suggestion for God of War IV.

In GoW III, Kratos should take his revenge and kill Zeus.

Then, in GoW IV, you should play as Kratos's son and kill Kratos!

Imagine what a kick-ass last boss fight that would be :D

Anonymous said...

no i know something better :) just leave god of war alone after the third!!! before it gets all fucked up.

mike

Anonymous said...

"Things are moving along pretty quickly so I am always having that feeling of running to keep pace."

Be calm... feel the speed and harshness of a strong wind that can shake things without much effort!! Be that Wind!! Thats the way of the Ninja!! ^^ Good Luck Cory!

Anonymous said...

i know what post your gonna do on the playstation.blog. your gonna do one of the inside the developer studio things. ADMIT IT. lol

Anonymous said...

Cory Balrog you are the best!!

I find it so cool that you are playing Tomb Raider Anniversary. Tomb Raider Anniversary is my second favorite game of all time with GOW 2 in my number one spot.

You got to love the adrenaline doge and the enemy charges in TRA. It is a great game; I hope you get to finish it.

I cannot wait for GOW: Chains of Olympus.

Thanks for all the good times!!!

Dustin (Elessar) said...

Cory, now that its been confirmed that firmware 3.50 for the PSP has uncapped the CPU speed, will the GoW:CoO team be utilizing the full 333 MHz?

Can't wait to have a portable GoW, considering the 2 or so hours between classes i usually have each semester, this would be a great way to pass the time :)

Zodiak said...

hey Cory!

Its not about the quality its the quantity of the blog post, so while your not posting as much, its still a good length of fun reading material. :)

I might check that PS blog and sign up. I think that's a cool way to keep gamers and bloggers interested in what PS has in store. Cool idea. Well hope ya post some over there Cory, catch ya next blog :)

- Z

Anonymous said...

see i knew you were gonna do the inside the developer thing lol


sean

Anonymous said...

Ouch, your first PS.Blog post was a bust huh?

Anonymous said...

17 comments :) that's fucked up.

mike

where are those 300 comments.

Unknown said...

hey all, great to hear from u cory. seems like whatever u r workin on is makin progress.like everyone else in here i wish to god its gow3 but i guess u will tell us what it is when u can .i am still thrashing around in gow 2 but i am just trying to savour the gow experience thuis far and am patiently awaiting gow coo, got my psp all dusted and ready to go watching appleseed and the spirits within. hey cory n e word on when the demos of gow coo are gonna be out ?? let us know man .n e ways great to hear from u and all the best to u on ur current project , and thanks for all the good times with gow gow 2 and hopefully gow3

Anonymous said...

hey cory.. i have a question for you..


i DID go through the island of rhodes thing... ALL of the puzzles... even though i actually got help with them off the internet..

but anyways.. i got to the second countdown.. and i SWEAR i must have been one of the first people to sign up for the demo.


but lots of people got emails about getting the demo in the mail.


BUT I NEVER GOT ONE!

does this mean im not getting a demo, or what?

:( im actually really bummed out, and i even wrote to playstation underground about it.. but they said they werent involved with the demo enough to know for sure.

i REALLY want that demo!!

Anonymous said...

As Diego, I'm Brazilian. The video was part of a contest in the Brazilian version of the EGM magazine, any kind of media goes (video, music, article, review, preview, whatever), since it's about gaming. The prize was the 3 next/actual-gen consoles.

I'm a reader of the mag and active poster in both magazine site forum and a community on the Orkut about the magzine. I searched for the guy who made that annoying, crapy-englished video (the guy even misspell EGM for EMG - a guitar part, maybe?), but no result in both... The only thing I know is the guy don't made it, the winner was Guilherme Gomes, our buddy in the orkut community, he is "deficient" (lose a limb in an accident) and make a great work with images about videogame controls and accessibility.

Anyway, the guy of the video have created a fake account on the youtube and posted the video from there, i take the liberty to send him a message by there, the hope is that the account is linked to a real e-mail account and maybe, he will return you here.

PS: Sorry about my crapy english...

Anonymous said...

Hello Cory, I'm Marco, one of responsibles for the GOW3 video from EGM's challenge here in Brazil. I just saw your post here today, sorry about that. So, you can talk to us by my e-mail: at.marco@uol.com.br

Thanks for your attention,
Marco and Carol.

Anonymous said...

Cory you make the best games ever!!!!!!Thank you...

Anonymous said...

Hi Cory you are the best..God Of War 2 is better than the first one...God Of War 3 i cant wait

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