Ultima Creator: "Most Game Designers Really Just Suck"

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Ultima Creator: "Most Game Designers Really Just Suck"

Added: 20.03.2013 1:37 | 14 views | 0 comments

"We need more outspoken people in this industry... WHOA THERE BUDDY!".

Game producer and designer Richard Garriott shared some harsh comments for other game designers when speaking to PC Gamer. While explaining the roots of his earliest creations he stated:
But other than a few exceptions, like Chris Roberts, IÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËve met virtually no one in our industry who I think is close to as good a game designer as I am. IÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËm not saying that because I think IÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËm so brilliant. What IÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËm saying is, I think most game designers really just suck, and I think thereÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs a reason why. He elaborated by saying: ItÄ‚ËĂ˘â€šÂ¬Ă˘â€žËs really hard to go to school to be a good designer. His comments come across as egocentric, and probably even aggressive, but is he right? Creativity has been scarce for the past several years with the highest-budget games almost always being the sort of creation that would make Michael Bay proud. Then again you have games like Shadow of the Colossus and Journey that show the industry that it doesn't have to be homogenous, but those are just a few exceptions in an endless pool of games.