The Last of Us director apologises for calling out Sony Santa Monica's God of War Laufey after saying he was "not excited"
The Last of Us director Bruce Straley has apologised to the God of War Laufey team at Sony Santa Monica for saying he was "not excited" about the upcoming game's gameplay.
The Last of Us director Bruce Straley has apologised to the God of War Laufey team at Sony Santa Monica for saying he was "not excited" about the upcoming game's gameplay.
The short version
- Edge 's latest cover story, entitled "The game industry is broken - can we fix it?", talked to nine industry figures, including Straley, about the industry's ongoing crisis of layoffs, ballooning budgets, and shrinking studios.
- In the interview, Straley said he'll "probably never" make the triple-A game he actually wants to because modern blockbusters are "boring".
- Straley - who spent 18 years at Naughty Dog , where he was game director on The Last of Us and co-director on the first two Uncharted games before leaving in 2017 - is working with a small team at Wildflower Interactive on Coven of the Chicken Foot.
What happened
"I have an idea for a triple-A game," he tells Edge. I think the verbs and experiences we're delivering in the triple-A space are…I wanna say boring.
Why it matters
"God Of War Laufey, I look at that game, and every pixel is mindblowing," he added.
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