Ueda wants to make an FPS, loves Half-Life 2
Destructoid —
... At the Tokyo Game Show Ueda was asked what games give him an emotional reaction, and he responded with Half-Life 2. "There was variation in terms locations," said Ueda to G4 via a evidently tired translator, "and also the way of storytelling in the game. Usually, you have to incorporate storytelling with constraints, but the way they [Half-Life 2 developer Valve] implemented constraints was something different that I enjoyed, compared to other games." ...
ICO Creator Has Interest in Making FPS Games
Kombo.com —
[image] Fumito Ueda's development studio Team ICO make a very particular type of game: subtle, expansive, impressionistic, third-person adventure experiences. Their games fit that niche so well, it's a little surprising when you hear Ueda say he'd be interested in making other types of games. In an interview with G4 during the Tokyo Game Show, Ueda said, "I have an interest in making first-person games." Why FPS's in particular? Ueda cited the Half-Life series' groundbreaking form of storytelling: "Usually, you have to incorporate storytelling with constraints, but the ...
ICO Creator Keen To Make FPS [Fumito Ueda]
Kotaku —
... Ueda make? "[If] ...you're in the middle of play, in the middle of the game, then all of a sudden you're in a cut-scene [and] you're not supposed to operate at all - that's not the kind of game I want to do. If there is some other techniques that will not give them that kind of feeling, that's something I want to implement." Hey man, do it, do it, do it. Currently Ueda and his time are hard at work on the upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian. Fumito Ueda's A Big Half-Life 2 [G4 via Dtoid via Kombo]
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ICO Creator Keen To Make First-Person Game [Update] [Fumito Ueda]
Kotaku —
... middle of play, in the middle of the game, then all of a sudden you're in a cut-scene [and] you're not supposed to operate at all - that's not the kind of game I want to do. If there is some other techniques that will not give them that kind of feeling, that's something I want to implement." Hey man, do it, do it, do it. Currently Ueda and his time are hard at work on the upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian. Update: Edited title and post. Fumito Ueda's A Big Half-Life 2 [G4 via Dtoid via Kombo] ...
Ico developer digs Half-Life 2, interested in making 'first-person games'
Joystiq —
... Though the Japanese aren't exactly known for their love affair with first-person shooters, Team Ico director Fumito Ueda can name at least one that he digs: Half-Life 2. Speaking to G4TV (through a translator), Ueda named the Valve-developed ...
Fumito Ueda Interested in Making First-Person Games
1UP RSS feed —
... "I have an interest in making first-person games," Ueda said to G4, during an interview at the Tokyo Game Show last month. And speaking of Half-Life 2, Ueda explained that its highly interactive storytelling is what impressed him the most. ...
Ico, Shadow of the Colossus creator interested in making FPS
That VideoGame Blog —
... “I have an interest in making first-person games,” said Ueda in an interview with G4, citing Valve’s Half-Life 2 as the type of FPS he aspires to, thanks to its organic storytelling. “Usually, you have to incorporate storytelling with constraints, but the way [Valve] implemented constraints was something different that I enjoyed, compared to other games.” ...
Last Gaurdian Creator Ponders First Person Shooters
PlayStation LifeStyle —
... in the middle of play, in the middle of the game, then all of a sudden you’re in a cut-scene [and] you’re not supposed to operate at all — that’s not the kind of game I want to do. If there is some other techniques that will not give them that kind of feeling, that’s something I want to implement.”
“I have an interest in making first-person games,”
- Fumito Ueda, Team ICO
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