Duzx hell yes!! He should just write every open world game lol

Doesn't have to be open world games. Every game needs a good writer and most games sorely lack one.

Duzx touché

If you go to his LinkedIn profile he still works at Guerrilla Games as narrative director. He was lead writer when he joined the team in Sep 2013 all up to July 2016 when he was promoted to narrative director. The project grew bigger so they had to have more positions. Ben McCow joined as lead writer in the same year they have showed off a gameplay demo at E3 2016. They delayed the game to 2017 because the feedbacks got them to hire more people as they ended up with 277 people at GG when the game was shipped.

Get fallout New Vegas than.....That master piece will not disappoint.....Only problem is Bethesda's shitty engine is used so it's buggy but still a great game

Agreed. Nothing worse than an interviewer going "uh huh, yes, yup, mm-hmm" after everything the person says. Danny is great.

Anyone know what this log is named? Recently finished the game, and I think I've missed this one

@@NotPaulAvery It's been years since I played the game, but you find it during the Grave Hoard. Here is a video you can watch that dives into it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdSGY8-iz7bVfHk.html Please watch more videos on this channel, a lot of your questions will be answered...

@@TheMrblessed Thanks for your help! I'll make sure to check out the rest of that channel

@@NotPaulAvery You're welcome bud!

Ironically he voiced HADES in the game

Andrew Roberts it was executed really well apart from the beginning part where the camera was so bad it made it really tough to enjoy

I love the story, sure, we've heard all the stories where the machines takes over i.e. Terminator but this one caught me off guard. Especially with Project Zero Dawn. Man, what a beautiful game. I can't wait to jump back into it's world again, maybe we can fly or glide at least in the next outing.

I think it's exactly because we've all heard those kinds of stories of man versus machine that made HZD's twist on it so outstanding. The story really went under my skin when I played it the first time with how well it's presented. It was haunting.

@@synisterv7703 HZD is something special. It was more profound than being just a terminator clone. The way they revealed everything and the implications for Aloy just stunned me. I had no idea about Zero Dawn going in, but the title made perfect sense when you find out. The meaning of "Zero Dawn" in the title actually lured you in even before playing the game. The title felt a little odd, but getting the presentation down in the bunker blew my mind. I can't think of any game, movie or series that carry such a big secret under the hood. Amazing experience.

I couldn't agree more. They really captured the visceral emotion of the story. Mind blowing, really. Not many games have made me feel that way. All credit to Mr. Gonzalez for this. I thank him.

Well said!! Agree with you both. Nothing to add.

niac 1234 I agree we need more writers like John and guerrilla games in this world who want to create a deep thoughtful story that you care about. Tv writers today only want to come up with one idea and regurgitate it over and over again

Its no secret that video games have largely outpaced film in production values, budgets, profits, and talent. A game can cost 10x as much as a film, and make 10x as much. There’s no doubt about it, the ‘better than average” video games are more widely enjoyed and of a higher overall quality than the vast majority of films nowadays.

I don’t know. I suspect the studio gave him much more creative freedom and time than a movie studio might give.

Games nowdays are even better than movies. It's like a movie with gameplay. What could be better than that?

Games can also have any number of hours, up to hundreds of them if the dev wants, where a big budget film will have 3 hours tops (or 4 hours if it's a Director's Cut on streaming apparently). Games can spend essentially as much time as they want building out the story, world, and characters.

Noclip Thanks for doing all you do, your documentaries are really excellent. The HZD documentary made me buy it. Keep it up!

Amazing work guys, as usual. So hard to find insight on the games I love, and you guys have been hitting most of my favs this year and last. You guys are kind of the Blu ray extras of videogames and its freaking awesome

This video lacks diversity, as per your own warped, shallow definition

Awesome work Danny. A really awesome story is of how the Yakuza series came to be made.Toshihiro Nagoshi staked his career on it and risked the future of Sega, the game was wildly ambitious, they went through two major budget increases, and also decided to go against accepted wisdom and doubled down on being Japanese and aiming for the Japanese market all the while staunchly insisting that the game would be for adults at the time where gaming was still seen as for kids. Yakuza was also a very taboo topic for the Japanese, yet against all the odds the game was a success. You also have the interesting story about how badly they botched the localization for the West when they dubbed with mafia sounding voices, but on this generation they turned it around. You should be in a position to tell this story as I'm sure your final fantasy doc has opened a lot of doors in Japan and Sega should be keen for the publicity close to the Western release of Yakuza 6. Thanks for reading this. I'd love for you to tell this story because I know you have the talent to do it

Noclip Yes!! I love your content and hope to see more!

Thanks. We're actually delighted with what we have so far. Who knows where we'll be in a few years! :)

Ahem.... Breath of the wild...

@@ScreamScreamer702 - I've played both through and through, and I feel that Horizon is a much more unique experience. BOTW is fantastic, no doubt, but I think Horizon is superior in many key areas. Firstly, how immersive Horizon's world is. You really feel like you’re a part of this massive, culturally diverse world, full of mysterious history, with each conversation being unique and deep, which is largely thanks to John Gonzalez. BOTW, not so much. Conversations felt forced and awkward. Secondly, the lush and beautiful environment; which is aided by Horizon’s powerful engine, is graphically realistic and less "cartoony" as is BOTW, which isn’t as visually appealing for open world. Moreover, BOTW combat is definitely sub-par compared to Horizon, especially the controls and enemy design. To me, it’s not even a competition, really. The scale, the details, the creativity, which these interviews highlight, all amazing. Such a unique and ambitious project. Guerrilla Games deserved game of the year for Horizon. Hands down.

punkjamez well said

@@punkjamez Damn true.....

Definitely. Hopefully we see more projects he gets to do in the future . Definitely interested in what he does next if they're on this level of epicness

TheMightyPipe got em

That's not news. They have talked about this being the beginning of the franchise before.

I mean the game did amazingly and ended with a set up for a second game so... Yeah lol

Looking forward to HZD ps5!!!

pretty sure all he meant was the original release/base game compared to the DLC since he's talking about the Banook tribe.

check Cloth Map and Mark Brown's Game Makers Toolkit here on youtube. Also the movie "Indie Game".

good choice. don't forget to check out bloodborne and the last of us. they aren't as amazing as horizon, but still better than anything I've tried on the pc. better get the most out of your investment ;) . also in case, a pc "Master race" scum sees this: Im not saying pc is a bad platform, i myself game way more on my pc than on my ps4, so dont get triggerd.

Same here. I glad I did too. Picked up persona 5, and RE 7 also.

DisIsMe the last of us is better than horizon in my opinion.... Can't believe you just said THAT...

I agree that Hzd is better than TLOU, though bloodborne I feel is actually better. souls fan bias, though.

The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 are better than Horizon tho. bloodborne isn't

I call them quadruple As (AAAA), Sony has been mastering this for years with amazing AAA titles that have amazing lead writers attached to them, from Guerilla to ND.

Our next intended interview is with the game's director Mathijs de Jonge which is much more design focused. Maybe that will help scratch that itch! Thanks!

Noclip awesome. I can't wait.

YYEEESSSSS!!!!

Tribal matriarchy vs robot dinosaurs Meredith from brave s robo jurassic park

marc kushin do it you won’t regret it unless money is tight then that’s the only regret spending money lol

yitznewton yes, could be awesome, but documentarys like these always neglect the music aspect of the games. It's a shame.

Composers, voice and mocap actors, those people don't really work in the game offices, which is why you have to interview them separately. For that I'd suggest www.patreon.com/Level

Yep :p

Shahan_K would be awesome!

I have only just started but Im totally engrossed in it and the company. Have been binging their Kickstarter update videos on their channel. Amazing how much they cram into the game with so few people in comparison to the big companies that have much less in their games.