Dangerous Driving 2 it is the fourth racing game developed by military architect Alex Ward to have worked on for many years. He and more than half of the Three Fields Entertainment's seven employees have left the UK to show up at PAX East ahead of his 2020 vacation on the Xbox One, PS4, PC, and switch. The game's demo is just a minute away and doesn't give the impression of an open w orld that is crammed with a lot of cars Three sectors are trying to build. So I asked her, why bring?
"Getting information about this software, because a lot of people have never heard of us, because we are seven people," Ward said. “I started last year's submission game last year. Obviously games take years to build awareness, so we light up and show the game and we'll revisit it again. ”
Two decades ago, Ward was first directing Croudion Games & # 39; Burnout, starting with a long series of Arcade racingers that are based on the minutia of the car's culture of interest, so the focus is on giving players the thrill of traveling through crowded highways where conflicts can be lifted from frustrating or scary genres. A few years later, Creckion was purchased by Electronic Arts, and in 2009 the publisher announced that the studio had been used for its long-standing subscription The Need for Speed series.
In 2014 Ward was out, about to build Three Fields with his former Critonion Fiona Sperry and Paul Ross. The first studio game was a chaotic physics simulator is called The Danger of Golf. Since then, Three Fields has been working hard to find others who will be spiritually successful Burnout, first with a Danger Zone, a love letter to her BurnoutCrash mode, and now Dangerous Driving, the latest one aimed at becoming a more open world game in the vein of Burnt: Paradise.
I made a concerted effort to enjoy taking Ubisoft & # 39; s 2018 in this formula, The Crew 2, and he got it disappointing in every way, so I asked Ward what he thought was holding some games that summer back. "That would mean, wouldn't it," Ward said. He then quotes star Wars: "As Han Solo says & # 39; That's a real trick. & # 39;"
He continues, rejecting the idea that he should be asked to comment on a competing product. “What do you think of IGN dot com? What is missing? What do you think? Game Informer? Javy used to work for them, ”he said, pointing to other public relations with the people who helped Three Fields improve the game. “What do you think Game Informer? They used to sell millions; what is happening? What do you think? Who will win Super Tuesday? ”
"I have friends who work in big big games," Ward said. “There are 9,500 people in the group. How connected, what do they do when traveling & # 39; I think management is fast, & # 39; & # 39; I think the fourth hour is tiring & # 39; ”
After a while comes my first sharp chance and I step into the hiring process. My car starts rolling and the camera slows down to get into each fog, a cloud of dust, and the smoke of the collision kicks up. It's fun. However, moments later, the invitation has passed. After it ends, it repeats itself for more than a second. Boasting the front of an oncoming 70 miles an hour is satisfying on its own, but the sign didn't help me understand why Three Fields made another Dangerous Driving
"I wish I could tell you everything we would do, but I can't, because I have to tell you again in Seattle, right?" Said Ward, representing PAX West. “You won't come to see me again in Seattle, because I've told you all about it. But, hey, do you need ads? So I understand, I know. ”
Ward is ready with a boatload of metaphors to describe a small group of Three Fields. During development, he explains, they can be a band that likes to come together. Engineer Phil Philire then tells me the time Ward was able to create a universe of games this weekend thanks to the new tools that help automatically generate large parts of the open road. When things need to be changed, they are a fake army of special forces. Maguire is proud of the team's initial support Dangerous Driving which has been added to online methods and bug fixes until last September. And here at PAX East Ward calls the studio the "Super Bowl high school football team."
When a group of kids can make their way to the top of one of the biggest sporting events of the year, Ward looks ready to come home. "Exhaust," he says when I ask how the show is done. It's too expensive. She shows a great TV show Dangerous Driving 2 a play, a sitting table, and a black carpet under our feet – all three Fields have to pay for rent and break before returning to the Atlantic. The booth doesn't even have an eye-catching banner. Instead, architect Simon Phipps drew mockups of large, boldly carved carts on cardboard bases and attached them to a curtain separating them from the next row of booths.
Shown at a major conference with an open-world demo game with no open world just to promote its brand recognition may sound silly, but it's also possible that all three Forums can be independent and not back to work under the big, unknown umbrella of one of the major publishers.
"I have friends who work in big big games," Ward said. “There are 9,500 people in the group. How connected, what do they do when traveling & # 39; I think management is fast, & # 39; & # 39; I think the fourth hour is tiring & # 39; ”How can you make the change? The truth is they don't. That’s why we’re in a small group. Because we've been there, we've been in big groups. It should be easy to be easy, but in a large group, there are many places to hide. ”
Ward has spoken publicly earlier about the lack of support he felt Crion received from EA Burnt: Paradise. "No one else wanted to do an open world game," he told Gamasutra in the 2018 debate, he said Burnout I never received the same level of support from that EA The Need for Speed you did it. The paradox of the fact is that Three Fields is now trying to make the world's open driving game with very few resources.
In the end, Ward was able to come up with something to say about his competitors. "What do I think is missing?" Said Ward. “The desire. Desire is what I think is lacking. ”
