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🇨🇦 Game director at Naughty Dog
🇨🇦 Game director at Naughty Dog
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GOTY '23
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GOTY '22
Participated in the 2022 Game of the Year Event
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Played in 2024
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A huge improvement on the Octopath formula: some minimal interaction between the characters, far more compelling individual stories, and better exploration & dungeons. Also incredible art direction, showing an evolving mastery of the “HD-2D” art style.
Amazing how much of the series identity and charm was present right at the start! Also very clever ways to creatively hide secrets despite the tech limitations.
Basically Vagrant Story 2. Great minimalist storytelling with cinematic shots of tabletop figures paired with strong writing. Clever combat mechanics but wonky overall balance. Progression is inscrutable at times, follow a walkthrough. 7 hour RPGs are great, I wish more games like this existed!