MP4 will be a launch title for SwitcherU.
Switcheroooo
https://twitter.com/RetroStudios/status/1294332258074218497
People are not reading into this correctly.
They list a number of positions including this one. My best guess is that these duties are currently divided over different producers for each department.
They want to centralize organizing the workload more, or perhaps add a producer role because they are working from home.
The tasks listed are very specific, which means that the lead producers job is not to start production or work out the production process but instead use the existing tools (JIRA) to bring the project to the finish line.
There's also a contract position to review outsourced work and test, assess and improve assets in-game for final delivery.
In other words, they are at the last stretch of development and depending on how production moves forward the game should be ready within 6 to 12 months.
Prime games all got progressively shittier Retro Studios are bad at making games nobody cares.
I haven't played a single RetroStudio game, but aren't the Donkey Kong games they made, supposed to be amazing?
A tier: Metroid Prime / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
B tier: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes / Donkey Kong Country: Returns
B- tier: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Depending on your preferences you might like MP3 better than MP2 but overall I found it less impressive. The big draw at the time were the motion controls, which were certainly implemented well.
Graphically it's just much more dull and boring. Starting with MP2 Nintendo sort of wanted to position Metroid as their HALO competitor. Metroid Prime had the benefit of releasing before the likes of Half-Life 2 and Bioshock came out.
Considering when it launched and how it looked and played I would consider Metroid Prime Nintendo's most impressive GameCube game overall but it was made by ID Software, Iguana Entertainment, and Valve alumni who left Retro shortly after.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is just a joy to play and not just one of their best games but one of the best 2.5D platformers made in recent history.
It's also one of the few Wii U era games where Nintendo increased the difficulty compared to the prequel instead of dumbing it down.
It also comes with an amazing David Wise soundtrack.
https://twitter.com/dark1x/status/1294373278707068928It seems that the concept of being an early adapter has been completely lost on today's gaming audience.
Which is why John Linneman is having such a hard time communicating with the community about next-gen.
They just don't understand that next-gen will be quite expensive for those that jump in early and having games run on 7 year old machines simply holds progress back.
As an early adapter you put in the extra money to get something first but you know it won't be perfect. If you want a better value for your investment you wait a year until the kinks have been worked out and the prices come down.
The new hill for mouth breathers like Jim Sterling to die on is next gen upgrades. Whining why only certain editions of games get free upgrades and chalking that up to publisher and developer greed.
If he had more than 2 brain cells he would understand that bargain bin $10 editions won't get upgrades at launch because everyone would just buy old copies. So games like CONTROL get reissued as GOTY or Ultimate Editions to remedy this.
The trade-off being that even though you pay full price for an Ultimate Edition you get all the DLC included. At this point I would say it is better for publishers just not to offer these free upgrade paths but sell them for a 10% discount or something if you already have the old game (no matter the edition). Otherwise it'll be the same whining for every game that gets an upgrade.
