Insomniac Article

Paranoia · Sep 29, 2012 9:23 PM

I found this cool article outlining Insomniac games' history. I really enjoyed reading about the creation of Spyro and Ratchet, so I just thought I'd share.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/28/ … niac-games (I always forget how to post a link in bbcode XD)

One section in particular caught my attention:

When I pressed him on if Full Frontal Assault would therefore be the final Ratchet game out of Insomniac, Fiorito paused a while. I said “never say never?” to him, to which he answered, laughing again. “Yeah, it’s fair to hope. Who knows what’s gonna happen? If something really cool came up and there was a great opportunity or a great idea. I would say that about Spyro, too. It’d be cool to try it.”

Seems like at least someone in Insomniac is still interested in Spyro. Granted, he's just one guy, but I found his comment pretty interesting.

I haven't finished reading the whole article since I had no interest in Resistance, but are any other Insomniac fans a little disappointed that their upcoming game Overstrike is now Fuse? It looked like an original idea with some actual character at first. Now it just looks as if its trying to cash in on the hype of Cod and Battlefield as a generic shooter.

Latias fan · Sep 29, 2012 11:07 PM

I posted this before but I'll post it again.

http://www.destructoid.com/insomniac-do … 4848.phtml

mfw>

Clock-la · Sep 30, 2012 8:19 AM

Urrrmm...could'nt they use an image of insomniac spyro....just sayin'

ontels · Sep 30, 2012 11:53 AM

I thought that as well. Still a very interesting and nostalgic read!

Paranoia · Sep 30, 2012 4:49 PM

Clock-la wrote:

Urrrmm...could'nt they use an image of insomniac spyro....just sayin'

That was my first thought too. Almost didn't click the article to read it.

Latias: Well, I feel like Insomniac's finally sold out. Going multi-platform, only wanting to make bland co-op games. I hope Fuse sells badly so they can get on the right track again. They just need to make something new (easy for me to say, but remember who we're talking about here). Maybe they're sick of single player experiences because they made so many similar Ratchet games. I think they've proven that they're innovative enough to make something original and fun.

Swaffy · Sep 30, 2012 6:54 PM

So there's really hope for Insomniac doing something Spyro related in the
future? I read the article, but I can't figure out if they're just talking about the
past or actually considering going back to Spyro stuff.

Clock-la · Sep 30, 2012 8:04 PM

To be fair i think its very unlikly they will do anything spyro related at all tbh :-I

Paranoia · Sep 30, 2012 8:22 PM

Swaffy wrote:

So there's really hope for Insomniac doing something Spyro related in the
future? I read the article, but I can't figure out if they're just talking about the
past or actually considering going back to Spyro stuff.

Well the quote from the original post was from a recent interview. John Fiorito basically says that he would be interested in doing Spyro again if a creative opportunity were to arise. Seeing as Insomniac's moving away from single player experiences though, it doesn't seem very likely at all, sadly. I just thought it was cool that the COO of Insomniac is still interested in their old IP.

Stormy · Sep 30, 2012 10:53 PM

Interesting article, I had no idea anyone there even still thought about Spyro. I'd like to say it gives me hope for a future Spyro game from them, but that's never going to happen. I did like the comments about the past games, though. tongue

I didn't know there was even a question of them not doing Ratchet anymore, though.... They said they could definitely see doing another one, but the fact that that's not a given anymore is kind of sad.

Gekoncze · Oct 01, 2012 6:18 PM

The 1st image with TLOS Spyro quite surprised me big_smile and as I can see I wasn't alone.
Hey did anyone played Disruptor? I tried it once. It is very good game, but I got stuck in one level, which is time limited.

Swaffy · Oct 01, 2012 8:58 PM

Stormy wrote:

Interesting article, I had no idea anyone there even still thought about Spyro. I'd like to say it gives me hope for a future Spyro game from them, but that's never going to happen.

Same. In fact, I'm surprised people who worked on the original Spyro games
still work at Insomniac. It's been quite a few years since then. And to hear
that there has been Spyro talk happening this year at Insomniac really
brightens my day. They are still thinking about Spyro, almost as if it's
embedded into their minds/hearts.

Paranoia · Oct 05, 2012 3:26 AM

Stormy wrote:

Interesting article, I had no idea anyone there even still thought about Spyro. I'd like to say it gives me hope for a future Spyro game from them, but that's never going to happen. I did like the comments about the past games, though.
I didn't know there was even a question of them not doing Ratchet anymore, though.... They said they could definitely see doing another one, but the fact that that's not a given anymore is kind of sad.

The comments about other Spyro games were pretty hilarious. XD

I don't really blame them for not wanting to make another Ratchet game. I mean, there's been 6 games with really similar gameplay. I do like the characters a lot though. If they could do something new with the series, I'd be all for it.

The 1st image with TLOS Spyro quite surprised me and as I can see I wasn't alone.
Hey did anyone played Disruptor? I tried it once. It is very good game, but I got stuck in one level, which is time limited.

I never played Disruptor. It came out before I got into video games, much less shooters. I might check it out sometime just to see what it's all about. Not a fan of timed missions though. (anyone who's played Jak 2 and 3 will understand, haha)

Gekoncze · Oct 06, 2012 3:06 PM

Paranoia wrote:

I never played Disruptor. It came out before I got into video games, much less shooters. I might check it out sometime just to see what it's all about. Not a fan of timed missions though. (anyone who's played Jak 2 and 3 will understand, haha)

There are only a few timed missions in Disruptor (or maybe only one, bc I couldn't get over this one), the others are not timed.
I'm not into shooter games, but this game somehow got me big_smile

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