Garriott: 'Most game designers really just suck'

[Squint_Eastwood]

noname2200 said:

Squint_Eastwood said:
This guy struck it lucky and was able to make a game that made his name. He can now choose his projects.

This is kind of like the argument that Napoleon got lucky in his conquest of Europe. Fortune no doubt played a role, but it's difficult to see any person being so lucky for so very long.

Kantor said:
Well, that's rather conceited from somebody who hasn't really made anything since the 1990s.

There are plenty of great developers out there.

But there are far, far, far more crappy ones. Which is not unexpected; someone else in this thread pointed out that just about every industry has 99 turds for every gem (paraphrasing). That's true of movies, books, television, radio, etc. It's hard to argue with that general proposition.

 

Of course, he seems to be implying that videogames suffers from an even greater deficit of talent than those fields. I agree wholeheartedly.

I based my comments without knowing much about the man. Ive had a quick look and he is a very talented designer. Now whilst luck wouldnt have gotten him this far it has to be said thst he tends not to stray to far from Ultima. Anything he has made outside of that ive never heard off. Im not saying i know everything about games but if hes that good why havnt i heard of his games?