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Core Co-Founder Quits

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 15, 2003 8:01am PDT

Related Topics – Tomb Raider

Computer & Video Games is reporting that Core Design co-founder Jeremy Heath-Smith has stepped down from the boards of Core and Eidos. Heath-Smith was the "sacrificial lamb" blamed for the very average Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. Of course the game not being all it could be has nothing to do with the fact that Eidos pushes out games before they are done just to please their shareholders.

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I don't understand this argument; publishers like to impress shareholders more by putting things out on time than producing quality titles?

I'm not disagreeing with you Maarten, as someone else has, I just think that these publishers (EA, for instance) have silly mindsets. Of course I suppose to the average shareholder, a non gamer, seeing deadlines met is more impressive than the quality of a game he could never understand. Still, silly.

Jul 15, 2003 2:47pm PDT

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Quiting a job is all the rage for six-figure income videogame founders this summer. Cry me a river. You can blame me for whatever you want as long as I can have a million bucks. I'll take "forced to make a bad game for a million dollars", Alex!

Jul 15, 2003 5:00pm PDT

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People who make expensive, sucky games should be fired. Bioware, Raven and Valve make kick ass games with modest budgets.

Jul 15, 2003 11:02am PDT

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http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19984

Read this interview with Jeremy H. Smith and you will probably see exactly why he needed to be fired.

Jul 15, 2003 8:45am PDT

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i think marten is a bit naive, just because a publisher let's them take as long as they need doesn't = good game. The game was in development for nearly 3 years, honestly what more do you want from eidos? A publisher can't make a sub par game design team magically make good games if they give them 5+ years. Some people are better at it then others like any other business.

Jul 15, 2003 12:49pm PDT

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I never understood how publishing games that hurt a company's reputation can impress shareholders.

Jul 15, 2003 9:37am PDT

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Maarten, to be fair to Eidos, I doubt this game would have been much better even with an extra year. They had ages to develope it, it still sucked, if anyone is to blame here it's Core. They have clearly lost their touch.

Jul 15, 2003 11:48am PDT

Maarten, to be fair to Eidos, I doubt this game would have been much better even with an extra year. They... : node

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Let's be fair though, guys. They were working on Tomb Raider 4 for 3 years!

that's a long time!

I'm sure their schedule wasn't that long to begin with, and I'm sure Eidos was getting antsy. That said, yeah, they probably should have given them the time to finish it.

But the reviews I've read haven't really indicated that it was a wonderful title that just happened to get rushed out the door.

Jul 15, 2003 9:52am PDT

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- This isn't Tomb Raider4. This is Tomb Raider 6. : g3rmz