Fernando Secco

Sr. Staff Gameplay Programmer / Gameplay Progression Systems Lead at @SonySantaMonica. These opinions are my own. Previous Eidos/BioWare/EA.

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Finally found time to do this : @SonySantaMonica #GodofWarRagnorok @PlayStation

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@johanvinet while(true) { fork(); }

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My favorite innovation in gaming has to be network latency in single player games. Very cool to experience lag and die in new ways.

If it was Doom 2, pretty sure the difficulty setting would be named “Give me Lag”.

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@bioware “4 of us together? Don’t even think about it @EbengerJohn !!”

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@Aureon71 They should make a pool and we all move to that service, lol.

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@IridiumGameDev @Mike_Laidlaw @BioMarkDarrah Yeah I feel like the game structure in general is very DA2 (which for me is a good thing as I played so much of it).

Also, Cid gives me Varric vibes left and right.

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It may be just me but FF16 game structure reminds me a lot of DA2.

I can’t really pinpoint, but it is very nostalgic. Combat focused, interesting characters, light side quests and strong main quest.

I really like it.

I wonder if @Mike_Laidlaw and @BioMarkDarrah played it.

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I wonder what types of content and camera angles @EbengerJohn would come up with in an FF game.

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I just love the Attack On Titan vibes in in FFXVI.

Just awesome.

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I miss going down the streets in the 90’s and hearing:

“Tiger! Tiger! Tiger uppercut! Tiger!”
“You loose!”

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I guess this is how my game night will be remembered for generations...

#PS5Share, #FINALFANTASYVIIREMAKE

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@BilalArshad

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Just received this funny email:
“Fernando - are you curious about this role <put here a role that you didn’t know existed and it is completely different than anything you have ever worked on>?

I am like, nah, delete.

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@IridiumGameDev Grats Burke!

Question, Does this mean you can take 3x the pain I caused you in the last project?

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@CyberpunkGame Oh man, I am so ready for this.

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Me next time I need to go to my kid’s school event.

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The other thing that survived 25 years…

So good!

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That feeling when you realize your 12yo notebook ran some automatic updates during the night, and when it restarted, it sat on the “attempting to repair” for a very very long time…

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@__mrlinus__ Being able to create a loaf of bread the way I want, shared it (with butter and cheese), is so satisfying.

I guess what I am trying to say is, creating physical things was a key for me to express and satisfy my creativity.

Maybe you could try that? :)

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@__mrlinus__ came into play. The first time I finish a Warhammer kit, it changed everything. Being able to realize something, touch it, learn from mistakes and try again next day, was a gamer changer for me.

Don’t even start me with bread…