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Date: 13-09-2016, 21:57
Over the last two years, Blizzard Entertainment has left many of its key employees. This month, the famous group of developers headed by one of the creators of Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft, Rob Pardo (Rob Pardo) opened a Studio Bonfire, and then about his retirement announced another legendary game designer, Chris Metzen (Chris Metzen).
Source: www.polygon.com
At the time of his retirement, 42-year-old Metzen the senior Vice President of story content and franchise development. In his farewell message in the forum Battle.net he said that before joining the company lacked the necessary experience. The desire to create worlds, characters and stories came from his background, Hobbies, D&D. "I was barely twenty when I started working at Blizzard, — he remembered. It was so long ago that in a past life. [...] Then I did not understand what you do. Didn't know how to make entertainment products in General and games in particular."
Metzen worked on illustrations and documentation for the Warcraft: Orcs and Humans 1994. In the development of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness he played a more important role: he was allowed to participate in the creation of missions and scenarios. The next big step was the work on the original Diablo, the universe of which Metzen came up with Allen Adham (Bill Roper). In 1998 he became the lead designer of StarCraft, the story and the script for which was created with the participation of James Finney (James Phinney). He later acted as creative Director Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and helped in writing the script and drawing illustrations for World of Warcraft. He was also one of the Directors on the development of Overwatch.
The designer is also actively involved in voicing the characters and Blizzard games. His voice saying the skeleton King of the first Diablo, thrall and vol'jin from Warcraft, as well as the marine and the battlecruiser from StarCraft. In addition to this, he was one of the screenwriters of the film Duncan Johnson (Duncan Jones) based on Warcraft.
"About twenty-three years I had the great honor to create worlds and games with the brightest creative minds in the entertainment industry — wrote Metzen. — I was in the same row with the giants stood on the shoulders of giants. In short, I was having a good time. I had the best job you could wish for, but the truth is that at times it was hard. [...] Achieving consensus on design issues, episodes, and selection of the art direction requires patience and developed communication skills. [...] Sometimes it was not so good. But the interaction with a partner in spite of all the difficulties that are created because of this creative tension — that's real magic".
Source: www.kotaku.com.au
Unlike his famous colleagues, Metzen has no plans to open his own Studio. Moreover, he is not going to work in the gaming industry. "I use the word "care" because I don't intend to take a position at another company, to undertake any new projects or to do something like that, " he explained and with irony, he continued: — It was a long amazing years. You need to slow down. Relax. Lying on the couch and become fat. Well, or a little thicker than now. According to the designer, he wants to devote all his time to his family, which he called "the core of my life and a source of profound joy and inspiration.
