00:01Rated M for Mature
00:10My name is David Wheeler and I'm the content director for Sierra Vivendi Games
00:15Being that Time Shift was developed in Russia
00:18If you walk around St. Petersburg
00:20You will see similarities in some of the things that appear in the game
00:23The idea was to change the art style of the game
00:26To make the game look more realistic
00:28Gritty environments, destroyed buildings
00:30Russia serves as a great set piece where you can draw inspiration of those things
00:34It's a country which was under managed for so many years
00:38So when the guys were given the direction that that's the direction that we want to take the art to
00:43They all bought these high definition cameras
00:45And as they're walking home they just take pictures of whatever they see on the streets
00:49Things like rain gutters, things like rusty pipes
00:53Any kind of texture you want to have in the game you can find somewhere on the street
00:58Does Russia affect the style of the game?
01:01Does Russia affect the style of the game?
01:03I think it's not
01:04I think it's not
01:34It's a society that still has some pre-perestroika remnants to it
01:45It's kind of funny when I watch the Americans go over to Russia
01:48I was pretty excited to go over there
01:49Because it was cold and cold
01:51In the previous place
01:53Working
01:54Russia has always been a challenge
01:55We don't speak Russian and the Russians here, English isn't their first language
02:08It's amazing the things that people come up with as preconceptions about what it's like to be in Russia
02:12Myself included
02:19There was some culture shock originally when you know I first got over there
02:31As you're walking around, things don't quite make sense to you
02:35And it's, you know, maybe it's just because I'm American
02:37We have ATMs here and yet we've had guys packing cash by actually strapping it to their body because they
02:47thought that they might be robbed
02:48It's a pretty civilized place
02:50There are hotels, there are cars on the streets and there are stores
02:54If you go to take a break or you're like, okay, we're gonna go meet for lunch in 15 minutes
02:59They don't mean 15 minutes, what they mean is Russian 15 minutes, which is like five hours
03:04The Russian mentality is just kind of powered through it
03:13Where is everybody?
03:15Apparently they're off having a meeting somewhere
03:17It's a very important meeting because they're all yelling at each other in Russian
03:23Everything moves slowly, elevators move slowly, especially in Saber's office
03:30Why do you have such small lifts and such wide roads?
03:36We don't have yellow caps here
03:38We have gypsy caps
03:40Basically in America it's known as hitchhiking
03:42When you actually put your hand out, the crappiest car on the road will come and stop
03:48I had one cab ride where I was, we were in the back and he gets going
03:52And so we're quiet for a few minutes and we start to look at each other and we're like
03:56Hey, you know, so you want to talk about?
03:57And the guy just kicks on the radio and it's like
04:01Any car, some guy on his way to work, some lady with the groceries in the back
04:05And it's like just pumping and we're like, whoa, okay, I guess he likes this channel
04:09And so we're like, so, you know, we gotta do this thing
04:12And he's like, turns out the radio even more
04:15And then you try to negotiate where you want to go
04:18And you say, I want to go here
04:19And they say, six dollars
04:21And you say, one
04:22And they go, one dollar is fine
04:23And the next thing you go
04:24And you're like, wow, that was only a dollar
04:25And you're like, wait, I'm sitting in this piece of shit car
04:28And I don't know who the hell this guy is
04:29Those guys ride like crazy
04:31Which definitely cuts travel time short
04:34Hopefully it doesn't cut your life short
04:35It's this Russian rap thing, which is like
04:38Glistened up for Cleveland
04:39Little bug of liga
04:40The worse the car, the better the stereo
04:46And then it was like, welcome to the barbecue
04:52It's just Western society gone mad
04:55It's like the Wild West
04:57Walking from my apartment to work
05:00Was always kind of an adventure
05:02You never know what you're gonna get
05:04I remember walking down the street and seeing a bear
05:06As I'm walking to work one day
05:09I see this body with this blanket kind of covered over it
05:14I mean, it's like that blue mesh kind of blanket that you see
05:17And it's covering his face
05:18Is he dead?
05:20That guy's, I know that guy is dead
05:21I think it's normal
05:25Nothing's scary
05:27Russia is just a different place
05:32Russia is a huge gaming market
05:34And the guys who work for Sabre
05:36Understand games
05:37And have played more games
05:38Than almost anybody I know
05:39They're encyclopedias
05:40When it comes to games
05:41But nonetheless
05:42There's that perception
05:43That you have to overcome
05:43Their commitment to their brand
05:45Is unparalleled
05:46Considering how long the game
05:47Has been in development
05:48And how many different sort of hurdles
05:49It's had to go through
05:50To get to this point
05:51We're working with
05:52A team of guys
05:54Who are really busting their ass
05:56Because it's just
05:57To come and eat
05:59To sleep
06:00To sleep
06:00To wake up
06:01And go to work
06:03And she says
06:03When you're finished
06:04This project
06:05That finally
06:06The child will see
06:07The dad
06:08And the wife will see
06:20The dad
06:21And the mother
06:21Is actually decent
06:22And it's worth going out
06:24They've sacrificed
06:25There's always somebody here
06:27Working towards the goal
06:28Of commitment to quality
06:31And it's tangibly in your hands
06:33When you're playing the game
06:34And that's
06:34That's the sweet spot
06:51And that's
06:52That's
06:52That's
06:52That's
07:06The
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