Popular Post Wavergray Posted September 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Hello and welcome to PSNP Interviews. Today's interviewee is @Maxie Mouse Stock Questions How did you come up with your PSN name? As far as I remember, the first time ever I’ve played online multiplayer was on Burnout 3: Takedown, on PS2. At the moment I created my EA account, I haven’t gotten deeper to find a username: Max654. But what does it mean? ‘Max’ is the short name everyone always gave me, the ‘654’ are the digits of my first email address I’ve ever had. Ever since, I adopted this nickname and carried it over PSN when I received my PS3 on Christmas 2007. Unfortunately, this name preference would last short. A few years later, when creating my first DeviantArt account, I added a ‘L’ letter between ‘Max’ and ‘654’, which made Maxl654 and I used it all across the internet. Then, in 2016, upon creating my Battle.Net account for Overwatch, I chose another nickname and I since adopted it everywhere. And yes, I’m one of those who desperately want the PSN ID change feature to come. I surely had to think twice before I chose this name. Until the feature is yet to come, I accepted to live with the nickname I’ve chosen 10 years ago. What games convinced you get your PlayStation 3, Playstation Vita, and PlayStation 4? I was a PlayStation fan since the original PS, so I would have gotten every Sony console no matter what. For the PlayStation 3, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Motorstorm, Assassin’s Creed, Unreal Tournament 3 and Burnout Paradise were those games that made me want a PS3. For the PlayStation Vita, I wanted Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, Super Stardust Delta and Gravity Rush. The games that brought me to have a PlayStation 4 were inFamous Second Son, Killzone Shadow Fall, Assassin’s Creed 4, Resogun and many others. What are your top 5 game series and why? Here are my favorite game series: Metal Gear - This series was a revelation to me when I was interested to Metal Gear Solid 4, so I decided to get my hands on the previous games before MGS4 came out. I couldn’t believe that such games could have a very complex, yet extremely interesting lore when you pay attention. It has insanely long but great cutscenes. The directing touch of Hideo Kojima makes this series a such unique experience: 4th wall and ridiculous moments, amazing directed cutscenes. The stealth gameplay is damn great, I cannot add more about it. In short, any gamer should give this series a try (except Metal Gear Survive). Ratchet & Clank - This series is completely amazing. I absolutely love the cartoonish characters and the humour in it, which is a signature of this series. What would it be Ratchet & Clank without the over-the-top arsenal you can get in all games? From the Morph-O-Ray transforming enemies into sheep, to Mr. Zurkon as bodyguard and its cheesy lines. You can also add the Groovitron and the R.Y.N.O. It’s always a satisfaction to see how destructive those ridiculous weapons can be. The series is filled of diverse planets to discover and delightful soundtrack. I can never get tired when a new game comes out! Burnout - Probably the best racing series out there. Burnout 3: Takedown was absolutely amazing when I played. In each game since Burnout 3, it’s pure satisfaction of bumping opponent cars and make them crash in various ways. Not only that, there’s the fun Crash mode just to see the biggest traffic destruction we can do. All the Burnout games are rewarding from beginning to end if you’re willing to complete everything. l cannot talk about the series without the soundtrack, oh gosh, the games have a great selection of licensed songs in them! Assassin’s Creed - Assassin’s Creed is still a series that I can appreciate for what it delivers a few years ago, but I sadly lost interest after Unity, I played a little on Syndicate and I haven’t gotten my hands on Origins. Consider my appreciation for the series before Syndicate. I love the exploration and the stealth element in those games. I like that you explore through different historical eras. The storyline mixes between historical events and fictions. From the first games, there is this mystery around those advanced tech relics that we want to know more about them, we want to learn more about the First Civilization people and their motives. The series gives us an endless ideological war: Assassins for freedom, and the Templars for order. Assassin’s Creed 3 was a great game after two ‘sub-sequels’, but it’s just sad that the modern time storyline at the end got screwed over, I expected a final conclusion of the franchise. Despite this, the series has its share of great and underwhelming games. I still like the series for the presentation and the various eras we explore. Rayman - I love this series for the cartoonish style and its particular and silly humour, especially in Rayman 3. Rayman 2 has marked me so much in my childhood, everything was so amazing in this game, it’s easily one of my favorite games of all time! I was enraged when Rayman felt in the shadow and the Rabbits took the spotlight. 5 years later, we’ve finally got a comeback with Rayman Origins and Legends, two absolute masterpieces! Extra series to mention: BioShock, Crash Bandicoot, Deus Ex, Doom, God of War, Gravity Rush, inFamous, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, Super Mario Bros., Prince of Persia, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spyro the Dragon, Super Smash Bros., The Last of Us, Trackmania, Trine, Uncharted, Wipeout, Wolfenstein. Do you have any other hobbies outside of gaming? I surely do! I like configuring and fixing computers. I have a diploma in IT but I have yet no job related to this domain. I hope that there is an IT job around here someday. My biggest passion is, of course, drawing. You only need to visit my profile to see my own created pictures. I always loved it and I always dreamed of becoming a comic artist, later an animator, then both recently. I wish to find, somehow, ways so I bring people to follow me and appreciate what I create. I have plenty of things that I want to do but I can’t manage to make my priorities straight. Top 5 TV shows, Movies, and/or anime, why, and would you recommend them to people? I don’t watch that much movies and I barely watch TV shows, and it happens so rarely that a movie would become in my top favourites. Once again, I don’t have a proper top 5. But I’ll give you a list of my favorite pieces of entertainment: An American Tail (1986): Simply my favorite movie of all time, period. This is a heartwarming animated film. This movie is directed by one of the legendary animators of all time: Don Bluth. An American Tail illustrates mice escaping from cats persecution in their homeland and immigrating to USA, in the end 19th century. Here you have amazing animation, charming characters and wonderful soundtrack. You’d crack for the protagonist, Fievel, for how adorable he is! If you like animations, you must watch this movie! This movie has been my greatest inspiration for my drawing. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - This is probably one of the best movies if you’re lover of pop culture and gaming. Scott Pilgrim is filled of pop culture, but the movie presents it in a subtle and organic way that it doesn’t feel annoying. I like the plot in this movie, it’s all presented like a fighting game, in which Scott must battle the seven evil exes of his newest girlfriend Ramona. Add to this that it has goofy humour and characters. This is a movie I recommend to you guys. Wreck-It Ralph (2012) - This is probably the best movie based on video games ever. I cannot stop thinking how great animation was in this movie, while keeping all the aesthetic and vibe from retro arcade games. There is a few references and cameos from games too, all while focusing on the original game worlds and characters. I also got attached to Vanellope and her backstory, and how Ralph try to do everything to be a good guy. You love video games? You’ll love it. The Secret of NIMH (1982) - Don Bluth’s first featured animated film he directed. This animated film is a MUST watch, you’ll undoubtedly love it! It was one of the few animated films that had a dark and mature tone and subjects at that time. We have here impressive animation and a protagonist that we get to love, Mrs. Brisby: An ordinary mouse with a red cap but with a strong heart. Her character development makes her interesting: A polite yet insecure, scared, a widow mother of four children, desperate of protecting her family from an imminent threat. But later, she becomes brave and would sacrifice herself in order to protect her children. The Land Before Time (1988) - Yep, another Don Bluth animated film. It features five young dinosaurs migrating and finding their way to the Great Valley. This movie is heartwarming and impressively animated and the soundtrack is wonderful. The movie quickly sets its dark atmosphere, where danger is around the corner. Top 5 favorite music bands/group/artist? Don Bluth - This animator has always been an inspiration to my drawing skills. I grew up with all his movies. He directed some of the greatest animated movies of all time: The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven or even Anastasia. I absolutely wish to learn his knowledge and to reach his skills! I even once had the opportunity of contacting him via email and I even got offered to get my An American Tail poster autographed. This moment was one of the greatest of my life! Yanni - A New Age music composer. He’s probably my favorite music composer ever. While I like many music genre, he’s above everything. I grew up with his music and it still marked me to this day. It’s like my soul escape away and travels to a wonderful world while listening to his music. Hybrid - Probably my favorite electronic music group. I cannot much describe how its music is, but I can say after listening to their various pieces, this group delivers unique pieces of music. My favorite pieces are when they combine instrumental with their own touch of electronic composition. They’ve made amazing albums such as Morning Sci-Fi and I Choose Noise. They even composed the soundtrack for Driveclub. I salute them for the music they deliver to us! Sabaton - Without doubt the most badass metal band I know on this world. They manage to make their songs about historical wars so epic and powerful! Almost all of their albums are amazing, such as Carolus Rex, Heroes, The Art of War or The Last Stand. Richard Williams - This artist has so many interesting stuff to know about his style. He animated for many animation films, but he was widely known for Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and his cursed movie The Thief and the Cobbler that could have been his lifetime masterpiece (before it was butchered without his involvement). I lately read his book The Animator’s Survival Kit to start learning animation and I must admit that it’s useful and hilarious to read through. I must admit that he may shape my animation skill, even though I want to learn from Don Bluth more than anyone else, but hey, better being inspired by more people than one, right? Your favorite platinum? Without any doubt, it’s Trackmania Turbo. This platinum means a lot to me because I’ve been addicted to Trackmania Nations and Trackmania United during a few years. I could suck in entire summers on my PC, playing only this game and competing against players online. After all those years of experience at Trackmania, I was excited to finally see the series on PlayStation, I could finally get the platinum trophy I deserved! After trials and errors of this challenging game, I’ve finally got the ultimate reward after many years of Trackmania I sucked into! I can finally show-off my passion and skills for Trackmania! Am I allowed to talk about another platinum trophy I’m proud as closely much as Trackmania Turbo? Overwatch’s platinum trophy can be close in terms of pride. I absolutely loved this game on my PC that I couldn’t resist to get the PS4 version, for the trophies. I was really hesitant of starting it due to the infamous difficult achievements, but once I’ve got my first trophy, there was no turning back! Overwatch reignited the great satisfaction of earning trophies I haven’t felt for years. Every trophy earned was pure satisfaction! I was impressed that I could manage of earning all trophies 100% legit, no boosting to this very day. I’ll keep earning all future trophies legitimately because I want to keep my pride, I’d feel terrible if I boost even one trophy. Your least platinum trophy? Oh boy... sigh... Little Deviants. I received it as a bundle with my Vita at launch and it looked like a casual game aimed for kids and the Platinum trophy looked easy. Oh gosh, I was completely wrong! First off, the game used the Vita features as a show-off to Vita potentials, which was nice. Unfortunately, the controls were so butchered and inaccurate in many mini-games. You add salt to the injury that almost all games required near perfect scores. Even some required a perfect run, for god's sake! How can you explain me that a kid is capable to earn all gold medals in the game?! To make the matter even worse, the online servers turned very glitchy which makes you not seeing your friends in the game leaderboard so you can't challenge them and earn the remaining online trophy! This is the worst part of this damn Platinum! I had to find a suitable stranger online who was gentle enough to help me for the online trophies... I waited 4 years for finding the right person and being able to earn this damn trophy because of stupid buggy server! This game isn't challenging, it's pure frustration! You'll enjoy so much to see online trophies that become more and more impossible to earn by the time going and frustrating mini-games requiring near perfect run with terrible controls! I warn you: Do NOT PLAY this game! Don't buy it, don't borrow it, don't start it! You'll regret it before it's too late! Have you ever been tempted to switch over to the Xbox/Nintendo/PC gaming ecosystems? I was a Nintendo fan as early I could handle a controller. I also had a Sega Genesis for a time, where I grew up with Sonic franchise. In the end 90s, I had my PlayStation and this where I discovered Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Twisted Metal, Wipeout, Tomb Raider and other great games. From there, I coexisted with Nintendo and PlayStation consoles: Nintendo 64 and PlayStation, GameCube and PS2, the Wii and the PS3. I played a ton of PC games as well, I played a lot of Unreal Tournament, Need for Speed series, Trackmania and others. Sadly, the Wii became the console that killed my fire for Nintendo due to the terrible gamick controller and the majority of rushed, casual and aweful games in the Wii catalog (only games by Nintendo were good). Ever since, I sticked with PlayStation exclusively, either first or third party games. I tried to play more games on PC when I purchased my first built PC in 2011 so I can play this year’s latest games with amazing graphics and beyond. Unfortunately, it didn’t last long until I jumped back to PlayStation consoles, and I ever since stick to PlayStation when I take the time for gaming. I can’t deny that Trophies have a huge influence on my system preference, same for PlayStation exclusive games that are among the best games ever. If you could have one game from any gaming generation be remade or re-released what would it be? If I could, I’d definitely re-release Burnout 3: Takedown in HD remaster, because this is one of the best racing games ever made! I’d even remaster all five Burnout games released on PS2! While the Burnout franchise has recently been revived with Paradise Remaster, I hope that those sales would encourage EA to give the task to a studio of remastering all Burnout games! How far are you willing to go for a platinum? I think I’m like everybody else, I would go for a platinum until I’m tired of a game and I don’t find it fun anymore. Hours long grinds turn me off of a game the most cases, I easily refuse to play a game that would take me over 100 hours to platinum. Difficulty is rarely a concern to me, since I can overcome it. What feature (besides backwards compatibility) do you think the next console generation should have? Better Cross-Play on third-party games. At this point, Sony would probably give up to the community’s pressure and let the cross-play happening with Xbox and Nintendo. What is your favorite thing about PSNP? The fact that you can easily find people for boosting online trophies, or even working together for coop trophies. There is no other website or community I know as huge as PSNP for finding suitable players for trophies. You get this feeling that you can trust everyone on this website since they all share the same goals, thus you meet serious and dedicated players. Is there anyone in the PSNP Community you would like to give a shout out too and if so why? I’d definitely give a shout at @BlindMango for his amazing job on helping out with trophy guides. He helped many times on checking if there were people making guide for specific games, and on finding people for collaborating with guides. He even helped me by pointing out my grammar mistakes when I made trophy guides. Thank you, man! Community questions Favourite food? My ever favorite meal is a libanaise one, the Shish Taouk, but I usually call it ‘Amir’ due to the restaurant’s name I always order this meal from. I always order this meal like this: it consists of marinated and grilled chicken and beef, then served with tasty marinated French fries, vegetables and rice. It’s also served with an amazing garlic sauce and pita bread, and a few green hot peppers. Simply the best! Who are your top 5/10 favourite rodent characters? (I think we all know #1) Haha, I think that it’s no more secret at this point! Yes, I like fictional rodents a lot, mostly mice. I have not, properly speaking, a top 5. A lot of my favorite characters are based on animations. Here are my favorite 5 rodent characters: Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail) Mrs. Brisby (The Secret of NIMH) Quill (Moss (PSVR)) Matthias (Redwall (TV series)) Eckhart (Eckhart (TV Series)) What are your top 5 PSVR games? I haven’t bought PSVR games for a long time, so sorry if my top 5 looks like old. Here is my top 5 PSVR games so far: Moss - My absolute favorite VR game, it was literally THE game I wished for PSVR! The graphics are amazing, the soundtrack is wonderful, the mouse protagonist Quill is so cute. The immersion in the VR headset makes this game such special. This is simply the best VR experience! The only minus is that it takes 5 hours to finish it, but every second is worth to play this gem. This game is a MUST for anyone who owns a PSVR, Oculus Rift or HTC Vive! I hope this game stays VR exclusive, because it would be downright criminal to remove it, the VR makes it all! Battlezone - This game is great for what it delivers with its retro-like graphics, sounds and music. This game makes you truly feel that you’re inside a tank. It’s also a challenging Rogue-like game at its core. I highly recommend of playing it with a group, the team tactical aspect in the game is its biggest straight. Even though the VR is no more required to play the game via the latest update, I recommend to play with the PSVR for a better experience! Just be warned that the platinum trophy is extremely ultra rare due to its immense grind on one single trophy, expect to play for 250+ hours until the last trophy pops up. Aside the ridiculous platinum grind, the game is worth playing for short playthroughs with a team of players. Eagle Flight - Another great immersive VR title. In this one, you incarnate an eagle and you fly around a post-apocalyptic Paris. You feel the sensation of flying and speed during the entire Story mode. Sadly, the Story mode is short to finish and the multiplayer has only one mode and it’s empty of players, reducing the value for the content. Despite those minuses, you have here a challenging game if you want to 100% the Story mode. You can also boost online trophies by being only two players, it will take you a tolerable amount of hours for finishing them. Driveclub VR - It’s simply Driveclub but in VR. I know, but the fact that you’re inside the car and that you feel how fast you go makes it all. For the first time in gaming, I played entirely in cockpit view thanks to the magic of VR, I could perceive depth and knew when to take turns. Gladly I was one of those who didn’t feel motion sickness while playing this game. Job Simulator - A very easy platinum to get, but a silly, funny game to try! In this game, you have to experience five different jobs while going crazy and improvise. You can disrespect the robots and throw stuff at them for example, or creating the most craziest sandwich you can think of! This game is made so you can go wild while doing a ‘job’. What changes to the trophy system would you like to see on the PS5? There is a few things I’d like to see to the trophy system on PS5: A built-in progression tracking, from which you can track your progression (e.g. 300/1000 kills) on trophies. Putting an end to all platinum/100% stacks for PS5 games and beyond. Each game is united into one single trophy list for all regions and versions. By doing so, we have a more organized and cleaner library of trophy lists across PSN. Nobody should feel forced of buying the same game multiple times in order to complete their trophy collection. This is my personal opinion, I should recall. Rewards for collecting trophies, like discounts on games, clothes for “PSN avatar”, exclusive themes and avatar and more. You know, something to reward those who dedicate themselves on earning trophies. I know there is Sony Rewards but this is only for US accounts, so this is completely unfair for anyone else outside USA! Deleting undesirable trophy lists with more than 0% completion. Stopping the automatic trophy syncing in the background when connected to PSN, as we witness on PS4. If you got deported from Canada, what country wood you move to? This is impossible, since I’m a born Canadian citizen, so I don’t see how on Earth I can get deported from my homeland. If it ever occurs (which is 0.0000001% of chance), I would move to Sweden. What would it take to convince you to plat all 6 InkSplosion stacks? Only money can convince me to platinum all 6 stacks of this game. Unless people are willing to give me PSN cash card for every region other than NA, I would do it! Are you jealous of Mickey Mouse? He’s like the world’s most popular mouse. Why would I be jealous? As the kid I was, I loved Mickey a lot during my early ages. There’s no doubt that Mickey was the cause of my passion for fictional mice. Do you like bacon? This is an unusual question. Yes, I do like bacon. I like bacon with Palt (Swedish meal), bacon with eggs, bacon in pie, and so on. What's your most anticipated upcoming game? Does Spyro Reignited Trilogy count? I mean, it’s a remake of a trilogy of games I played and liked during my childhood. But recently, there is this “1/3 of the trilogy on disc” debacle and I refused to place my pre-order. Thankfully, the trilogy was delayed and we hope that all games are finally on the disc. I’ll wait until the first owners show that all three games are on disc or not. Thank you Activision for trying to screw your customers over! Aside this trilogy remake, I’d easily say that The Last of Us Part 2 is the upcoming game I’m excited the most. I can’t wait to see how Naughty Dog will wow us with engaging gameplay, amazing graphics and good-written story. Out of Mickey Mouse, Jerry (from Tom & Jerry), and Speedy Gonzales, which one is your favourite and why? I think I’ve already responded to another question, but I don’t mind saying it again. My favorite mouse of all is, of course, Fievel Mousekewitz from An American Tail. This mouse is simply my favorite character ever, period! He’s absolutely adorable in his big shirt and big hat, I love so much his clothes design. I can describe him as curious, intrepid, dreamful, hopeful and imaginative. His name is such unique, as being identified as Russian-Jewish. I guess I cannot express enough how I like this character and how he has been an inspiration to my drafting. Thank you again @Maxie Mouse for being a interviewee in the PSNP Interviews series. The next interviewee will be revealed soon. People who asked questions: Spoiler @A-Brawl3r @Beyondthegrave07 @Trope Hore @Muur1993 @Rottenbeard @Dragon-Archon Edited September 23, 2018 by soultaker655 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Aww thanks for the shout out! Your guides are epic Max, congrats on getting an interview! Edited September 23, 2018 by BlindMango 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyondthegrave07 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Wow, I haven't seen An American Tail since I was a kid! Haha. I've been wanting to get eagle's flight and Moss, so I'll need to get them at some point! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT__Jedi Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Great interview and nice to meet you Maxie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divecomb Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Cool, nice to meet you. Love mini mouse and massive mouse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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