inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoFormer BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chopwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1361arrow-down1external-linkFormer BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chopwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·23 days agoI honestly hope they just cancel the next Mass Effect. There is a 0% chance it’s not gonna be shit.
minus-squaretatann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·23 days agoTelltale (a decade ago) could have made a great story-focused game in the ME universe, Bioware didn’t even need to sell the IP for that
minus-squareVespair@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 days agoI will never understand the hype for Telltale. Wildly overrated, and they’re bullshit for calling their visual novels “adventure games.”
minus-squaretatann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·22 days ago Some people like mindless FPS à la CoD, others like narrative games, others puking blood playing souls-like games
minus-squareVespair@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-222 days agoI like visual novels well enough, I just think there’s a lot disingenuous about the presentation and marketing of Telltale’s products as anything but visual novels.
I honestly hope they just cancel the next Mass Effect. There is a 0% chance it’s not gonna be shit.
Sell the IP.
Telltale (a decade ago) could have made a great story-focused game in the ME universe, Bioware didn’t even need to sell the IP for that
I will never understand the hype for Telltale. Wildly overrated, and they’re bullshit for calling their visual novels “adventure games.”
Some people like mindless FPS à la CoD, others like narrative games, others
puking bloodplaying souls-like gamesI like visual novels well enough, I just think there’s a lot disingenuous about the presentation and marketing of Telltale’s products as anything but visual novels.