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very exciting, though that has been known for awhile
I wonder if the lukewarm reception of Bioshock 2 made them think twice.
also, guess what the source for the 2017 stories on this is? lol
they tried but it didnt work out
they are trying again though. They got a new team in Novato CA, that even got ex Irrational and Arkane talent
they tried but it didnt work out
they are trying again though. They got a new team in Novato CA, that even got ex Irrational and Arkane talent
Levine is kind of a dick, so I'm not particularly hyped to see anything from him, but if his next game ever DOES come out, I guess we'll see.
I don't have any sweet scoops, just murmurs I heard from friends associated with Irrational while I was still living in Boston. I heard enough negative stuff piled up about Levine by the time he killed Irrational Games that it kind of made me just write him off as a person.
Thank god. Though I wonder if this game will still revolve around the concept of "narrative legos"?
Edit: Nvm i really need to finish reading the OP before I post lol
Edit: Nvm i really need to finish reading the OP before I post lol
Are you just being cheeky or do you not realize that "immersive sim" is actually a very specific genre of game?
Yeah, didn't he close it down when nothing bad was happening to it? He just closed it down?
He shut it down because he didn't want to run a large team anymore and basically handpicked a bunch of Irrational staff to follow him to the new studio he was working on starting up.
closing down Irrational wasn't his decision, he was actually pretty devastated by it. of all the dick divas in the industry Levine is the last person to come to my mind, but you never really know i guess
I kinda always hated how the bioshock games were kinda really halfassed the rpgs. hopefully this new game can merge the action and rogue stuff better.
Yeah, wow, I heard COMPLETELY different from that. Especially right around the time the team shut down.
i don't doubt there's bad blood in the aftermath of Infinite but brass tacks they went overbudget and didn't give the payoff 2K wanted
i mean, who knows maybe crocodile tears on Levine's part but i think it's the standard 2010s story of troubled development. sometimes it's the product of horrific asshole management but i think they just bit off more than they could chew, it happens
Well I'm very keen to see what comes of this, and the new Bioshock game. But, one of the biggest appeals of those games was the sublime art direction. Do we know where the people who worked on that side of things at Irrational ended up?
don't know if there's any carryover from art design talent but City of Brass and Void Bastards are products of "Irrational alumnus", if that's anything to go by
Ideally immersive sims should focus on player agency, most problems should have multiple solutions and the solutions should be logical extensions of the simulation and things should be simulated rather than scripted wherever possible.
I don't think most people would really consider the Bioshock games immersive sims. Deus Ex, Dishonored, Prey, and Thief are better examples.
Huh, interesting. Seem to remember Levine went away from games into another medium after BS:I.
No complains from me though. Immersive sims are always welcome.
No complains from me though. Immersive sims are always welcome.
Cheeky of course as that denotation is very silly.
"I can't wait for that Engaging Racing game to come out."
There's a pretty explicit difference between immersive sim games and RPGs. There are some shared elements yes but immersive sim is in a very different ballpark.
I don't think you get the immersive sim genre. Deus Ex is 100% pure immersive sim.
The Occupation is almost like that, just a smaller scope but a lot of simulation.