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George R.R. Martin has confirmed he has "consulted" on a game from Japan. [Rumoured to be collab. with From Software]
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The most unbelievable part about this for me is From's willingness to work with Bamco again after how DS2 was rushed and 3 was already in milking territory.
GRRM could certainly prop From's games from great to in contention for all time best but I highly doubt this.
An actual well written narrative with great characters.
wouldn't it be great if the chosen undead was conflicted about whether or not they should keep killing Gods or if they should instead marry in to a position of power?
I mean...how much of this was because of NB? They were just the publisher of the series in the West. They may have simply signed a deal to make multiple games if they were successful. We don't know.
Even though GRRM is a skilled novelist known for deep characterization and balancing lots of plot threads that stay ahead of the reader, it doesn't mean an ambitious writing style like that would make it to video games intact. And stories in video games are more effective when they're told visually and dynamically around and involving the player, anyway, not through tons of scripted narrative. The writing in From's games are already renown for that so I don't understand why bringing in a novelist, even one as iconic as GRRM, as lead writer would be considered necessary to begin with.
But that's assuming this story is real. Pretty sure we'll know how legit this is in a few days.
But that's assuming this story is real. Pretty sure we'll know how legit this is in a few days.
Oh F off, Martin!!
Imma meltdown right now.
Hey, Bruh... Finish your fn books!
But nah. Lemme write these comics, go on vacations, publicity tours, help write tv shows, and now video games.
I've been reading ASoIaF from the jump. They're my favorite series next to LotR, but I feel we gonna get a Wheel of Time situation. Another writer is going to have to finish his shit when his ass dies. Or worse, some Canterbury Tales.
He needs to pull a Stephen King after he got run over. Lock himself in a cabin and finish the damn things.
From is my favorite developer. This rumor of them coming together should be like chocolate and peanut butter to me. NO! I hope it's false. I don't need Martin's writer's block, procrastinating ass contaminating Fromsoft.
Imma meltdown right now.
Hey, Bruh... Finish your fn books!
But nah. Lemme write these comics, go on vacations, publicity tours, help write tv shows, and now video games.
I've been reading ASoIaF from the jump. They're my favorite series next to LotR, but I feel we gonna get a Wheel of Time situation. Another writer is going to have to finish his shit when his ass dies. Or worse, some Canterbury Tales.
He needs to pull a Stephen King after he got run over. Lock himself in a cabin and finish the damn things.
From is my favorite developer. This rumor of them coming together should be like chocolate and peanut butter to me. NO! I hope it's false. I don't need Martin's writer's block, procrastinating ass contaminating Fromsoft.
The dude is bored with it. Sometimes you start a videogame and one day you decide... yeah, no more. I am not going to finish it.
Or just anything in life. He is sick of it.
You don't know what you're talking about and are peddling a conspiracy theory.
He's still actively writing in the universe. Fire & Blood, his newly released book, tells stories within Westeros' past, many of which are clearly modeled after ASOIAF's storylines — as if he were drafting how to play them out.
He still writes — and yes, finishes — a lot. ASOIAF entries are just incredibly intricate, and take a lot of time. Should they take as much time as he does? Nah, GRRM absolutely has his self-imposed handicaps and inefficiencies, but to say he's bored of it is absurd. It's just difficult.
Yes, he has written and released a bunch of stuff since 2011.
And none of that stuff is a followup to ADWD. I definitely think GRRM has ran into major creative roadblocks for that storyline, because with stuff like TWOIAF, F&B and assorted short stories it feels like he's actively avoiding tackling the main books and would rather write about other stuff.
So the last two books can be completely rushed and shite?
If this is real, any possibility of it just being a straight-up licensed Game of Thrones game?
The only thing that would be out of lore with that world is a main hero who gains powers from other leaders somehow. And leaders that even have power to begin with, unless they're from Asshai or ancient Valyria or something...
The only thing that would be out of lore with that world is a main hero who gains powers from other leaders somehow. And leaders that even have power to begin with, unless they're from Asshai or ancient Valyria or something...
This was clear in the last two books when instead of winding down to a conclusion he kept pulling new characters out his ass.
I wouldn't be surprised if GRRM has a shelved outline/bible of a universe that just never got finished and part of him being the Lead ( not sole) writer would be to contribute said work.
The Aegon plotline was planned from nearly the beginning. This is evident from the text. It wasn't something he'd just thought of.
As a writer, working on one project is not necessarily time that could have been efficiently spent working on another project. Sometimes you'll have inspiration for one thing and not another, and often working on that will give you inspiration for the other thing, which is why I brought up F&B's many similarities to mainline ASOIAF plots.
He may have ran into some mild roadblocks, but worked on F&B to workshop how to surmount them. Either way, he wasn't bored with ASOIAF; entries in it just take exponentially more time and effort than other works.
Holy christ. Just how big is From Software nowadays? It feels like that have grown into a behemoth capable of having up to 3-4 simultaneous games in development.
He might or might not be bored with it. But If he was....I would understand.
Sekiro introduces several things that fans never thought From would be equipped or eager to pursue. Things like a more direct narrative, heavier emphasis on dialogue and stealth to name a few. I think going open world next gen is one of the most plausible steps for them to take.
Sure it's not out of the question, but their games are technically quite messy, I can't imagine it being easy to translate that to an open world
This sounds believable, if only because GRRM will do absolutely anything that is not finishing his books. I wouldn't be surprised if he announced he's putting together an expedition to Mars.
I'd be surprised if he's a lead writer for the story of the whole game. More like he wrote a quick side character or optional mission... enough for Namco to slap his name all over the box and bump sales.
I definitely wouldn't be surprised GRRM would do this though. He seems to leap at opportunities to distract him from the ASoIaF books.
I definitely wouldn't be surprised GRRM would do this though. He seems to leap at opportunities to distract him from the ASoIaF books.
BS
If not BS then I know my most anticipated game for the unforeseeable future.
No. No. NO ONE uses that abbreviation. Absolutely no one.
If not BS then I know my most anticipated game for the unforeseeable future.
No. No. NO ONE uses that abbreviation. Absolutely no one.
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