Zippy BotAB to GamingEnglish · 18 hours agoFrostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sellwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkFrostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sellwww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy BotAB to GamingEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·18 hours agoBecause Baldur’s Gate 3 didn’t disprove that?
minus-squarenot_that_guy05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·18 hours agoCame to say the same shit and even rdr2 showed that a good story and mechanics is a hit.
minus-squareRozz@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoBut then they have to try harder, I guess
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·15 hours agoLet’s ignore any and all context that might have made BG3 an exception. Famous IP is something the frostpunk devs don’t really have. They’ve got a great start, but 50 plus years of books to pull from, it has none.
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoAlan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077, the Resident Evil games. Even Frostpunk sold well enough to expect a sequel to do better.
Because Baldur’s Gate 3 didn’t disprove that?
Came to say the same shit and even rdr2 showed that a good story and mechanics is a hit.
But then they have to try harder, I guess
Let’s ignore any and all context that might have made BG3 an exception. Famous IP is something the frostpunk devs don’t really have. They’ve got a great start, but 50 plus years of books to pull from, it has none.
Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077, the Resident Evil games. Even Frostpunk sold well enough to expect a sequel to do better.