- Ascyron ( @Ascyron@lemmy.one ) English74•1 year ago
From the headline I was hoping some execs fell on their sword but nope. Workers get the shaft and higher-ups keep their job to look after the rest of the business.
- sculd ( @sculd@beehaw.org ) English38•1 year ago
As always, its the workers who take the fall for greedy executives.
- DubiousInterests ( @DubiousInterests@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) English35•1 year ago
From Daedalics statement they also gained federal funding as well. So I guess the execs enriched themselves with government funding then got rid of the workers after. Thats much worse.
- ivenoidea ( @ivenoidea@feddit.de ) English3•1 year ago
I’ll tell my German partner that they paid for Gollum lol
- Kir ( @Kir@feddit.it ) English13•1 year ago
This doesn’t surprise me at all
- Spitfire ( @Spitfire@pawb.social ) English44•1 year ago
I think the devs just bit off more than they could chew with a game type way outside of their norm.
They’re used to making adventure and point and click games not big titles like they were trying to do for Gollum.
- pfannkuchen_gesicht ( @pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one ) English33•1 year ago
Rather unsurprising but of course sucks for the developers. What were the execs thinking?
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English37•1 year ago
They were probably thinking they could get AAA game quality and indie game budgets, just by injecting a well known license.
- cavemeat ( @cavemeat@beehaw.org ) English24•1 year ago
I kinda hate that about companies. The ones who make hairbrained decisions are never the ones who pay the consequences.
- ProfessorGrizzly ( @ProfessorGrizzly@midwest.social ) English7•1 year ago
Stray pulled off AAA quality on a tiny budget using something loved by a lot of people (cat protagonist) but it had a number of advantages, primarily you don’t need licensing fees for cats, the dev time was deep into “purely a labor of love” length, and I don’t think it came out near any releases of a superior direct competitor. Any adventure epic right now had to contend with FF16 and people still messing around with Tears of the Kingdom.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English4•1 year ago
I think licencing agreements are the death of many games. I maintain that the failure of Cyberpunk 2077 was primarily due to their involvement with Keanu Reeves and I need to bring in revenue to satisfy his Hollywood contract.
- empireOfLove ( @empireOfLove@lemmy.one ) English16•1 year ago
They were thinking they’ll get their golden parachute regardless of their effort, and the workers will take the fall, just like they did here, so fuck project quality!
- TheAfterman ( @TheAfterman@beehaw.org ) English15•1 year ago
Make money and cut costs. Always the case.
- Lupec ( @lupec@lemmy.lpcha.im ) English25•1 year ago
Always sad to witness folks losing their jobs, but I guess we all saw this coming. Here’s hoping they all manage to land on their feet.
That said, I have to wonder what that second game was going to be about. Codename “It’s Magic”, probably something involving Gandalf or another Wizard? 🤔 - Crotaro ( @Crotaro@beehaw.org ) English17•1 year ago
Damn, this makes me incredibly sad. Edna & Harvey occupied my mind for quite a long time and shaped me as a person, even if just a little.
- HidingCat ( @HidingCat@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Memoria was the standout game for me. After what you said I might try Edna & Harvey though!
- baguettesy ( @baguettesy@beehaw.org ) English14•1 year ago
I feel really bad for the employees. Feels like the execs set them up to fail. Hopefully they land on their feet.
- ag_roberston_author ( @ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org ) English11•1 year ago
Completely unsurprising. How anyone at the studio thought that was acceptable to release is beyond me.
- metaltoilet ( @metaltoilet@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
It was a funny meme while it lasted.
- nostalgicgamerz ( @nostalgicgamerz@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
just think of all the money that this game had poured into it…and the failure is why the Embracer Group (THQNordic) is cancelling games and re-prioritizing it’s studios.
I’m gonna be livid if my Deus Ex Reboot / 3rd sequel got cancelled because of this…
- EremesZorn ( @EremesZorn@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Is a new Deus Ex game confirmed? Because I have heard absolutely nothing about that and was under the impression they were done with the series.
- nostalgicgamerz ( @nostalgicgamerz@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
Embracer / THQNordic mentioned last year they had interest and basically wanted to do where cyberpunk failed expectations
- EremesZorn ( @EremesZorn@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
God, that’d be amazing but I’ve been burned so many times in the past that I can’t hold my breath.
- AndrasKrigare ( @AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org ) English7•1 year ago
Considering that they previously made point and click adventures, this was too big of a swing for them.
- CybranM ( @CybranM@feddit.nu ) English6•1 year ago
Not surprising but still sad, of course the people making the stupid choices dont face the consequences. I feel for the employees
- Qiz ( @Qiz@beehaw.org ) English5•1 year ago
Oof. This sucks, it seems that if you don’t have an estabilidade name you can’t have bad “AAA” launch nowadays.
- Aesthesiaphilia ( @Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
estabilidade
- Natori ( @natori@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
“established”
- Jorgelino328 ( @Jorgelino328@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
estabilidade
Lusófono detectado.
- Qiz ( @Qiz@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Autocorrect ratting me out.
- hybrid havoc ( @hybridhavoc@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Wow that’s rough
- Soepkip ( @Taijk@feddit.nl ) English2•1 year ago
Good call, there was nothing worth salvaging of an organization that is responsible for that atrocity.
- Maximilious ( @Maximilious@kbin.social ) 0•1 year ago
So no DLC?
I had some hope for this game and thought the premise was of sound mind - however not the timeline moment they chose.
I feel a stealth game done right with gollum as the protagonist could be an absolute success. Unfortunately they didn’t nail this one, not even close from what I’ve read.
- Chariotwheel ( @Chariotwheel@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Yeah, a stealth game combined with working with Gollums shattered mind could be interesting.
It could basically be a horror game.