Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoDisco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UMwww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down11cross-posted to: discoelysium@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkDisco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UMwww.eurogamer.netWxnzxn@lemmy.ml to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: discoelysium@lemmy.zip
minus-squareNakedmole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoI wouldn’t want to buy an expansion from the people who stole Disco Elysium anyway. How Disco Elysium Was Stolen From Its Creators About the Disco Elysium Investigation (It’s bad.)
minus-squareGlitchington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoYeah, this seems like the business equivalent of a slap in the face to the original devs.
minus-square100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoIf anything the employees getting fired and the project being shitcanned adds another layer of social commentary
minus-squareBarrierWithAshes@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoThe whole thing is such a clusterfuck. I’ve never played it but I can sympathize with how the fans have been jerked around.
minus-squarepapabobolious@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI sympathise with them, but played it without any insight into any drama. It’s one of the best games I’ve played.
minus-squareNakedmole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI you are into adventure games and/or like the idea of a story heavy rpg without combat I wholeheartedly recommend you trying it.
minus-squareBarrierWithAshes@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI’ve tried several games like it. Arcanum being one of the most similar but I just can’t get into that style, no matter how many times I’ve tried lol. Same reason I won’t play Planescape: Torment. Just not for me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squareBustinJiber@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoStill do not understand how this wasn’t hostile takeover.
I wouldn’t want to buy an expansion from the people who stole Disco Elysium anyway.
How Disco Elysium Was Stolen From Its Creators
About the Disco Elysium Investigation (It’s bad.)
Yeah, this seems like the business equivalent of a slap in the face to the original devs.
If anything the employees getting fired and the project being shitcanned adds another layer of social commentary
The whole thing is such a clusterfuck. I’ve never played it but I can sympathize with how the fans have been jerked around.
I sympathise with them, but played it without any insight into any drama. It’s one of the best games I’ve played.
I you are into adventure games and/or like the idea of a story heavy rpg without combat I wholeheartedly recommend you trying it.
I’ve tried several games like it. Arcanum being one of the most similar but I just can’t get into that style, no matter how many times I’ve tried lol. Same reason I won’t play Planescape: Torment. Just not for me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Still do not understand how this wasn’t hostile takeover.