Beyond Good & Evil 2's troubled development due to "passionate managers" not getting along, says creator Michel Ancel (www.eurogamer.net)
from inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 2024 19:17
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catloaf@lemm.ee on 09 Dec 2024 20:03 next collapse

The article seems to say that “passionate” is code for “toxic”.

grrgyle@slrpnk.net on 11 Dec 2024 10:03 collapse

Yeah it means things got pretty heated

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 2024 00:48 next collapse

I thought they said it was cancelled?

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 10 Dec 2024 00:54 next collapse

At this point, if BG&E2 ever comes out, it’s gonna be like a repeat of Duke Nukem Forever.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2024 06:40 collapse

Does that mean that sometime 11 years later, an earlier prototype will leak in a mostly complete state and the community will finish it up?

Because Duke Nukem Forever 2001 is better than ever.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Dec 2024 01:28 next collapse

There reaches a point with vaporware projects where it’s like, actually release something or I don’t care anymore, it doesn’t deserve to keep getting press

Katana314@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 2024 12:01 next collapse

Managerial bloat seems to be an issue at a lot of large companies. Only so many people are actually needed to do the thing.

Sylvartas@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 2024 13:27 collapse

Conversely, lack of proper management is also an issue on a lot of videogames projects. Probably has never happened at Ubisoft but I’ve seen it firsthand in small studios

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca on 10 Dec 2024 14:36 next collapse

Is that the one where you’re a god and you have a giant monkey pet and you can teach it to take care of villagers and slap the monkey if it gets out of line

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 2024 14:40 collapse

You’re thinking of Black and White.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca on 10 Dec 2024 14:44 collapse

No I only think in Technicolor

KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml on 10 Dec 2024 15:21 collapse

Clear and strict management would get this game out the door. Instead, it was Michel’s pet project and the company protected him from their and his worst impulses, AND sexual harassment claims.

Beyond Good and Evil was a masterpiece, and a sequel will never be.