For some reason I have this idea that Avellone is a fan of jRPGs. Has he ever mentioned his favorites? I have this idea about him mentioning FFIX and Chrono Trigger as his favorite games of the genre but I can't find anything about it.
I think he usually mentions Chrono Trigger (gushes about it, to be honest) when he talks about PST influences.For some reason I have this idea that Avellone is a fan of jRPGs. Has he ever mentioned his favorites? I have this idea about him mentioning FFIX and Chrono Trigger as his favorite games of the genre but I can't find anything about it.
I can't say with confidence whether they did or didn't, but I don't recall associating CT with either of them and I went through a period of deep, deep research on both figures (mostly to try to figure out how they went so wrong with DXIW). My hunch is that CT's influence was not quite as strong as with Avellone.I feel like a lot of writers/designers of his era cite Chrono Trigger. Didn't Warren Spector and Harvey Smith also frequently bring it up as one of their influences?
I suspect I'm conflating Tom Hall's comments (he did cite CT as an inspiration) when working on Anachronox with Warren/Harvey because they were all at Ion Storm at the time.I can't say with confidence whether they did or didn't, but I don't recall associating CT with either of them and I went through a period of deep, deep research on both figures (mostly to try to figure out how they went so wrong with DXIW). My hunch is that CT's influence was not quite as strong as with Avellone.I feel like a lot of writers/designers of his era cite Chrono Trigger. Didn't Warren Spector and Harvey Smith also frequently bring it up as one of their influences?
Me: …wait, so in the game, why does my character have to do this task for this complete dipshit? Writer: Because he’s got too many robot bodyguards for you to do anything but agree Me: Have you ever played a videogame before in your life
The "lesson": If you have to (and hopefully you don’t), please employ convincing narrative blockers
Gotta be talking about a game he's worked on/been working on.outer worlds?
He's not the type to go to twitter to publicly shame a colleague. Obsidian owners do not count.Gotta be talking about a game he's worked on/been working on.outer worlds?
Everyone and every game, in alphabetical order.Publicly shame who? There are thousands of games that do that
just name 1 thousand with robot bodyguards in situation like that
Publicly shame who? There are thousands of games that does that, either he's talking from actual experience or just making a point.
she seems interested in recipes of a different kindChris Avellone and Emily Grace Buck Discuss the Recipe For a Great RPG
https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-avellone-and-emily-grace-buck-discuss-the-recipe-for-a-great-rpg