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The Outer Worlds 2

LizardWizard

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He was fired from Obsidian. Because he was difficult to work with.
He was de-ownered and then quit because of that. Chris's story is that they de-ownered him because of all his disagreements with the other owners. It is alleged that the official internal reason for de-ownering him was unprofessional conduct (showing up to work in the afternoon after having liquor lunches). Apparently they didn't consider that bad enough to have him fired, just losing out on his stake in the company, how convenient.
I would love to hear Feargus' side of the story

They all knew about Avellone's begging to lick pussy drunk texts and realized it was a matter of time before he was canceled.
 

Roguey

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I found the fact that of all Obsidian games, this one felt the most corporate despite the rabid anti-capitalist messaging to be rather funny
The game itself was anti-corporation, not anti-capitalist. :) The solution to their problems was not communism or anarchy.
 

KVVRR

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I loved Love Death Robots but I gotta be honest I have zero hopes in these being good. The good episodes on that show required a good script to go alongside the fantastic animation and considering this is AAA IPs we're talking about... well.

I found the fact that of all Obsidian games, this one felt the most corporate despite the rabid anti-capitalist messaging to be rather funny
The game itself was anti-corporation, not anti-capitalist. :) The solution to their problems was not communism or anarchy.
That'd just make the corporate feel even worse, no?
 

Yoomazir

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So, for those who didn't watch Gamescom, Blur studios, creators of many cinematic trailers for games and also Netflix Love, Death & Robots, are making a Amazon exclusive series called Secret Level.
Secret Level is a anthology that features stories set in different IPs, Outer Worlds 2 is actually mentioned in the trailer.


https://youtu.be/gLihxsmI_OU
 

Roguey

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Most people these days, including the Obsidian developers, can't distinguish between corporatism and capitalism. They think a critique of one is automatically a critique of the other.
Leonard Boyarsky gave an explicit statement saying it wasn't anti-capitalism (much to the seething of most of the narrative designers with the notable exception of Megan Starks, his favored).
 

Tyranicon

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Ah yes, a show produced by Amazon for an IP now owned by Microsoft or something. Truly, heroes of anti-capitalism.
 

ropetight

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I loved Love Death Robots but I gotta be honest I have zero hopes in these being good. The good episodes on that show required a good script to go alongside the fantastic animation and considering this is AAA IPs we're talking about... well.
Love Death Robots is decline incarnate.
After they went through the short stories from the better authors like Alastair Reynolds in the first season, the struggle is real for that show.
You have 2-3 good episodes (usually from older authors, like JG Ballard and Harlan Ellison) with couple more solid ones.

And then there is a slop.
Including first episodes that are usually scripted by John Scalzi, known woke activist cuck, for whom the top of the SF satire is the joke about human stupidity garnished with contemporary politics.
Problem is, throngs of authors did it earlier and better than him, because Scalzi is not a nihilist by his nature (Old Man's War is completely different from his later ramblings), he is just mimicking it to look cool.

Animation is hit&miss, but I guess it is a positive.
 

Quillon

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Weird they have TOW2 logo in the trailer and saying its gonna show Halcyon, didn't they say the sequel won't feature Halcyon again somewhere? How are they gonna show stuff inspired from a game that won't release for a few years anyway...
 

Daedalos

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It kind of irks me and grinds my gears, that we got this announcement of a show.. but we haven't gotten ANY fucking details about TOW 2 at all, and it was announced fucking 3-4 years ago?

What's the fucking hold up, niggas?

Can we please get some TOW 2 news soon? The marketing for this is so weird.

I mean how much further can the dev-cycle really go on for? Don't tell me this shit is coming out in 2026.
 

Roguey

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Which means most of the writers in Obsidian DID write the game as anti-capitalist.
Peril on Gorgon sure, but the game was directed by Boyarsky and Cain who enforced their vision. Cain even dropped an anecdote about how every companion not written by Boyarsky and Starks was a flaming queer and he told them to knock it off, that they could only have one (which ended up being Parvati).
 

Daedalos

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I mean I get that Awoowowed is in the spotlight, part of the reason why this left-field announcement of a TOW2 tv-episode iis so fucking weird. Why would you announce a tv-episode of a game we know nothing about, when you got full marketing for another game?

It seems backwards. And not even one tidbit, not one glimpse of what TOW 2 is about or whats new.

Either FEARGUS is waiting to launch a slam-dunk, or hes sitting on a nothing-burger.
 

Infinitron

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Codex Year of the Donut Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth
I'm sure Obsidian/Microsoft would have preferred if the TV show came closer to TOW2's release, but I guess the timing didn't work out. It's not their show. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 

KVVRR

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I loved Love Death Robots but I gotta be honest I have zero hopes in these being good. The good episodes on that show required a good script to go alongside the fantastic animation and considering this is AAA IPs we're talking about... well.
Love Death Robots is decline incarnate.
After they went through the short stories from the better authors like Alastair Reynolds in the first season, the struggle is real for that show.
You have 2-3 good episodes (usually from older authors, like JG Ballard and Harlan Ellison) with couple more solid ones.

And then there is a slop.
Including first episodes that are usually scripted by John Scalzi, known woke activist cuck, for whom the top of the SF satire is the joke about human stupidity garnished with contemporary politics.
Problem is, throngs of authors did it earlier and better than him, because Scalzi is not a nihilist by his nature (Old Man's War is completely different from his later ramblings), he is just mimicking it to look cool.

Animation is hit&miss, but I guess it is a positive.
I don't disagree about there being a bunch of stinkers but that's the positive of it being an antology series, if you don't like an ep just skip it. I like weird and well done animation so having a bunch of different studios do different shorts is something that basically caters to me. And sure season 1 was the strongest, but that's because nothing's gonna top Zima Blue. The crab episode alone made season 3 worth it IMO
 

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