• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    lol, well, I think a business would look at those small potatoes and say that it isn’t worth burning your reputation on. Now Star Wars on the other hand…

    Owlcat has worked on Pathfinder and Warhammer 40k lately, and fans of those properties seem to be fond of Owlcat’s work on those CRPGs. I’m playing Pathfinder: Kingmaker now, and it’s quality stuff, but I don’t have any existing familiarity with Pathfinder. I expect they’re doing an Expanse game because A) they believe they can make “the next Mass Effect” now that they’ve got smaller projects under their belt, and B) they’re probably fans of The Expanse.

    Rue Valley is a game they published, not developed.

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      21 hours ago

      Interesting that they would bother making the game with that perspective on the financial side, but we can agree to disagree.

      I’ll maintain cautious optimism but the video game industry has definitely let me down plenty of times, and companies have ruined their reputation for a mere pittance - does not mean anyone will do it on purpose, just that making video games is difficult.