From Software
Hidetaka Miyazaki and Gerorge R. R. Martin
Xbox One, PS4, and PC
And so I will suppose that inner Miyazaki crew looked at the impact of The Witcher 3 said maybe we can get ourselves an actual fantasy novelistā¦ well what aboutā¦
Really not looking forward to someone who is much worse at writing than FromSoft taking over writing from FromSoft.
In this case I hope itās more of āconcepts suggested byā than an actual collaboration.
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My god.
Is this the first sign that the next generation will be just like the PS2 era?
Now we just need a new Evergrace.
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George Martin is busy as shit. The dude has so many projects going on, its insane.
I imagine this is probably an idea he had somewhat fleshed out in an outline and a partial manuscript. And then he met with Miyazaki and they brainstormed ideas in a game context.
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Iām sure itāll print money but it seems like
the two of them will intersect at the least interesting point possible
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I said this previously but it seems to me like From Software may have needed some new inspiration for lore. As Dark Souls 3 was pretty safe and Sekiro is obviously from the same family tree as Tenchu/Souls/etc.
Miyazaki is probably a fan of Martin. Martin is hot right now. And heās really good at world building. Maybe even has a few interesting ideas specific to gaming.
dark souls with fucking
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Westeros is a patchwork of more interesting fantasy writers worldbuilding. I would call it āfunctionalā at best, extremely dull and derivative at worst.
I am interested in this because itās still From, and from made freaking Bloodborne, a better pastiche of ideas than Martinās ever done, and if anyone can twist Martinās worldbuilding into something interesting through design itās probably them.
I just do not see what Martin could possibly add to this project.
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I thought about this and mostly agree, in that I would not like him writing dialogue. Iāve never read anything by him only having a trace idea from GoTās episodes, but thereās at least widely attractive qualities in his writing chops that garner some respect - toward detail, character relations, scope, history. This isnāt a defense of his writing ability, more saying (hoping) they may have wanted the structure, layout, and breadth of world in a certain respect - which we donāt know yet.
Oh seeing above post now. Yeah I think if they are making an open/large world scaled game, they may want more political intrigue and military faction based influence. I think itās perfectly possible they go for something compromised with popular fantasy appeal and maintain other strengths of design.
But Iām not going to delude myself if this looks really diluted!
I like Martin from what Iāve seen of the first five seasons of GoT, when he was actually involved. That was cool stuff and he managed to do away with many TV tropes. Plot armor and such. (things like characters that were ugly in the book all being good looking in the show was not so cool but anywayā¦) If he can do away with some videogame tropes or bring in a breath of fresh air Iām all for it.
I also think heās got way too much to do to be really involved heavily in this, so Iām sceptical. I like his world building and characters though
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I agree. Iāve listened to some interviews with him and he seems pretty handy at that stuff. It also seems like he comes up with ideas quite often. Which is why I said this is probably something heās had partially developed for awhile and decided to offer it, when approached to consult on a game.
Make From Weird Again
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FromHere I want them to be weirder
FromThere I think they want to take themselves wider
Whereās my fucking Kingās Field II reboot/remake you cowards
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yeah Iād almost rather see this collaboration happen with like, EA, who have some real engine-building talent (and a better feel for action than ubisoft) and the money to realize whatever they want but arenāt exactly throwing away any in-house writing or directing strengths by springing for it
Railroad, can he write gags? Because Sekiro was dry as fuck
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I always call him ārailroadā to my wife and she always calls me a jackass, thank you for that
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I canāt think of a single thing in recent years by EA even with resources, that would ever make me evaluate thatād be a better case then this
I also donāt know if Iāve played anything EA representative of that either though