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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Successor of ZA/UM, but not of Disco Elysium unless Kurvitz and Rostov are also involved.

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 month ago

Kurvitz and Rostov have their own studio called Red Info.
Although I haven't seen anything about what they're working on.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

I hope they all make a Disco Elysium “sequel”, that was such an awesome game, it should spawn its own genre of gaming.

[–] style99@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah. That reminds me. I still haven't played Disco Elysium yet.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 month ago

I would personally recommend not purchasing it. Not saying don't play it, but there's no one who will profit from it who should.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ah, good old left wing groups self destroying and splitting up to irrelevance...

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Well, more like "left wing groups being destroyed by greedy capitalists"

[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Life imitates art or somesuch.

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

Long before ZA/UM closed, I was certain that we'd never see a new game of that quality again from the same studio.

I'm not confident any of these new teams will pull it off, but I'd rather have four attempts than one.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Divided and conquered.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where is the Popular ZA/UM these days Reg?

He's over there

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

It's like ZA/UM exploded and left behind little fragments that are still alive somehow.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm excited for the inevitable 2 hour long youtube retrospective breaking these factions down in a few years.

[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's The Death of Superman all over again.

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And similarly, all 4 of these are not the real deal. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more games like this and I hope they're good, but I will wait until Kurvitz and Rostov to be at the helm again before getting too excited.

[–] ascense@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If nothing else though, Argo Tuulik's blog post for Summer Eternal is worth a read. I love his writing style, and that post is unreasonably funny to me, but you can still tell there is a lot of meaning behind what he says. I suppose things hit hardest when presented in ridiculous over the top metaphor.

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, for sure. Don't get me wrong, I hope these are good. I liked John Henry Irons, Superboy, and Eradicator as well, lol. Just not the original, and need to be able to stand on their own. I desperately want more games like DE but what I don't want is a bunch of bad actors churning out bad clones sold on someone else's good reputation. Not that I'm accusing any of these games of that, just that given ZA/UM's current situation, it's hard not to worry.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 month ago

They'll never be able to make Wirral Untethered.

[–] flux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Wow. This is turning into one of those mythic games that was so so good but will never get a follow-up.