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Beyond Good & Evil 2's troubled development due to "passionate managers" not getting along, says creator Michel Ancel

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2s-troubled-development-due-to-passionate-managers-not-getting-along-says-creator-michel-ancel

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article seems to say that “passionate” is code for “toxic”.

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah it means things got pretty heated

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At this point, if BG&E2 ever comes out, it’s gonna be like a repeat of Duke Nukem Forever.

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    • ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Does that mean that sometime 11 years later, an earlier prototype will leak in a mostly complete state and the community will finish it up?

      Becuase [Duke Nukem Forever 2001] (www.moddb.com/mods/dnf2001-restoration-project) is better than ever.

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  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There reaches a point with vaporware projects where it’s like, actually release something or I don’t care anymore, it doesn’t deserve to keep getting press

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Managerial bloat seems to be an issue at a lot of large companies. Only so many people are actually needed to do the thing.

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    • Sylvartas@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Conversely, lack of proper management is also an issue on a lot of videogames projects. Probably has never happened at Ubisoft but I’ve seen it firsthand in small studios

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  • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Clear and strict management would get this game out the door. Instead, it was Michel’s pet project and the company protected him from their and his worst impulses, AND sexual harassment claims.

    Beyond Good and Evil was a masterpiece, and a sequel will never be.

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought they said it was cancelled?

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  • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that the one where you’re a god and you have a giant monkey pet and you can teach it to take care of villagers and slap the monkey if it gets out of line

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    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re thinking of Black and White.

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      • SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No I only think in Technicolor

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