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[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

This reminds me, I should get back to playing Esoteric Ebb.

I was enjoying it, but then Slay the Spire 2 came out and I got stuck playing that because it's like crack or nicotine or something addictive and probably harmful for you like that.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I totally agree, but also paradoxically think two detectives solving a crime is an essential genre for storytelling.

Two detectives solving a crime.

Doctors treating patients.

A family unit living a normal life.

Workers getting through a normal workday.

Can anyone name any others?

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

Any crime done by a spy in one nation is "a solve" from the side of the other nation.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 27 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean these days. Disco Elysium was only 2019.

[–] Ravel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

Also, I am pretty sure the games main fanbase is probably pretty.. critical of police, to put it mildly.

Beyond that, Zero Parades devs aren't the Disco Elysium devs anyway.

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 22 points 18 hours ago

In a similar way, people also view ZA/UM differently, except ZA/UM actually used to be respected a little bit first.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Were any of the original writers left, or did the new owners of ZA/UM hire some hacks and/or use a LLM, prompted to write something in the vein of Disco Elysium?

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours ago

Sinamäe (the person quoted in the article) and Justin Keenan (who's listed in the credits of DE as an editor, but apparently did a lot of writing) are still at ZA/UM as writers.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 12 points 17 hours ago

There might be some lower level person who has some writing credit left, I'm not sure. I know Anton Vill (who drew the thought cabinet) still works at ZA/UM and I think is involved in the artwork of Zero Parades. But none of the original creators of the IP are left, and none of the major contributors (Robert Kurvitz, Argo Tuulik, Martin Luiga) are left.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Kek. They're just ignoring their 1000 dislikes thread on Steam.

[–] shani66@ani.social 2 points 12 hours ago

Here's hoping people are smart enough to not give them any money

[–] alessandro@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

...instead like, you know, being unemployed just because people are angry; I guess.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

So you support people that forcefully take away a collectives intellectual property?