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Cory Barlog began writing the script for a potentially new PlayStation 5 Exclusive with the help of.......

Lighten up, it's a videogame forum about videogame writing on Twitter. It's not worth anything.
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Bryank75

Banned
Love the soundtrack to Death Stranding, so many amazing songs that just fit and enhance the atmosphere in the game...
Definitely one of the most unique experiences of this generation.
 

Trimesh

Banned
People are dumb universally, but I am not, so that's that. We pronounce words consist of characters which in 99% sounds like you would spell them, so yeah. That's not only language, but also logic. And yeah well "chvrches" is dyslexia...because it's written CHRVRCHES and not chvrches and I read/write words as if their were pictures.

This is purely a guess, but I suspect it was done for two reasons - one is a nod to classical Latin orthography where "V" typically represented the "U" sound and the other is that by employing an atypical spelling like that they both make the band easier to search for than using a dictionary word and make it easier to register the name as a trademark.
 
It is the year 2054, and Kori Bagel, a professor of World War 4 history, specialising in the study of unearthed bones of early Twitter users, feels his career is going stale, and one lunchtime accidentally bites into a mouldy pastry, transforming his world into a videogame from 2021. The New World he finds himself in is enclosed by a never-ending fourth wall, which if Bagel can break through lies freedom or... the crumbs of his forgotten past.

Fucking nailed it.
 
Getting perhaps back on topic, looking through Barlog's Twitter feed, it seems every other post is about the evilness of Donald Trump, or some smiling soyboy retweet. Probably expect the next historical game to be about the evilness of white people. Is there any serious writer in the gaming industry exploring their soul deeper, or is it all just shallow trash? How can anyone be excited for this man's work? If he's getting paid millions to write for a videogame, can we really expect literature quality story, or just more tropes and easter eggs (the true sign of an accomplished videogame writer)?

Edit: Yes, I know I've added fuck all to the industry, but just wondering, not being a troll? Personally I think walking sims are heading in the right direction, but they are all too focused on fantasy horror right now.
 
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That Chvrches song is trash, they probably do it just because they have to, because Kojima insisted. Because in comparison to the "Warning Call" their DS song si like like Death Stranding itself, repetive, bland and fucking boring. Warning call is fucking masterpiece in comparsion to that.

And ehm... I learn only recently that their name is "Churches", prety apparent, but here I am.

Lauren is an angry, bitter feminist, but they do make good music and gave a tolerable performance at TGA 2019 *and* she let herself have some fun with an actual cosplay.
 

shoegaze

Member
Game development used to begin with game design.

Now they begin with a movie script......

I shit on Kojima and the likes every time I can, like every other reasonable person. But there is a place for experiential (TLOU, Death Stranding, Mass Effect, GOW) games as much as for gameplay-first (RE2, DMC5, Nier, Soulsborne) games. You limit yourself by a certain niche, but in my eyes, that's a loss.
 

M1chl

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Lauren is an angry, bitter feminist, but they do make good music and gave a tolerable performance at TGA 2019 *and* she let herself have some fun with an actual cosplay.
Oh really? That's dissapointing. Why is she is in the band with 2 dudes? Seems like a weird thing to do.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
Its always great to be reminded by how developers actually respect each other and only the players that are garbage and always love taking sides and creating fights

Good luck Cory <3

Same thing with sports for the most part as well.
 

hunthunt

Banned
I really like Cory, I dont think he can produce a bad game, guy seems to be like the ultimate perfectionist.

For some reason I think he is a junkie btw lol
 

ROMhack

Member
Let us pray to the lords of the land that this is a game, unlike Death Stranding which is more like that inert lamp sitting on my coffee table.
 
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