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[CheeseCake]

Looks like things are rough over there. 2 directors fired this month according to Schreier....

This is not looking good. Any fans of the original here?

Link to article:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-old-republic-game-paused-amid-studio-shakeup

 

[reksveks]

Sorry about the stupid thread title

 

[reksveks]

Damn beat me to it, mods can delete/merge the other thread.

 

[Hendrick's]

Not surprised. Seemed like a dumpster fire from the start.

 

[DonJorginho]

This is totally not going to end up a steaming pile of horseshit.

 

[Antwix]

It was a mistake letting Aspyr develop this game in the first place.

 

[Kagey K]

After they described the new combat system I had a feeling where this one was heading.

This is probably for the best.

 

[Barakov]

I guess that game breaking bug on the switch opened a few people's eyes.

 

[DZ_b_EZ]

I've been incredibly worried since the Aspyr logo popped up during the reveal.

 

[Jimmyisback]

i Knew ittttt!!! lol

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Just make a Triple AAA KOTOR Game for PS5/XSX/Steam pls

 

[ManaByte]

Giving a "developer" who has NEVER actually DEVELOPED a game a project of this magnitude was a disaster from the start.

Whoever at Aspyr convinced Lucasfilm to allow them to try this must be swimming in Crypto because they can con anyone out of anything.

 

[Roufianos]

Aspyr have absolutely no business developing this. Surely Sony and Lucasfilm could have found someone better?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Aspyr told staff and partners it would release the game by the end of 2022, according to two people familiar with production. Developers said a more realistic target now would be 2025.

What the actual fuck man?

 

[bender]

Must have rolled a 1 when they tried to rewrite the Wookie life debt scenario.

 

[GreenAlien]

Maybe they uncovered more woke activists trying to ruin it for everyone. Like that writer they fired earlier. Let's hope it can be salvaged..

 

[ManaByte]

What the actual fuck man?

THEY. HAVE. NEVER. MADE. A. GAME.

All they've done is port old console games to modern consoles and port PC games to the Mac. They're just a port house.

 

[Hendrick's]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I guess you could say those directors... Are Aspyring to get a new jobs

 

[Jimmyisback]

Hope Sony saved those receipts.

 

[EDMIX]

We are likely still going to get the remake, simply under a different team or something. Disney should have just handed that entire thing over to Sony to oversee lol

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I was aware that this studio didn't have the best of reputation.

 

[ManaByte]

Giving Aspyr the KOTOR remake is like giving some indie developer who never released a game Silent Hill.

 

[Warnen]

Considering best thing Aspyr ever made were Ipad ports of Xbox games prob was going to be shit anyways.

 

[Metnut]

Seems like a job for Bluepoint

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Is technically dead until is not.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

I bet King Sony didn't like the vertical slice. It didn't meet their (very high) standards.

 

[Haint]

Hope Sony saved those receipts.

Square's western studios that Sony allegedly encouraged Square Tokyo to fire sale off for a pittance certainly had a team that could handle a quality KOTOR remake.

 

[Punished Miku]

Boy I called that one.

 

[legacy24]

that's what they get for taking it away from Xbox

 

[.Pennywise]

Rumor

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Serves them right for making a beloved Xbox/PC game exclusive (timed?) to PlayStation and giving it to a no name developer. Disney should have given the remake to a competent studio like Obsidian as they hold extensive history with the franchise having worked on KOTOR II.

 

[Robb]

Wow, sounds like an absolute trainwreck.. too bad.

 

[Punished Miku]

Remember when you guys said Phil Spencer should be fired for not securing this game from a totally unproven studio? I remember lol.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Rumor

Jason

 

[Fbh]

I guess this opens up the budget for a ps5 Pro remake of The Last of Us

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Aspyr have absolutely no business developing this. Surely Sony and Lucasfilm could have found someone better?

Obsidian would have been perfect, but they are owned by Microsoft. Still makes absolutely no sense why an original Xbox game is getting a remaster/remake on PlayStation. It would be similar to having FF7 Remake be a Xbox exclusive.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I guess this opens up the budget for a ps5 Pro remake of The Last of Us

80USD

 

[Jimmyisback]

Time for Sony to use that money on the last of us 2 remake. Never too early.

 

[ManaByte]

Remember when you guys said Phil Spencer should be fired for not securing this game from a totally unproven studio? I remember lol.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Obsidian would have been perfect, but they are owned by Microsoft. Still makes absolutely no sense why an original Xbox game is getting a remaster/remake on PlayStation. It would be similar to having FF7 Remake be a Xbox exclusive.

MS passed on it.

 

[ManaByte]

MS passed on it.

MS probably saw Aspyr and thought it was a prank.

 

[Lady Jane]

One less game to be hyped for and eventually let down. Now my expectations are where they should be.

 

[Punished Miku]

MS passed on it.

Curation I guess

 

[Sleepwalker]

Remember when you guys said Phil Spencer should be fired for not securing this game from a totally unproven studio? I remember lol.

Yeah when it was reported that Xbox passed on this game it was a shitshow around here lol

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Obsidian would have been perfect, but they are owned by Microsoft. Still makes absolutely no sense why an original Xbox game is getting a remaster/remake on PlayStation. It would be similar to having FF7 Remake be a Xbox exclusive.

Microsoft aint paying for it so Microsoft aint getting it. That simple

 

[Salty Popsicle]

MS passed on it.

Yes, and now we know that was a good move LMAO. Perhaps the deal only happened if Aspyr or another cheap dev team were given the reins. In that case, I wouldn't want my name on it either.

 

[Ellery]

Man this really blows, because I have never played the original game and hoped that the Remake could be a good way of entry for me and play it.
Gutted to hear this.

 

[ManaByte]

Microsoft aint paying for it so Microsoft aint getting it. That simple

Well now Sony ain't getting it because Aspyr ain't a real developer. That simple.

 

[Jimmyisback]

Yeah when it was reported that Xbox passed on this game it was a shitshow around here lol

Yeah i bumped the thread..the comments are pretty funny to be honest.