Josef Fares, a Lebanese filmmaker who's been living in Sweden since he was ten years old, made its debut in the games industry with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, an acclaimed adventure game launched in 2013.
Now he's working on A Way Out, a game to be published under EA's Originals label that will follow in the footsteps of Brothers with an additional twist: it must be played by two people, either via local or online play. Even in the latter case,
Given the cinematic flair of his titles, Fares' work has been often compared to the creative output of Telltale Games and Quantic Dream. However, in an interview published in the latest EDGE magazine (March 2018, issue 316), Fares didn't seem to agree.
When asked by the interviewer whether he also wanted to elicit feelings and emotions with his games (like Quantic Dream's David Cage), he replied:
https://wccftech.com/fares-telltale-quantic-dream-passive-me/
Now he's working on A Way Out, a game to be published under EA's Originals label that will follow in the footsteps of Brothers with an additional twist: it must be played by two people, either via local or online play. Even in the latter case,
Given the cinematic flair of his titles, Fares' work has been often compared to the creative output of Telltale Games and Quantic Dream. However, in an interview published in the latest EDGE magazine (March 2018, issue 316), Fares didn't seem to agree.
Those games are too passive for me. I would like to have more control. One could say that you control the story, but while you're doing it and affecting it, in a sense you're not, you know?
A Way Out is not about that. I think the comparison is fine from a cinematic perspective, but not the way you choose your story. This is a hand-tailored story all the way.
When asked by the interviewer whether he also wanted to elicit feelings and emotions with his games (like Quantic Dream's David Cage), he replied:
That's not important for me. I just want to make people feel the game. If they cry or they laugh or they smile or they get angry, it doesn't really matter.
https://wccftech.com/fares-telltale-quantic-dream-passive-me/