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Samantha Wallschlaeger is the new lead narrative designer for Hardsuit Labs

LabRat

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congrats to her! it's honestly good to hear that bloodlines 2 still has some writers on board. at least the game doesn't seem to get cancelled.

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according to this she wrote for Bioware on Mass Effect Andromeda and Star Wars: The Old Republic
 
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LabRat said:
according to this she wrote for Bioware on Mass Effect Andromeda
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ArgyleReptile

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Yay on Old Republic, but which parts of Andromeda? The main story wasn't good, but some of the smaller missions were fun.
 
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The Old Republic bounty hunter and agent arcs were entertaining as hell, so if she worked on either of those, awesome.
 
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LabRat

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just read this on the official discord, seems she's mostly just helping to finish the game (and probably the dlc). she's not going to completly rewrite the game or anything like that
 
Radium217

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Lmao. I have like no hope for this game.

Imagine how this must've gone:

"Right, y'all are fired. We need that Mass Effect Andromeda talent."
 
Zor

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Good for her!

This whole situation with Mitsoda and Cara (not to mention the other folks in key creative positions who "left") is regrettable, and definitely put a stain on things, but I'm still hoping for the best.
 
MrCibb

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Nice one. A mixed CV but great, I'm sure she can finish it up well enough. Still really excited for this game.
 
chaobreaker

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I get that its cool to rip on Adromeda. The game played and looked like doodoo but this writer was responsible for neither.
 
Menome

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We'll see how things go, and I want to be optimistic. I'm glad the messaging is there that they're not replacing the previous writing, though I wonder if it'll be an obvious shift in tone between the two?

I didn't hate Mass Effect: Andromeda like many others did, so if she has built on her experience and improved from there, this could be the best outcome from a bad situation.
 
Cugel

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Wait, what's happening with this game? Just cathcing p with all the news :(
 
Patapuf

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chaobreaker said:
I get that its cool to rip on Adromeda. The game played and looked like doodoo but this writer was responsible for neither.
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The story and structure of that game were it's biggest problems. Way more than gameplay, graphics or some jank.

Now, that doesn't mean that that was the writers fault (there are lots of factors that can hamstring writers) or that this here is bad news.
 
Patitoloco

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Cugel said:
Wait, what's happening with this game? Just cathcing p with all the news :(
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www.resetera.com

Brian Mitsoda & Ka'ai Cluney leave V:TMB:2 Development Up: Seem to have been fired.

New news, new thread following the announced delay to 2021 from the Official Website:
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I mean, it's more related to the news from a couple of weeks ago last week (holy shit, time moves slow):

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Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 senior narrative designer Cara Ellison has left the project

I've never seen a project bleed more talent. https://www.pcgamer.com/bloodlines-2-senior-narrative-designer-cara-ellison-has-left-the-project/
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Uzzy

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Unless she's said something elsewhere, the thread title is deeply misleading, in that she's only said she's the narrative designer for Hardsuit Labs, not for Bloodlines 2. She could very well be working on future projects.
 
Blizniak

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Never heard of her, like probably most here, but congrats nonetheless. I look forward to seeing how bloodlines works out and what they put out in the future.
 
Mechaplum

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Andromeda's writing is kinda boring, but it seems she won't be involved that much with BL2?
 
Sarevok

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Congrats and hope she does a great job. No matter what she did before, each project is a leaning experience so she can only get better.
 
piratepwnsninja

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In this thread, people don't realize (or ignore) that they weren't a lead writer on ME:A and that they had to work within the box created by others. Additionally, there were lots of writers on that team. There really is some ill-informed knowledge of game dev here.

Samantha is great people and this is a well-deserved role for them.
 
Shirkelton

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I wish her all the best, hopefully whatever touches she can put on guide this, at best, awkwardly managed project to completion.
 
mozbar

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I don't remember any of Andromeda's writing except there was

a benefactor, the galaxy is devoid of aliens for no reason, your sibling could have been a good part of the game and there was a Dyson sphere.
 
Shark

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Pretty lame to come in here and read post after post critiquing Samantha's skills (FTR, I have no opinion on them) as a writer on the basis of her work on Andromeda which is one of the most infamous messes in game development history.

It'd be like saying in 1992 that this David Fincher guy couldn't possibly direct a good thriller after he did Alien 3.
 
shoemasta

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Era is so annoying in how it brings up one's past work as the only measure of their talent.
 
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AWizardDidIt

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Good for her! I'm still iffy that this game is going to not be a steaming trash heap but it's nice to see *some* positive news for it.

And y'all need to chill on Andromeda. That game had so many development issues, I hardly think it's a showcase for any writer's talents. She wrote on Old Republic too which has some fantastic stories so maybe lets not judge someone based on their most compromised work.
 
mozbar

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Shark said:
Pretty lame to come in here and read post after post critiquing Samantha's skills (FTR, I have no opinion on them) as a writer on the basis of her work on Andromeda which is one of the most infamous messes in game development history.

It'd be like saying in 1992 that this David Fincher guy couldn't possibly direct a good thriller after he did Alien 3.
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A lot of the writing in SWTOR is passable at best. And her scope got expanded in the later game (Andromeda). We are worried because Bloodlines is a much more narrative intensive game than the other two. The reason why the 2004 game gets continuous praise due to its handling of themes wuth nuance. While Samantha may be able to produce something great, her track record doesn't exactly inspire confidence. It's definitely not as egregious as the failing forward that is rife in Hollywood screenwriting.

I genuinely hope for the best, but I expect a similar quality of writing to those two games.
 
The_R3medy

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Some of y'all didn't play the story of SWTOR and it shows.

Also, Andromeda had a solid story, and some interesting side characters. It all felt safe, however. That's not inherently bad, just uninspiring. Think that was due to the whole game seemingly being put together in a year and a half of production, if memory serves.
 
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