A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year—ZA/UM's devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team
A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year—ZA/UM's devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team
It was supposed to be the "110% authentic, most hardcore Disco since Disco."
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Basically every single detail in this piece of how management was behaving is exactly what Kurvitz, Hindpere and Rostov claimed in the "documentary", particularly what Helen Hindpere said happened to her.
Now I'm pretty sure the only project left at ZA/UM is new IP, so what the fuck good did all that pleading and arguing that "Elysium never belonged to Kurvitz alone" and "Let us prove ourselves first before you judge". There's no reward from the company for taking the side of moneymen, like did they honestly expect that they would get to still make art if they were on the "right team" and said the right stuff?
haha i love capitalism dude
art under capitalism is so sick man i just love having it be under capitalism
even considering the general shittiness of the gaming industry, it's kind of poetic that this uniquely crap situation happened to one of the most anti capitalist games out there.
grimly predictable
If this is how it is, I'm just immensely glad we got Disco Elysium. It's honestly a miracle it exists as it does and I'll be forever grateful for it.
Un jour je serai de retour près de toi
ZA/UM's post-Disco projects
Y12: Cancelled. Full sequel to Disco Elysium, shelved after the departure of Kurvitz, Rostov, and Hindpere.
P1: Cancelled. Sci-fi game headed by Disco Elysium producer and former ZA/UM shareholder Kaur Kender, who sued the studio after his departure. Staff folded into X7 following cancellation.
X7: Cancelled. Disco Elysium spin off/standalone expansion headed by Dora Klindžić and Argo Tuulik.
M0: In development. A smaller-scale Elysium game targeting touchscreen devices.
C4: In development. ZA/UM's primary remaining project, a large-scale RPG that is not part of the Elysium setting.
so the only disco Elysium content being developed is a mobile app. What happened to the original 3 devs, have they just disappeared or something
C4: In development.
I really hope they can deliver this product directly to Haavel's home address.
they should let the fans pitch in!! I'm sure a lot of people will join the cause. in fact why are we even waiting for their permission? we can do it right now.
targeting touchscreen devices
They have created a new studio and have gotten investors from China, last I heard they basically have an office in the UK right now but nothing announced officially.
with how little of the og team seems to be left im happy they aren't making "more disco elysium content", which i frankly could have done without even if the original devs were still there.
im sure the people who work at the studio mean well and it obviously sucks that people got laid off, but there's few other things less appealing than when someone describes the thing they are working on as "intellectual property". like the quote about "proving themselves to the fans of the IP" just completely robs me the wrong way.
I really wish the team that made Disco Elysium had gotten the chance to make another "whatever-the-hell-they-wanted-to-make" but that sure seemed like wishful thinking.
edit: also describing your own thing as "110% authentic" to some older thing you made before is just cringe, the hell do i give a shit if its authentic to some other thing i liked, the thing should stand on its own
very good news ... Masterpieces stand alone and complete.. like the Illias and the Old Testament..
this title was very sad to read, not knowing anything about this, I thought it was actually a cool thing happening
Lol at Argo getting the same treatment from management that Kurvitz and the gang got. I bet he feels stupid for going in that garbage people make games video and defending management now.
What a shit show.