Obsidian una volta aveva in programma un gioco di Rick & Morty

Life is filled with paths not taken. Careers unpursued, loves unrequited, games based on massive media properties unmade. Games like Obsidian’s take on Rick and Morty, for instance, which studio boss Fergus Urquhart casually mentioned was planned by the company during a recent interview with NME (si apre in una nuova scheda).

Precisamente quello che sarebbe stato il gioco è frustrantemente non dettagliato nell'intervista stessa, ma sappiamo che è finito accantonato una volta Obsidian è stata acquistata da Microsoft (si apre in una nuova scheda) e che era una delle tante grandi licenze che lo studio sperava di trasformare in giochi. Lo studio stava anche lanciando un gioco di ruolo di Walking Dead e un gioco basato sul reality show Cops (si apre in una nuova scheda) before Microsoft scooped it up, although publishers “couldn’t get their heads around” that last one. In another interview, we even heard that the studio had plans for a game based on James Cameron’s Avatar (si apre in una nuova scheda).

I’m going to imagine that whatever Obsidian had in mind for Rick and Morty, it would have been somewhat close to the work it did on South Park: The Stick of Truth: A parodic RPG that recreated the art style of its source material to capture the vibe of the show. It’s probably for the best that it didn’t come to pass, though, given the imbroglio that now surrounds series creator Justin Roiland, accusato di violenza domestica (si apre in una nuova scheda)e falsa reclusione nel 2020.

If anything, Urquhart’s tales of Obsidian’s stalled projects only serve to highlight just how much the studio has changed in the last few years. It used to be a kind of mercenary studio, picking up other people’s series—Star Wars, Fallout, South Park, and so on—and making some incredibly good (some might say the best) games with them. Its attempts to kickstart its own properties never really took off, as Tirannia (si apre in una nuova scheda) ed Alpha Protocol (si apre in una nuova scheda) può attestare (anche se entrambi questi giochi sono eccellenti).

But now the company has more series of its own than you can count, and they’re well-regarded too. Obsidian doesn’t have to pitch games set in other people’s worlds when it can do whatever it wants with the likes of Grounded, Avowed (based in Pillars of Eternity’s world of Eora), The Outer Worlds, and Pentiment. Even though two of those games aren’t classic Obsidian-style RPGs, Urquhart told NME that he doesn’t feel like he’s “being restricted” by Microsoft, and that the company’s still doing “all the crazy stuff [it’s] always done”. But it’s clear that the studio’s recent success has given it room to experiment, and with things it actually owns to boot.

Still, Fallout: New Vegas 2 wouldn’t go amiss. Just saying.

• Distribuzione di contenuti basati su SEO e PR. Ricevi amplificazione oggi.
• Platoblockchain. Web3 Metaverse Intelligence. Conoscenza amplificata. Accedi qui.
• Fonte: https://www.pcgamer.com/obsidian-once-had-plans-for-a-rick-and-morty-game