Judas - narrative FPS set on a disintegrating starship from Ken Levine's Ghost Story Games

[Terenty]

Say whatever you want about Levine, but he is obviously still passionate about video games unlike a lot of old (and young for that matter) devs nowadays.

That alone warrants curiosity about his output

 

[Roguey]

In Judas, we give you a whole new world to explore: the corridors of the Mayflower, a spacefaring city whose citizens are trained to spy on one another and tear each other apart for the slightest offense.

Chris Avellone's contributions to Ken Levine presents Cancel Culture should be interesting.

 

[Spukrian]

I just had a thought: the main character is this Hacker woman, who seems to remove ethical constraints on AI... Ken has moved on from ripping off System Shock 2 to ripping off System Shock 1!

 

[ciox]

He also kind of did Thief with that Bioshock Infinite DLC, you aren't stopping this train and that's just the facts.

 

[Morgoth]

You'll all be proven wrong. There is no idea-theft or regurgitation of past games transpiring. Judas will represent the peak of all human thought. It will be 100% original and blow everyone's mind out of the water.

Ken is a genius.

 

[Morgoth]

Prepare yourselves for the second coming.

 

[Lyric Suite]

I just had a thought: the main character is this Hacker woman, who seems to remove ethical constraints on AI... Ken has moved on from ripping off System Shock 2 to ripping off System Shock 1!

"What if the old Irrational or Looking Glass games were dumbed down for midwits" has been his design principle since Bioshock.

 

[Alienman]

Remember. They hired one of the consulting writing groups.

 

[duskvile]

OKaaay but gives us the chat in the background and gameplay on front.

 

[Be Kind Rewind]

"What if the old [...] Looking Glass games were dumbed down for midwits" has been his design principle since Bioshock.

*System Shock 2

 

[Echo Mirage]

Prepare yourselves for the second coming.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Looks amazing!

 

[ind33d]

Do you want to fix what you broke or leave it all to burn? That’s a decision only you can make.

A cartoonishly binary moral choice that ends up having no real impact? Where have I seen that before?

someone should shop this with baby Jesus

 

[Alienman]

Look like bioshock aids.

 

[Roguey]

Yeah I'm not watching a 2 hour video of people talking about a game.

 

[Baron Dupek]

 

[ciox]

Yeah I'm not watching a 2 hour video of people talking about a game.

https://youtu.be/DJKWPBOmoh8?t=7983

 

[Alienman]

Lol, Troy Baker again. Jesus.

 

[Terenty]

But of course the game has to feature a strong black afro woman. No doubt she will be perfect too. Money well spent Ken

 

[Baron Tahn]

Well I went from 'This looks mildly interesting' to 'Oh god no not again' in the space of a page.

Can we please stop ruining games trying to make them appeal to people who dont want to play them anyway? Fks sake not everything has to appeal to every demographic.

 

[Modron]

Yeah I'm not watching a 2 hour video of people talking about a game.

Angnomynous Wasp Scholar.

 

[kites]

Didn’t MCA spend a couple years on the writing team for this?

 

[Elttharion]

Well I went from 'This looks mildly interesting' to 'Oh god no not again' in the space of a page.

Can we please stop ruining games trying to make them appeal to people who dont want to play them anyway? Fks sake not everything has to appeal to every demographic.

 

[Morgoth]

@ 12:00

IGN: "How did Take2 allow you to make this game uninterrupted for a decade without getting shut down?"
Ken: "Transparency, Trust, etc."

Ken is so modest. Of course he'd say that. He can't reveal the real truth, which is he's a tribe member a goddamn genius.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Transcript of the interview.