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[-] Commiunism@beehaw.org 27 points 3 hours ago

Some context, albeit simplified: Disco Elysium as an IP and the company behind it (ZA/UM) practically got stolen by some rich investors from the original developers, and most of the original team left or got fired. There were plans for an official sequel of the game, but it got cancelled recently and since then, three games got announced back to back to back by three different studios and have promised to deliver a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium. The companies are:

  • Longdue. They have some of the people who developed the original game plus people from big companies like Bungie, Rockstar, but they're also in bed with ZA/UM and are the ones suing the other two companies.

  • Dark Math Games. While they do have the most 'game' currently as in their spiritual sequel titled 'XXX Nightshift' has some trailers and a Steam page, there's not that much known about them.

  • Summer Eternal. It's a workers co-op studio led by an original games' writer. They have a website which hosts their manifesto, and having read it it's definitely very Disco, would recommend.

[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 5 points 2 hours ago

I believe Summer Eternal is a Consumer co-op, isn't it? Or if not looks very like it.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 18 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't know about you people, but given how much stress Disco Elysium puts on how fucked up the main character is, I feel like it is no surprise that its developers get into conflicts all the time.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 points 3 hours ago
[-] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 hours ago

Or don't, since the actual devs get nothing from the sale if you do.

[-] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 2 hours ago

With that logic we should never buy a game, unless it is directly going to the developers hands? If you want it in your Steam library, then its the best time to buy it now probably while there is a sale active and before you cannot in the future, in case it gets unlisted caused by these legal issues. BTW I'm not doing the FOMO: FEAR OF MISSING OUT here. This is for people like me who rely on Steam library for convenience.

[-] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, fair enough - you do have a point.

[-] Commiunism@beehaw.org 4 points 2 hours ago

Don't think it will get unlisted, as the lawsuit only relates to spiritual successors of the game and not the original game itself.

[-] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 4 points 4 hours ago

The left eats the left because we are delicious ;3

I don't really know what's going on here nor whether anyone involved is actually a leftist; I just wanted to spew some wordplay :3

[-] Commiunism@beehaw.org 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Nah, it's less fun than that. The capital is eating the left, again :(

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