I mean it certainly has the big monster fugging, heck some scenes even use the big boy Bacchus from the end of Kunoichi 2, it’s just more consensual and not so mindbreak-y FOW stated they aimed to do something not so dark, not wanting to chance it being removed from steam.
The comedy is subjective, but it knows when to take a backseat when shit gets serious. This is about setting up a rebellion to overthrow a controlling empire of mind control powered abstinent aliens
And I wouldn’t worry about the films, fow knows what brought them their reputation. The game is an adventure, but it’d be silly to put all your eggs in one basket. The intention afterwards is to have a film and game division running, though given the trials of this one, wouldn’t surprise me if the next was much further away.
But hey we’ll have UE4 made films to look at in the meantime. Considering what they could with SFM, can only imagine how good they’ll look with an engine often used for the games themselves.
Yes, and Sova scenes with monsters are the only ones I could rate A+. Her update in general feels the most StudioFOW-y of all, and the one to fix the most mistakes. Nice to see progress, very nice.
As for the story - I think its another point of contention for some people. Its built around whole "rebel against totalitarianism" story template, which is a whole ass cliché at this point. Game gives it a good spin that feels fresh and all in all is well-done, very unique take, I'd say. But its hit-or-miss type of thing, you see: you either like this type of story or don't. I don't and even when I assume story and lore, and characters to be great and interesting, the whole gist doesn't make it for me, you know? I think it has something to do with how oversaturated we are with stories about overthrowing the evil government. I get it - game parodies them, and do it well, but sometimes you are just so overfed of certain theme, you can no longer stomach even a parody.
I also hope your optimism is well-place and we see them both finishing Subverse and going back to moviemaking. Right now their whole: "half the team have dropped, have a nice day" seems like a management issue - and that's is the kind of issue that gets in a way of everything.
