You can't please everyone: new details of Judas have emerged
This will be the most "alive" project in Ken Levine's entire career.
Game Informer magazine has released a preview of Judas, the new game from Bioshock creator Ken Levine, developed by his studio Ghost Story Games.
Unlike previous projects, known for their linear storytelling, in Judas the player will truly "live" the character and directly influence the development of the story.
This is our first game where you truly live the role of the character, rather than just watching the story, as in BioShock. From the very beginning, we didn't want to just make a first-person shooter. We wanted to create a kind of simulator where you decide not only how the heroine moves through the story, but also who to trust and how to pay for the consequences of your decisions
The developer emphasizes that the key goal of the team is to immerse the player as much as possible in what is happening and convey the feeling of life on a spaceship at a time when humanity is at the sunset of its existence.
Special attention in Judas is paid to how characters react to the player. According to Levine, Ghost Story Games spent about five years exclusively on research and prototyping in order to achieve reactions not only to global choices, but also to chains of small actions.
One of the key mechanics of the game will be the Villainy system, presented at the end of last year. It is responsible for the dynamics of relationships with important characters and the level of pressure that the player experiences.
Depending on the behavior, the characters may hate you, sympathize with you, or even change their attitude several times throughout the story. However, there will be no "perfect playthrough." Levine notes that no matter how hard players try, they will not be able to please everyone, and one of the characters is guaranteed to become an antagonist.
Speaking about the current stage of development, Levine said that the team is focused on achieving the next major milestone and is generally satisfied with the progress of Judas.
