Essentially, Avelone is heavily responsible for the good games that particular studio produced. Since he's gone they have pretty much fallen off a cliff.
PLUS... Avellone got metooed in 2020. He always denied it, fought back hard, sued for libel, and forced a seven figure settlement out of two women AND they had to issue public statements clearing his name.
I wonder if dying light 2 would have been a better game, atleast more nuanced factions than the two it had. If he had not been forced out due to that shit.
The irony is that Marty is the only name anyone knows from Bungie, and Bungie is only known because of Halo.
Chris did Fallout 2, Fallout:NV, Neverwinter Nights 2, KotOR2, FTL, Into the Breach, Torment: Tides of Numenera and best CRPG ever made Planescape: Torment, among many others.
Septerra Core is a decent game. I think it was my first JRPG.
When I was a kid it was epic. Great world idea, the lore was good and characters were very likable. I tried replaying it recently and it is still good but there are some stuff in there that just don't work when you are an adult.
Myth, it is the definition of a rough gem, a very very rough gem. It is a 3d, Medieval strategy game without army generation that takes in to account terrain and weather. Imagine trying to send a molotov cocktail when it rains, it will not go off or if you want to send any projectile uphill it will bounce back, stuff like that. It also had a great story behind it. Can't recommend because the camera was horrendous, it's crazy how bad the camera on that game is.
He was behind the success of Fallout 2, Fallout NV, KOTOR 2, Platescape Torment, NWN 2 MOTB, later he did some work on DOS 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Without him there would not have been an Obsidian. Some of the best story driven games are great thanks to him.
He fell off after some metoo allegations that were probably fake or at least exaggerated and have been blacklisted since then.
Here's what I find interesting. Chris was falsely accused a few years back and then disappeared for a while.
I doubt that he would have said something like this if that had not happened. As far as I know, he was not known for takes like this. They create their own enemies. The anti-woke are those who have been robbed by the woke.
Yes, I mentioned this in a different post. Chris did everything correctly in fighting back against his false accusers. He had the receipts, he didn't go start blabbing his mouth in public, and he won.
I always had the feeling he was a typical game industry leftist, but being falsely accused like that can be a real wake up call.
If anyone was on RPGCodex when Avellone was leaving Obsidian, you'll know that he didn't have an amicable departure due to shenanigans pulled by one (or was it a few) of the other co-founders.
It's sad that his career ever since got fucked due to all the faked metoo bullshit.
I met Avellone at a conference in the UK about 10 years or so ago, dude was super chill and funny as hell. Glad to see he's doing well after the bullshit the left put him through.
Show some respect: Calling Chris Avellone "Ex-Obsidian developer" is like calling Shigeru Miyamoto Ex-Nintendo developer.
Yeah, I was about to say, Avellone isn't some nobody, he's pretty much THE reason Obsidian had a good reputation at any point... supposedly.
My age might be showing. Im not well versed in names. For me Martin O Donnel is a known name.
Essentially, Avelone is heavily responsible for the good games that particular studio produced. Since he's gone they have pretty much fallen off a cliff.
PLUS... Avellone got metooed in 2020. He always denied it, fought back hard, sued for libel, and forced a seven figure settlement out of two women AND they had to issue public statements clearing his name.
Since then, he's been a lot less filtered.
I wonder if dying light 2 would have been a better game, atleast more nuanced factions than the two it had. If he had not been forced out due to that shit.
The irony is that Marty is the only name anyone knows from Bungie, and Bungie is only known because of Halo.
Chris did Fallout 2, Fallout:NV, Neverwinter Nights 2, KotOR2, FTL, Into the Breach, Torment: Tides of Numenera and best CRPG ever made Planescape: Torment, among many others.
Damn - I knew of him from Fallout NV, but wasn't aware he'd also worked on a bunch of other games I loved.
Yes, you are young.
Chris Avellone is Planescape Tornment & Fallout 2.
If you really played Myth & Septerra Core I will remove the "young" part ;)
I know these games by name only, started Fallout with 3. Myth and Septerra..I have no idea what that is.
Septerra Core is a decent game. I think it was my first JRPG.
When I was a kid it was epic. Great world idea, the lore was good and characters were very likable. I tried replaying it recently and it is still good but there are some stuff in there that just don't work when you are an adult.
Myth, it is the definition of a rough gem, a very very rough gem. It is a 3d, Medieval strategy game without army generation that takes in to account terrain and weather. Imagine trying to send a molotov cocktail when it rains, it will not go off or if you want to send any projectile uphill it will bounce back, stuff like that. It also had a great story behind it. Can't recommend because the camera was horrendous, it's crazy how bad the camera on that game is.
Myth Fallen Lords? Great game. Played it again last year.
That game needs a remaster, fix the camera and smooth out attacks and projectile speed and leave the rest as it and it is amazing.
He was behind the success of Fallout 2, Fallout NV, KOTOR 2, Platescape Torment, NWN 2 MOTB, later he did some work on DOS 2 and Pillars of Eternity. Without him there would not have been an Obsidian. Some of the best story driven games are great thanks to him.
He fell off after some metoo allegations that were probably fake or at least exaggerated and have been blacklisted since then.
Here's what I find interesting. Chris was falsely accused a few years back and then disappeared for a while.
I doubt that he would have said something like this if that had not happened. As far as I know, he was not known for takes like this. They create their own enemies. The anti-woke are those who have been robbed by the woke.
Yes, I mentioned this in a different post. Chris did everything correctly in fighting back against his false accusers. He had the receipts, he didn't go start blabbing his mouth in public, and he won.
I always had the feeling he was a typical game industry leftist, but being falsely accused like that can be a real wake up call.
It took 12 minutes.
I'm fairly sure that faggot is a paid shill account or directly operated by Share Blue.
Sounds like we're going to get another flop soon to trash any image of them being competent developers.
bwahahaha Dark Avellone strikes back again.
Frat boy culture = all the guys have fun making games. Corporate DEI = hate every other coworker.
Almost a whole week for this to stew. The higher ups for Microsoft are going to have a field day come next week.
If anyone was on RPGCodex when Avellone was leaving Obsidian, you'll know that he didn't have an amicable departure due to shenanigans pulled by one (or was it a few) of the other co-founders.
It's sad that his career ever since got fucked due to all the faked metoo bullshit.
He smacked his accusers in court. If anyone is still holding it against him, then they were just predisposed rather than surprised.
I met Avellone at a conference in the UK about 10 years or so ago, dude was super chill and funny as hell. Glad to see he's doing well after the bullshit the left put him through.