Kotaku: Firewalk Studios and Concord heads had a 'too good to fail mentality'

[John Elden Ring]

I can corroborate the part about toxic positivity. Some sources I've spoken with blamed a head in the sand mentality carried over from the studio's Bungie roots.

A sense the game would come together because the team was too good to fail. I'll have more next week.

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[Eternal_Wings]

No wonder Concord is this bad. The responsibile heads are rats.


Every single time it's a Stein-, Baum, Berg, Timowitz!

 

[Loy310]

They had to pitch the game to Sony so ofc that was the mentality.

 

[quest4441]

No wonder Concord is this bad. The responsibile heads are rats.
Every single time it's a Stein-, Baum, Berg, Timowitz!

Bro did you really ......... Holy shit

 

[Neversummer]

Sounds about right for ex bungie dev & woke/self inserted “professor”

The game had no X factor, it’s a hero shooter w no super that alone should’ve told you this studio/devs know jack shit about hero shooters/multiplayer

 

[anonpuffs]

No wonder Concord is this bad. The responsibile heads are rats.


Every single time it's a Stein-, Baum, Berg, Timowitz!

Bro not cool

 

[64bitmodels]

No wonder Concord is this bad. The responsibile heads are rats.


Every single time it's a Stein-, Baum, Berg, Timowitz!

get the fuck out of here

 

[Danja]

The kinda people this forum fosters is sometimes eyebrow raising but good to see a few call em out.

But having only yes men around will always be a recipe for disaster no matter how talented the team is.

The game was still great but definitely can see how this kinda mentality affected the end result.

 

[ethomaz]

The game was indeed good.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

No wonder Concord is this bad. The responsibile heads are rats.


Every single time it's a Stein-, Baum, Berg, Timowitz!

Isn't that Jason and Pepper from American Horror Story?

They do look like rats but they didn't work on the game

 

[Vertigo]

Firewalk is a grifter studio. Shut em down.

 

[Johnic]

Fuck them, then. It's ultimately Sony's fault. They should have had a tighter leash on them.

 

[ksdixon]

The game was indeed good.

The game... play? The mechanics?

I have a theory they are testing game engines in drag's rainbow clothing, trying to find the next one to hit big.

When one does, suddenly a more adult counterpart will spring-up with simillar mechanics (see the released Destruction All-stars vs planned Twisted Metal reboot).