Bond wrote: » I think we can all agree that better copy makes better games. By this I mean the conversation text, item flavor text, misc item text (journals, scrolls, etc.). It’s not a major, overt aspect of gameplay, but it is intrinsic to the “soul” of a game: the undercurrent of character that drags our engagement deeper. Think the Divinity: Original Sin series, Witcher series, Fable series, and so on. Ashes is lucky in that it has a growing, passionate community that is desperate to do *something* Ashes while it waits. Ashes is also, from the sounds of it, going to be a massive game that errs on the side of greater immersion and RP. My question is thus: why not leverage this fan base to fill in all the extra flavor, give the community something fun and meaningful to do, and save the studio the time and the expense?
Jahlon wrote: » It is a giant pain in the ass to get all the legal stuff signed and documented from different people.
Atama wrote: » I’m worried that crowdsourcing this stuff would lead to a major drop in quality. And if you have QA people/editors checking everything, that probably takes as much if not more work than just composing it. Not to mention continuity concerns, sticking to lore, etc. There’s a reason nobody does this. It’s not because they never thought of it. It’s because it’s a really bad idea.
