Nightingale, the new game by Aaryn Flynn, was one of the stars of the Summer Game Fest.
This same month, our colleague Alejandro Pascual reminded us of the panorama that had been left with a 2022 marked by delays. The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or the ambitious game from Bethesda, Starfield, are some of the most painful delays, but they have not been the only ones.
Undoubtedly, the pandemic has had a devastating impact on developments in recent years, causing numerous delays and problems, and more alarmingly, some disappointments: games that do not meet the expectations of the players and that go on to generate a great frustration. Aaryn Flynn has spoken about this phenomenon in an interview with VGC.
The current CEO of Inflexion, the studio behind the new RPG in development Nightingale, is known for his extensive two-decade career at BioWare. Flynn has maintained that most gamers are pretty fair: “They want games to be great, games to be polished, and experiences to be respectful of their time.”
It is quite a challenge to make huge and ambitious projectsAaryn FlynnHowever, Flynn believes that the industry has “under-delivered and over-promised” at times. “When you see disappointed players, it’s often because the studio has set expectations they can’t meet. I get it, I can relate to it,” said the former head of Bioware, who said they should be honest and simply say, “this is where we meet, some of these things are difficult and we’d rather spend a little more time to bring you something great than something compromised sooner.”
Flynn has assured that most players prefer that too. Regarding the huge list of delays, he has not been surprised in any case, and he has recalled that it is already a challenge to carry out huge and ambitious projects, to add a totally unforeseen problem such as the covid pandemic. Aaryn Flynn’s new game, Nightingale, combines survival, fantasy, and RPG elements, and is scheduled to launch in early access in Q4 2022.
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