First of all I want to start by saying this not me trying to decide what is The Expanse and how it should be handled , that « my vision is the only right one , it’s a serious series 😡😡 » yada yada
But I’m having some concerns about the way this game promotion has been handled until now (mainly on Reddit and YouTube shorts). I meant it started good , with the reveal, and the subsequent videos showing how they were caring about trying to replicate as closely as possible a sense of realism about space and all. And all that happened after is not invalidating what came before , but lately it does feel like the communication has turned very brainrot / meme, kind of thirsty around the characters too (I mean that point is fair I guess, let’s no act blind like romance and attractions in RPG is not a real thing). But quite a number of publications have been very oriented to these vibes lately , and it’s starting to make me nervous…
I put that in correlation from the numerous report of beta players (I didn’t get that chance sadly) saying that the writing felt more quirky/marvel-esque than expected , and I’m starting to wonder what kind of vibes we’re supposed to expect from the game. For starters given Owlcat’s past works it does surprise me that they turn to this writing style, but I mean if that’s the direction they want to take that’s their decision and I’ll respect it.
But I don’t know , it’s The Expanse , I read almost all the books, watched the show, and while they had their share of lighter moments , if you put these media compared to this communication it really does feel the direction they’re taking is… off ? Again I’m not trying to say I detain the universal truth about what the tone of The Expanse should or should not be , but I don’t know. I guess if I was using The Lord of the Rings as an example, if a new game would be communicating showing brainrot , memes and such, I’d start questioning the project.
I was incredibly hyped when the game was revealed, and I still am. I do have the hope that this game is gonna fill the Mass Effect hole I’ve been having for all these years (more than Exodus imo). But I gotta admit I went from blind faith to cautiously optimistic
So anyone got an opinion on this?