Judas\u2019<\/em> current development stage, adding that the team is now deep in the process of finalising the game.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re getting now to the point in Judas where we\u2019re getting towards that end process\u2026 trying to finish the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Levine explained that as launch approaches, he\u2019s increasingly having to sign off on features rather than endlessly refining them.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the game gets closer to ship, you have to develop that skill set because eventually you have to sign off on things.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for why development has taken so long, Levine joked that the team \u201ckissed a lot of frogs along the way,\u201d explaining that much of the time has been spent reworking the game\u2019s story and systemic framework rather than chasing cutting-edge visuals.<\/p>\n
That effort, he says, is aimed at making Judas<\/em> dramatically more reactive than his previous work.<\/p>\n\u201cThe result is intended to be way, way, way more replayable than our previous games.\u201d<\/p>\n
Levine said the idea stemmed from work on BioShock Infinite<\/em>, where he imagined a version of the game that could meaningfully react to player behaviour.<\/p>\n\u201cThat was the thought that led me to Judas, where you really had to have the game be highly reactive.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Levine, that ambition means players are likely to miss major content on a first playthrough \u2014 a design philosophy the team fully embraced.<\/p>\n
Judas continues to sound incredibly promising, but I can\u2019t help but wonder if the hype may become too much thanks to the name attached to the game and the lengthy development cycle.<\/p>\n
Even if it ends up being unable to live up to expectations, though, I\u2019m still expecting Levine to deliver something awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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