As noticed on the Resetera boards (opens in new tab), Eidos-Montréal’s govt narrative director Mary DeMarle has joined BioWare as a senior narrative director. DeMarle was most not too long ago liable for creating the story and main the writing crew on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which had such glorious back-and-forth patter between its solid we declared it the brand new king of celebration banter. Earlier than that, DeMarle oversaw all issues Deus Ex, having been lead author and narrative designer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution earlier than turning into narrative director for the complete franchise.
Should you have been holding out for a direct continuation of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided by the identical crew following Embracer Group’s acquisition of Eidos-Montréal, it is perhaps time to let that dream go. Remakes of the unique video games might be the 1st step in Embracer’s plans anyway.
DeMarle’s different writing credit embrace Homeworld 2 and each Myst 3: Exile and Myst 4: Revelation, but it surely’s her work on Guardians of the Galaxy that appears most related to her new place at BioWare. Whereas the plot of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is hopefully pretty stable at this level, simply 5 months in the past BioWare was advertizing for a Narrative Director – Mass Impact place (opens in new tab), in search of somebody to “Associate with the core management to determine the narrative, branching gameplay, and character imaginative and prescient.”
Whereas we do not have a launch date for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf but, we do know the subsequent Mass Impact is even additional off. Although a story director must reply to a artistic director, there’s nonetheless loads of time for DeMarle to make a mark on BioWare’s sci-fi sequel. And people deep-and-meaningful chats between missions in Guardians of the Galaxy certain have been paying homage to Mass Impact at its finest, bouncing between witty repartee and a few surprisingly shifting moments of bonding as they did.
