When it came out in 2019, Greedfall was a very adroit combination of old school and new school CRPG styles and mechanics. However, I really think this announcement that Greedfall 2: The Dying World is coming in 2024 gives people who haven’t yet played the original Greedfall an opportunity to correct that mistake. Greedfall didn’t always stick the landing when it explored these topics, but I’m very curious to see if Greedfall 2 manages to get more mileage out of exploring the sick culture of the colonial powers of Gascane through the eyes of a Tir Fradi captive. Tir Fradi itself felt like fantasy Ireland melded with fantasy North America, and the Gascane colonizers were definitely inspired by Age of Exploration European powers, and I think if that sounds interesting to you - a game where the Age of Sail meets dire plagues and ancient magics, where great powers work to expand their influence no matter the cost in lives, and a sickness overwhelms the land and dark forces rise up to reject these actions.
It sounds like a fascinating departure from the typical fantasy RPG, just like its predecessor was, and one that’s poised to take a hard look not at the land being colonized and the people being exploited, but instead on the land that is doing the colonization and exploitation. It reverses some of the storytelling choices of the original - instead of a colonist exploring their new home and realizing their complicity in its exploitation you play as someone stolen from their life and enslaved in a foreign land who needs to escape and try and find a way home. Greedfall 2 is going to be a bigger game than its predecessor, dealing not with the island of Tir Fradi/Teer Fradee but instead with the continent of Gascane, the land the people who are invading Tir Fradi in the first game come from. It honestly felt like it could have come out after Dragon Age Origins and the original Mass Effect, while also feeling distinctive and unique and not like a game that BioWare would have made.īefore the next game comes, you should check out where it came from With each game Spiders has made, they’ve gotten better and better at it, with Greedfall itself being one of my favorite games of 2019. BioWare was the studio that made Jade Empire, and Dragon Age Origins, and even Baldur’s Gate.
When IGN talked to Jehanne Rousseau, the CEO of Spiders, the company that made the original Greedfall and is now working on the sequel, she comes right out and admits what we always knew - Spiders is trying to make games like the BioWare of old. With the announcement that we’re getting a Greedfall 2, it’s a great time to remind you what a stellar game Greedfall is - especially given its inspiration stemming from some of our favorite games.
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