Report – Eidos Montreal to create 350 new jobs by 2015

In this economic climate, it’s always good to see news of new jobs being created rather than the usual depressing drudgery of studios closing or downsizing themselves into oblivion.

@1 Totally agree, just wish it wasn’t always in Montreal.

That means Deus Ex 2 is on the way

They should really hire a writer or two while they’re at it.

How about by 2012? Deus Ex deserves another sequel or three.

If the story of Human Revolution is anything to go by I’d say they really don’t need to hire any writers… Apart from maybe a few AI script writers. But it wasn’t really all bad, just a little left to be desired.

If the story of Human Revolution is anything to go by, the first thing they need to do is hire better writers.

^^^

This. Never been born with a story so much until I played this game even Fable series had far better story then this game.

Well I think your wrong… Although I haven’t actually completed it yet but I’m still deeply lost within the world and its story.
And anyway I’m British and the British sound clever so we know best… *Cough* (Forgetting all that small rioting recently… but then you could defo say that it’s actually not unintelligent at all. Irrelevance)

Actually, they should fire the ones responsible first, and then get new ones. Really expensive ones.

Get 20-30 employees worth of writers, and just go cheap on the rest.

@DSB
I’m not really sure that in the spirit of the news but that probably the point.

@8 Fable being stronger is a bit of a stretch. It’s week, but it’s not that bad.

@9 Oh, I agree, the world in which the story is framed is amazing, a visual masterpiece and a testament to strong, inspired artistic design.

The story (and acting), unfortunately, doesn’t have anywhere near the same level of polish and depth as the beautifully rendered world in which its set.

I liked the story of the first Fable. It was pretty basic, but I thought they pulled it off in a cute way.

After Fable II and III it’s just a tainted brand.

@11 Yeah, I’m just not very spiritual when it comes to news.

@12

I was talking about the original and yes that game had far better story that captured me than Deus Ex:HR. The entire story infact I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using utility writer which do the art and story or also the design and story. They obviously don’t have a knack for writing.

@DSB
What if the news is that you’ve just been employed at Eidos Montreal for some ridiculous salary.

… and then you get fired because you made the story poorly.

@15

What the hell analogy is that? When you get hired for a job and you can’t hack it what do you think the company would do? Keep you out of sympathy?

Edit: BTW depending on the company they don’t fire anyone if anything they will put them as mission writers to the stuff thats not really relevant to the story and hire someone that actually knows what they are doing. This industry likes to keep those that know about the industry inside it because it beats hiring someone that knows absolutely nothing about the industry.

It wasn’t an analogy it was a joke.
… Hence the ‘…’
The part where he gets fired was a side note, an after thought.

Point was supposed to be would DSB be less down hearted about news if the news was directly good for him/her.

Ahh I retract my statement then.