Amy Hennig Talks About Her Upcoming Star Wars Game At PAX
At this weekends PAX West, Amy Hennig spoke about the upcoming Star Wars video game from Visceral. She said that the team is working “really close” with LucasFilm and the game will tell an original story within the Star Wars universe.
“Authentic Star Wars can mean that we get the AT-ST right, right? And of course we have to do that too, but it’s all about the new stuff, the new characters, the new story, the new locations, the new creatures, the new tech. All of this stuff that has to sit authentically alongside the Star Wars that we’re so familiar with.”
“So I thought that some of the rules I had used making Uncharted no longer applied. In Uncharted or in Indiana Jones you actually kinda stick with Indie the whole time. There are times you cut away, but it’s always something that informs you on what he is doing, like Marion in the tent. In Star Wars you’re always cutting away to the bad guys, and seeing what they’re doing: ‘Meanwhile, back at the villain ranch…'” She added.
Amy went on to say “When we watch a film, we’re the privileged observer, right? We’re not the protagonist. Their struggle is illuminated by the things we can see that they don’t. Suspense and all that kind of stuff. How do you do that in a game where you’re supposed to identify with the protagonist and cut away the things that they don’t know?”
As with most video games, players play the part of a protagonist, who is usually a underdog and Amy explained how this will work with the new Star Wars game.
“They have to work together and they have to be cleverer than their enemies. Therefore, how do you turn that into gameplay. How do you take that idea and then deconstruct it as mechanics, sequences, that then play to that core principle. That’s the challenge of making these kinds of things.”
Our take:
Details have slowing been coming out about this new game and I can’t wait to see more on this project, with another Star Wars Battlefront game coming out in 2017, it might be a while before we see anything. With the Uncharted games being so much fun, I’m looking forward to seeing something different from recent Star Wars games.
Are you excited for the new Star Wars game?