Mary DeMarle, narrative designer and lead author on Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided, and on the more moderen Guardians Of The Galaxy, is now senior narrative director at BioWare. The change comes simply a few months after Embracer Group purchased Eidos Montreal and stated they noticed potential for Deus Ex spin-offs, sequels and remakes.
The information was noticed by ResetEra discussion board members, based mostly on a LinkedIn replace by DeMarle. Though there isn’t any phrase on what DeMarle is engaged on, 5 months in the past BioWare had been promoting for a story director to work on the Mass Impact sequence.
No matter mission DeMarle will likely be engaged on, it is most likely excellent news for BioWare followers. DeMarle most not too long ago led the writing workforce on Eidos Montreal’s Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy sport, and the chatter between its spacefaring workforce was praised in nearly each overview – together with our personal. That bodes properly for her involvement with any future RPG.
It is also, I believe, explicitly unhealthy information for Deus Ex. Human Revolution and Mankind Divided each have nice quests, notably facet quests, and a few nice characters, for which DeMarle deserves no less than partial credit score. She’s additionally left Eidos Montreal simply on the level when there appeared like potential for additional Adam Jensen adventures. I am unable to begrudge somebody on the lookout for a brand new problem, however I am much less assured in any future Deus Ex sport with out DeMarle’s involvement.
We spoke to DeMarle again in 2011 within the run as much as the discharge of Human Revolution, about Adam Jensen’s motivations, the advantages of conversational duels, and the enjoyable of crafting an asshole like Frank Pritchard.