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FYI: full of spoilers for both Wolfenstein games that Machine Games made. Includes comments about continuing the series.
My biggest gripe with noclip is that their documentaries feel just a tad too corporate. Like i’m(!) personally(!) convinced some money was exchanged between the dev/publisher to make these docs happen. (allegedly, no proof, vibes)
BUT(!!) idk how else you would get that close access to the stories they like to tell. Also they’re really fucking good at telling and surfacing stories in these tight constraints tbh. If you’re not a particular fan of a topic they cover it can feel sometimes a bit ‘shilly’. But if you are in some capacity fan they always give you some really cool insights into the development of ‘your’ game. Danny O’Dwyer is a fucking magician in that regard. I never feel cheated besides the thoughts in my first sentences in my post.
No, they walked right up to that line with the Fallout 76 doc years ago, and their fans told them it was not okay. When they accept money for a gig from the publisher, they do it under a different label, Secret Tape, which is where those Half-Life and Half-Life 2 documentaries live. When it’s Noclip, it’s always strictly backer funded.
As a longtime and somewhat casual but dedicated viewer i wasnt even aware of that fact.
But i still think getting onsite acccess to devs comes with compromises. Which still is legit. But i(!) still feel it comes with some constraints. Otherwise we would see nothing tbh IMHO.
Edit: Just to be sure: I still have mostly nothing but praise left for noclip.
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My biggest gripe with noclip is that their documentaries feel just a tad too corporate. Like i’m(!) personally(!) convinced some money was exchanged between the dev/publisher to make these docs happen. (allegedly, no proof, vibes)
BUT(!!) idk how else you would get that close access to the stories they like to tell. Also they’re really fucking good at telling and surfacing stories in these tight constraints tbh. If you’re not a particular fan of a topic they cover it can feel sometimes a bit ‘shilly’. But if you are in some capacity fan they always give you some really cool insights into the development of ‘your’ game. Danny O’Dwyer is a fucking magician in that regard. I never feel cheated besides the thoughts in my first sentences in my post.
No, they walked right up to that line with the Fallout 76 doc years ago, and their fans told them it was not okay. When they accept money for a gig from the publisher, they do it under a different label, Secret Tape, which is where those Half-Life and Half-Life 2 documentaries live. When it’s Noclip, it’s always strictly backer funded.
As a longtime and somewhat casual but dedicated viewer i wasnt even aware of that fact.
But i still think getting onsite acccess to devs comes with compromises. Which still is legit. But i(!) still feel it comes with some constraints. Otherwise we would see nothing tbh IMHO.
Edit: Just to be sure: I still have mostly nothing but praise left for noclip.