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[darjr]

Inside Critical Role’s Growing D&D Fantasy Empire and the Making of ‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ for Amazon

How Critical Role built a D&D-inspired multimedia franchise, which includes upcoming Amazon animated series 'The Legend of Vox Machina.'

variety.com

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Huh. Interesting situation, as CR is releasing its show on Amazon, which also has its own video game department (which I've heard is a complete mess, but still). Plus, CR can make a game on their own, but it can't be explicitly D&D like Baldur's Gate III, without WotC partnering.

So I'm curious how much flexibility they have when looking around for developers.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

What are the most popular game-live streaming shows after CR, enough to become a cash-cow brand? Could big companies (Netflix, Amazon, Warner or Disney) to produce their own game-live shows to promote their own franchises?

My theory is it will be more real-time action and not by turns, close like Warcraft III, and it should be about to lead a squad and not only one character.

 

[Mort]

Huh. Interesting situation, as CR is releasing its show on Amazon, which also has its own video game department (which I've heard is a complete mess, but still). Plus, CR can make a game on their own, but it can't be explicitly D&D like Baldur's Gate III, without WotC partnering.

So I'm curious how much flexibility they have when looking around for developers.

I suspect CR would have 0 problem getting cooperation from WoTC if it wanted to.

 

[Malmuria]

But whom will they get to do the voice acting??

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

What are the most popular game-live streaming shows after CR, enough to become a cash-cow brand? Could big companies (Netflix, Amazon, Warner or Disney) to produce their own game-live shows to promote their own franchises?

My theory is it will be more real-time action and not by turns, close like Warcraft III, and it should be about to lead a squad and not only one character.

I mean, a real time strategy game based on the forgotten realms would be quite easy to create. You could even use the old engine (and most assets) of Warcraft 3!

Human -> Lord Alliance
Orc -> Many-Arrows Kingdom
Undead -> Thay or Netherese remnants
Wood elves -> Myth Drannor remnants
Blood Elves -> Menzo

That be a superb game.

 

[overgeeked]

"Critical Role the breakfast cereal! Critical Role the flamethrower! The kids love this one."

 

[Hexmage-EN]

I imagine the way Critical Role is growing today is similar to how things were when the Forgotten Realms was first growing into D&D's most popular setting and getting tie-in books and games and such (I wouldn't know for certain; I was born in 1988). The difference here being that it got its start as a franchise in streaming/podcasting (which, come to think of it, makes it kind of like Record of Lodoss War, too).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Is it turn based?

 

[Parmandur]

Huh. Interesting situation, as CR is releasing its show on Amazon, which also has its own video game department (which I've heard is a complete mess, but still). Plus, CR can make a game on their own, but it can't be explicitly D&D like Baldur's Gate III, without WotC partnering.

So I'm curious how much flexibility they have when looking around for developers.

I mean, WotC is seriously ramping up to be a video game developer. Given their connections to the Critical Role crew, and the Critical Role crews industry contacts...maybe they are already working with WotC.

Though there are a lot of game genres they could go for that would not need much D&D material to be playable with their own IP.