The multiple characters and branching stories. This has garnered Quantic Dream a mixed reception among gamers: some players enjoy the twisting narratives the studio crafts, while others find them to be lacking in proper gameplay.
Things will be different for Quantic Dream’s Star Wars Eclipse, which was announced during last December’s Game Awards 2021 livestream after months of rumor and speculation. Eclipse will be set in Star Wars’ High Republic era, which sees the old Jedi Order at the height of their power roughly 350 years before the events of the mainline Star Wars movies. The High Republic has already been the subject of several Star Wars novels, comics, and even animated web shorts, with Eclipse being the first game set in that time period. The ominous Star Wars Eclipse reveal trailer featured plenty of classic lightsaber action and even the Trade Federation, but so far, not much is known about the project.
Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere recently spoke with Star Wars Eclipse differs from Detroit: Become Human, with a stronger focus on action/adventure gameplay as well as the aforementioned player choice and multiple endings.
Star Wars Eclipse Will Be More Action-Based Than Past Quantic Dream Games
While Guillaume de Fondaumiere’s recent statements regarding how Star Wars Eclipse will be different from the likes of Indigo Prophecy and Beyond: Two Souls are intriguing, it will probably be a long time before players can see this for themselves. Following Star Wars Eclipse's announcement, rumors of development issues at Quantic Dream started to surface, along with calls to either cancel the game or move it to another studio in light of the many claims of the company (and longtime Lead Director David Cage in particular) fostering a toxic work environment of harassment and overall employee mistreatment. While Quantic Dream insists that Star Wars Eclipse isn’t being delayed, there are already rumors of the ambitious title being pushed back until 2026 or even as late as 2027.
Whenever Star Wars Eclipse finally does come out, it will likely be a different experience than what players are used to from Quantic Dream, with more of a focus on action than titles like Detroit Become Human. Of course, the usual elements of a Quantic Dream game will still be present in Star Wars Eclipse, such as multiple playable characters and a narrative shaped by the player’s choices, but there will be plenty of the Star Wars franchise’s signature lightsaber battles to go with them.
