Summary
Concord, Sony’s controversial shooter game, may be dead in the water, butPrime Video’snew animated anthology series aims to give the shelved PS5 title a new lease of life. The show’s creators have recently defended using the game in the series despite its sudden cancelation.Secret Levelis created by the same minds who birthed the incredibleLove, Death + Robotsinto the world, and will explore different popular video games throughout its 15 episodes.
Gamers and animation fans alike can look forward to a host of titles that will be adapted forSecret Level,includingWarhammer 40,000, Mega Man, Armored Core, Unreal Tournament, andThe Outer Worlds.To add to the amazing line-up of episodes to get excited about,the cast ofSecret Levelwill include some well-known actors, likeJohn Wick’s Keanu Reeves,The Terminator’s Arnold Schwarzenegger,Ahsoka’s Ariana Greenblatt, HBO’sThe Last of Us' Gabriel Luna, and comedian Kevin Hart bringing their years of experience to some of Secret Level’s array of compelling animated characters.
Secret Level Creators Support Keeping Concord Episode In Series Amid Backlash
Talking toGamesRadar+,Secret Levelcreators, Tim Miller and Dave Wilson, say that they never had any reason to want to remove theConcordepisode fromSecret Level.Deadpooldirector Miller said that it was never brought up by Amazon to get rid of the final episode that included the controversialConcordtitle and justified keeping it in the series because there are other titles in the mix too,likeUnreal Tournament,which was a canceled first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games. Although Miller does acknowledge that the fan fury surroundingConcordis different from that ofUnreal Tournament, he adds that they just really liked the episode due to how great it looks, as well as being very proud of it.
“And I can’t see any reason why we wouldn’t put it out there for the fans. I know people like to point out and go, ‘What are they doing?’ Or, ‘Why would they do this?’ And honestly, it’s simply because we’re proud of the episode and it looks cool. The fact that the game is no longer around is unfortunate because we liked the developers, they were nice people, and they were trying to do the best they could. But it doesn’t affect our desire to put this thing out in the world that we worked very hard on and so did they, and a lot of artists.”
Secret Level’s executive producer, Dave Wilson, also adds that the decision to includeConcordin the animated anthology series was made years ago as the aim of the show is to include games from the past, present, and future. Echoing Miller’s previous comments, Wilson also says that he’s very proud of the episode and feels it’s a “lovely legendary story about this crew.” He did admit though, that he has found it difficult to read some of the comments onSecret Level’s YouTube trailer, but that his desire is that even with preconceived ideas surrounding the episode, viewers will end up still enjoying it.
Even thoughConcorddidn’t work in the gaming world, it now has a fantastic opportunity to shine in Amazon’s animated TV series. Given therise of game adaptations in recent times, which includeThe Last of Us,Fallout,andArcane,Secret Level’sConcordepisode has the chance to turn its negativity into a huge positive U-turn in another medium.
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Amazon Prime Video’s Secret Level is an animated series that explores different gaming worlds, telling short stories within them. Some of the featured games include Armored Core, Sifu, Unreal Tournament, Concord, Ghost of Tsushima, Pac-Man, and The Outer Worlds.
