does Greedfall and its devs have anything to do with New World

[KieL]

New World has very similar art style, setting and gameplay. when I first saw New World it immediately made me think of this game. so does anyone know if its just
a coincidence or nah?

[ReBoot]

Coincidence, with a mixture of imagining patterns.
When it comes to gameplay, it's a third-person RPG with real-time combat. There's hundreds of such games.
As for the setting, it's not quite common but still, there's other games. Check out the Risen series, parts 2 and 3 have the same setting.
Im afraid, you see connections where there's none.

[ಠ_ಠ]

Not particularly. The art style isn't really similar, and the gameplay isn't even passingly similar (they play entirely differently from each other). The setting is similar, in that they draw inspiration from the same period, and add magic. Not much else to compare between the two.

[Vessel]

New world's creative director, David Verfaillie, could actually be seen taking notes in the Greedfall IGN panel at Gamescome 2019.

[KieL]

Originally posted by Shia, The Horror God:

New world's creative director, David Verfaillie, could actually be seen taking notes in the Greedfall IGN panel at Gamescome 2019.

you serious or just meming?

[System7]

Originally posted by Shia, The Horror God:

New world's creative director, David Verfaillie, could actually be seen taking notes in the Greedfall IGN panel at Gamescome 2019.

That doesnt surprise me. Its common that developers look at competition or similar games and incorporate ideas or inspirations. Initial idea for New World wasnt based on Greedfall, they just look at similar era, but in the course of development they could use few ideas from Greedfall.

Even some promo materials are funny when they mention "magical island" in New World. :-)