Feargus Urquhart talks Pillars of Eternity 2 at Polygon
Feargus Urquhart talks Pillars of Eternity 2 at Polygon
Company News - posted by Infinitron on Thu 5 February 2015, 01:54:43
Tags: Feargus Urquhart; Obsidian Entertainment; Pathfinder; Pillars of Eternity; South Park: The Stick of TruthWith Pillars of Eternity nearing release and Kickstarter warming up again after a rather slow year, it seems that Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart is once again thinking thoughts and planning plans. He recently shared some of those thoughts with Polygon's Brian Crecente:
UPDATE: Polygon also spoke to Feargus about South Park and Pathfinder in two additional articles posted yesterday. No South Park DLC or Pathfinder RPG planned yet, but they're thinking about it.
With Pillars of Eternity, the original role-playing game from Obsidian kickstarted for about $4 million, hitting in about two months, the studio is already working on promised expansions and discussing a sequel.
"We're going to do some expansions because we said we would as a part of the Kickstarter," said Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart. "We've already started working on artwork. So we've already kind of figured out where we want to go in the world and the artists are doing some tests.
"But with Eternity 2, that's the next thing. Probably at the end of this month, Josh [Sawyer] and Adam [Brennecke], the key guys on the team are all going to sit down. They've already come up with a list of what they want to do, kind of new game systems and that kind of stuff. We're going to try and get going on that as soon as we can."
It sounds like the question isn't whether a sequel is going to be made, but how it will be funded.
Urquhart said he thinks they might once more pursue Kickstarter for funding, but was hesitant.
""I think so, I think that's what we'll do," he said. "It's not 100 percent. The reason is because first we didn't want to do it until [Pillars of Eternity] came out. The second thing is that the Kickstarter stuff is kind of up and down here and there. But the Shadowrun guys look like they're pretty successful, they're like one and a half or two million. I know if we put exploding kittens in it we could make billions.
"I think it might be a good time again for a Kickstarter, so we're talking about it."
He said the team needs to have a reason for going to Kickstarter for money, not just a request for more money.
"So we need to start talking about Eternity 2 so we can say we would like you to back us so we can do these things."
While Pillars of Eternity is set to launch on March 26, the team continues to work on it. Mostly focusing on polish and giving the title a once over, Urquhart said.
A lot of the final changes to the game were driven by a required playthrough back in December.
"We told the entire team that no one works for a week and instead they just play the game," Urquhart said. "It gave everyone a chance to be proud of what they had done and to figure out what they wanted to fix and change."
A lot of those tweaks included balance changes, work on the stronghold and the interfaces, Urquhart said.
"This whole process has been great," he said.
PoE2, the next Obsidian Kickstarter? I wonder what happened to that project he first spoke about back in December 2013...and then in March 2014...and then never again."We're going to do some expansions because we said we would as a part of the Kickstarter," said Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart. "We've already started working on artwork. So we've already kind of figured out where we want to go in the world and the artists are doing some tests.
"But with Eternity 2, that's the next thing. Probably at the end of this month, Josh [Sawyer] and Adam [Brennecke], the key guys on the team are all going to sit down. They've already come up with a list of what they want to do, kind of new game systems and that kind of stuff. We're going to try and get going on that as soon as we can."
It sounds like the question isn't whether a sequel is going to be made, but how it will be funded.
Urquhart said he thinks they might once more pursue Kickstarter for funding, but was hesitant.
""I think so, I think that's what we'll do," he said. "It's not 100 percent. The reason is because first we didn't want to do it until [Pillars of Eternity] came out. The second thing is that the Kickstarter stuff is kind of up and down here and there. But the Shadowrun guys look like they're pretty successful, they're like one and a half or two million. I know if we put exploding kittens in it we could make billions.
"I think it might be a good time again for a Kickstarter, so we're talking about it."
He said the team needs to have a reason for going to Kickstarter for money, not just a request for more money.
"So we need to start talking about Eternity 2 so we can say we would like you to back us so we can do these things."
While Pillars of Eternity is set to launch on March 26, the team continues to work on it. Mostly focusing on polish and giving the title a once over, Urquhart said.
A lot of the final changes to the game were driven by a required playthrough back in December.
"We told the entire team that no one works for a week and instead they just play the game," Urquhart said. "It gave everyone a chance to be proud of what they had done and to figure out what they wanted to fix and change."
A lot of those tweaks included balance changes, work on the stronghold and the interfaces, Urquhart said.
"This whole process has been great," he said.
UPDATE: Polygon also spoke to Feargus about South Park and Pathfinder in two additional articles posted yesterday. No South Park DLC or Pathfinder RPG planned yet, but they're thinking about it.
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