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    Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming Fall 2024

    So does that mean the total number of available spells in this game is limited by how many buttons are on a console controller? Maybe each skill tree has a single awesome ability then when you push a button, something awesome happens... Boy this is being quite an elevator ride. Like when you...
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    Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming Fall 2024

    Some new studio made a dark and darker ripoff which has much better combat than this shitshow. Truly fascinating
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    Why couldn't Obsidian make a commercially successful isometric RPG like Larian?

    Obsidian's problem was never Sawyer or sawyerlike autists, they do provide useful input to any RPG. Feargus is a shitty manager who doesn't know how to handle volatile talent like Avellone, Ziets etc , and they all left the company or were driven out due to issues with management. In a company...
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    Why couldn't Obsidian make a commercially successful isometric RPG like Larian?

    Maybe not as successful as BG3 since it would've required better writing, but yes the masses love bioware style dialogues that focus on the character. 2D is a big turnoff for most people, while 3D dialogues immerses™ normies. Environment interactivity, alternative quest solutions (and combat...
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    Clockwork Revolution - inXile's steampunk time travel first-person action-RPG led by Chad Moore and Jason Anderson

    Tim Cain himself joined a conversation in this forum about Underrail, saying they're aiming at similar levels of depth and interaction with their new game, hinting sort of a spiritual successor to Arcanum even. And then they released the outer worlds... :betrayed: I have zero hope from other...
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    Your top 10 RPGs EXCEPT top 20 Codex titles

    MotB is the greatest game excluded from the original list IMO. It is a gem on par with Torment. Disco Elysium is a close second, these two should remove some items (*cough morrowind and one of the gothics cough*) from the list. KC:D comes next for me, and as I've never played wizardry 8...
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    Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming Fall 2024

    IIRC, Avowed was the "secret project" they showcased to Microsoft in hopes of selling the company. The publishing deal for Outer Worlds was already spoken for at the time, so it must have been another game. I also bet that what they marketed to MS back in 2018 is way better looking than the...
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    Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming Fall 2024

    Even though they dropped the ball after Avellone left, Obsidian has always been better with companions compared to other mainstream studios. So this quote kinda surprised me. Outerworlds companions were shit, so maybe Carrie is referring to that? And besides, what the hell is she talking about...
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    The retard is finally giving up with his fit of rage. Thank you Dixon. Please shut up now.
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    It is one thing to know the law, and another to not trust it to be bent against the small guy in favor of major corporations. Then you have the cost of upfront legal fees even in a 100% win situation, which is a completely different beast for small business owners. So you are wrong and we are...
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    I am left wondering two things. First is why are you trying so hard JamesDixon ? And second is who conned Hasbro management into thinking that such stupidity would not backfire. I mean yes the corpo management is of course living in another planet, but there has to be checks and balances for...
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    Apples and oranges. I shouldn't even have to explain myself, but then again this is the codex so why not.. A criminal case requires all my attention and resources, while a case about OGL has cheaper alternatives to be solved like using my own system or even better adapting a system like Paizo...
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    Which means there are some parts of the rule books that don't fall under game mechanics? And for the average content creator especially with limited understanding of the laws, there is still the danger of receiving cease&desist letters from a greedy megacorp with endless pockets? Nah thanks...
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    Vapourware WOTC restricting content creation in new OGL - Paizo launches competing OGL - lol cancelled

    Isn't this whole license about the wording and structure of such rules? You can't of course license the fighter class or feats, much less the concept base attack bonus. But what you can license is the wording of the entire feat/spell/skill/class descriptions and how they tie with each other. A...
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    Pathfinder Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Pre-DLC Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

    Nah there are mythic feats that make the buffs last up to 24 h.

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