From Torment to Eternity: MCA Interview at Gamasutra
From Torment to Eternity: MCA Interview at Gamasutra
Interview - posted by Infinitron on Fri 30 November 2012, 20:33:56
Tags: Chris Avellone; Obsidian Entertainment; Pillars of EternityThere's a new interview with Chris Avellone over at Gamasutra. In addition to the expected obligatory Project Eternity recap, it contains this new and interesting bit of information:
So Project Eternity actually started out as a "dungeon-based" setting? Maybe the Endless Paths aren't such a gimmick after all.
Besides that, the interview also covers such issues as the vagueness and unoriginality of many of the high profile Kickstarter successes, the possibilities for a Project Eternity sequel, the lessons Obsidian has learned with regard to narrative design, and Chris' growing admiration for emergent gameplay. You can read the entire thing here.
For Project Eternity, you've gone with a more traditional fantasy setting than in Torment. Was that always your intention?
CA: The way we approached it was we got Josh Sawyer, who was the project lead on Fallout: New Vegas, and we got Tim Cain, me, Feargus [Urquhart] and our other project director Adam Brennecke in a room, and we listed out all the points that we enjoyed about Infinity Engine, and notably dungeon delving, and a lot of the discussion came back to a lot of the strengths that the Forgotten Realms setting had. What they would do is they would create a lot of interesting spaces and sort of build cultures around these cool dungeons, and it was resonating with just about everybody, that they wanted a more traditional fantasy setting.
So Project Eternity actually started out as a "dungeon-based" setting? Maybe the Endless Paths aren't such a gimmick after all.
Besides that, the interview also covers such issues as the vagueness and unoriginality of many of the high profile Kickstarter successes, the possibilities for a Project Eternity sequel, the lessons Obsidian has learned with regard to narrative design, and Chris' growing admiration for emergent gameplay. You can read the entire thing here.
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