Game News Divinity: Original Sin Kickstarter Campaign Begins + Hands-on Preview at RPGWatch

[4too]

Kicks-tarter Cargo Cults




Faith based financing: build a Kickstater and they will come.

DIVINITY:OS > Equiping pumpkin as helmet, for the win!1!

" ' Waiting for THE GREAT PUMKIN, or some one just like him/her. ' "




4too

 

[Infinitron]

Hot.

 

[JarlFrank]

41k already, not bad.

 

[Western]

Hope this one makes it, who doesn't want more reactivity and content?

 

[Jaesun]

Hope this one makes it, who doesn't want more reactivity and content?

Speaking of reactivity:

JM​

@Larian​

The PCGMedia article says " I think Larian have left the story deliberately open with a view to allowing players to create their own story experiences."​

Is the story 'open'.. meaning not much of one, or is there a strong story to get involved with.​

Creator Larian Studios LLC 20 minutes ago​

@JM: I'd say there's really a lot of story but it's possible to play the game without involving yourself too much in it by using the systemics of the game (which is what the writer witnessed). I.e. I think he saw everybody in a village being killed by orcs that had been lead there by the party and was surprised to hear that that didn't mean you couldn't finish the game anymore. In fact, we designed the game to deal with situations like this. But in doing so,that particular party in this particular session did miss out on plenty of storylines. They still had fun though.​

That's pretty cool. <3

 

[UnknownBro]

Pledged!
Interesting concepts, promising gameplay, nice graphics, hope the story and setting is not like in the other divinities... as in utter moronic.

 

[hiver]

I dont think those are 2D prerendered backgrounds, right?

Or am i wrong?

 

[evdk]

Hope this one makes it, who doesn't want more reactivity and content?

Speaking of reactivity:

JM​

@Larian​

The PCGMedia article says " I think Larian have left the story deliberately open with a view to allowing players to create their own story experiences."​

Is the story 'open'.. meaning not much of one, or is there a strong story to get involved with.​

Creator Larian Studios LLC 20 minutes ago​

@JM: I'd say there's really a lot of story but it's possible to play the game without involving yourself too much in it by using the systemics of the game (which is what the writer witnessed). I.e. I think he saw everybody in a village being killed by orcs that had been lead there by the party and was surprised to hear that that didn't mean you couldn't finish the game anymore. In fact, we designed the game to deal with situations like this. But in doing so,that particular party in this particular session did miss out on plenty of storylines. They still had fun though.​

That's pretty cool. <3

Radiant quests done right.

 

[Jaesun]

No. The backgrounds are 3D (if you watch the video it shows how they make the backgrounds). It is similar to NWN2's 3D "area" backgrounds.

 

[hiver]

there we go.

I cant imagine what would be wrong with such visual quality for Torment. Of course art quality is important but 3D isometric obviously can look fucking amazing.
One more example i can link to in addition to Lara Croft and the Guardian of light.

 

[Jaesun]

True. Some of the pre-fabricated areas people did in NWN2 are fucking astounding.

 

[Roguey]

Looks like I have to be the first one to complain about the dumb "Arrow in the knee" joke they used at the end of the video. That's so 2011-12. Get with the times Larian.

Despite Larian consistently failing at systems, it looks interesting enough. Will pledge if it makes its goal. It'll be funny either way if it can't make or beats Dead State's funding.

 

[Western]

Also RPGWatch isn't completely to blame for this debacle, what did we think would happen to their standards by continuously redirecting our biggest retards to their site? Poor buggers never stood a chance.

 

[Jaesun]

I'd be curious how much of the traffic so far from pledges come from the codex....

 

[Tolknaz]

I think at this point it is safe to say they will easily reach their stated goal. Basically no media coverage yet and 11% already raised. The real question is did they really want only 400k. Somehow i doubt it. Even though their pitch is strong thanks to them selling us a real game with working systems and not a pipedream, their bad timing might have killed their chance to make it big. Let's hope for the best.

 

[Snikt]

I have to wonder how much 400,000 USD would even give these guys in terms of man-hours, when you factor in Amazon/Paypal fees, physical reward costs, and converting the money to Euro/Belgian wages.

However then again Brian Fargo is trying to make an RPG with a studio located in one of the most expensive places in the world to live, so meh

 

[Hobz]

The "trending" on kicktraq has more than doubled since last time I checked. Looks like they are slowly building momentum.

 

[tuluse]

Fargo says he needs 1 million dollars to make an RPG. Let's assume that's a 1 year development cycle. So his burn rate 83k per month give or take. Assuming Larian is spending a similar amount per month (I bet it's higher personally, but I have no evidence). They should get 3-4 months worth of pay from a 400k kickstarter. 3 good months probably would have made games such as KoTOR 2 and VtM:B much better.

 

[winterraptor]

Looks like I have to be the first one to complain about the dumb "Arrow in the knee" joke they used at the end of the video. That's so 2011-12. Get with the times Larian.

Despite Larian consistently failing at systems, it looks interesting enough. Will pledge if it makes its goal. It'll be funny either way if it can't make or beats Dead State's funding.

I used to complain about dumb Arrow in the Knee jokes, but then I...well, you know.

 

[Mortmal]

Earlier kickstarter cause of an early rpgwatch article... They should focus on the codex more, such error would not happen here, you will never get an article released early , and NEVER a news item before anyone posted it on the watch, never. Lot of the money rasied is probably coming from here, as even if VD is right, the pitch isnt selling, people here were already informed and convinced .

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Pity a lot if the rewards are crap. The early ones are all "personal code unlocks XYZ in your copy". It only gets interesting around the $1,000 mark - and then after that gets crap again with simple "name XYZ".

Still, we doing a Codex fundraiser for this and shooting for the $1,000 mark?

 

[Infinitron]

Pity a lot if the rewards are crap. The early ones are all "personal code unlocks XYZ in your copy". It only gets interesting around the $1,000 mark - and then after that gets crap again with simple "name XYZ".

Still, we doing a Codex fundraiser for this and shooting for the $1,000 mark?

Eh one at a time please. (and I'm not sure the Torment fundraiser will end at the same time as its Kickstarter, either)

 

[Jaesun]

Pity a lot if the rewards are crap. The early ones are all "personal code unlocks XYZ in your copy". It only gets interesting around the $1,000 mark - and then after that gets crap again with simple "name XYZ".

Still, we doing a Codex fundraiser for this and shooting for the $1,000 mark?

I would be in for both (Torment and Divinity).

 

[felipepepe]

I blame this:

RPG Watch: "Divinity:OS is da (SECOND!) most promising RPG of 2013".
RPG Codex: Your daily antidote to thinking you're getting anywhere in the world of CRPGS.

Not to mention all that DRAMA about Larian being broke, and all the "plane tickets, bitch" that followed...

 

[hiver]

Fargo says he needs 1 million dollars to make an RPG.

A very basic RPG. Imagine what W2 or Torment would look like if you took away all additions that different stretch goals gave.

Compare to Larians product. Co-op in and out seamlessly integrated, mod editor, high visual fidelity and a good chunk of gameplay content - already there.