Obsidian General Discussion Thread

Yeah, there's no way they were allowed to showcase Stormlands without greenlight from MS. So at least they've been talking.

 

An AAA console game made on UE4? Paradox is a bit out of this league.
And I don't think they'll be working with MS anytime soon.

Some contract obligations could've just expired. And maybe not even now, and like years ago, but right now is a perfect time for some good shilling.

 

Anyone who has played MotB would've understood what does this mean.
Every time I think that modern gaming journalism reached an absolute bottom, it finds new ways to show me that it can go even deeper.

 

Funding a blitz that culminates in an announcement from another publisher would be stranger. Seems more likely that Para/Obs are having a go at the mainstream, hopeful to capitalize on bio/bethfugees while mantaining grog cred through appeals to nostalgia and PoE. It's a risky gambit hence the need for the blitz in the first place, but if successful the rewards would be massive for both parties. The "publisher shuffle" Feargus has exploited to keep the lights on over the past decade may finally be unnecessary.

 

Paradox would have to be punching way above their weight to fund something like this. But at the same time it does make some business sense, both companies have a fanbase that borderlines on retarded fanboyism.

By the combined powers of the collective nerdgasm Captain Parabsidian will be born to shine the light of incline on us all.

 

They don't need to make an AAA rpg. It could be AA. They can still make an ambitious game without it having a huge budget.

 

Engines have improved. You could make a pretty snazzy first/third-person mainstream title at less than an AAA budget, if you cut some expensive corners. Obsidiox popamole can't be ruled out.

 

IIRC Olivia Veras wasn't a writer (as in, that isn't her job at Obsidian), they just needed someone to write Kana Rua and she ended up getting the trial. Is she back to writing? Because Kana Rua was fucking awful and incredibly annoying.

 

That's depressing. I thought his character in Tranny was easily the most interesting.

 

Wouldn't mind a D&D 5E turn-based dungeon crawler a la ToEE tbh.

Didn't Boyarsky say something about how he wanted to have first person for exploring and then the camera would change to isometric for turn-based combat? Admittedly since they are being funded by a publisher and it's a triple-A project, I doubt anyone would sign up for that, but yeah it's a p interesting idea.

 

Yes, she is writing some for Deadfire. I'm too lazy to find my source for it, I have her listed as designer and writer on the Deadfire team over at Obsidian's forums.

 

I trust you friend.

 

how many 'A's is something like this? AA? A?

btw, can anyone find out what song clip/track is playing in this demo video? or who composed this bit of music? I really like it.

i imagine it was probably done by the same guy who did their ToEE music since it reminds me of the space-y synths utilized in ToEE, but i'm too lazy to find out since we have people like Roguey who can do it faster

 

Mainstream game without a mainstream budget is a worst place to be. Those games just end up being underwhelming in every way, Risen, Elex, Mars:War Logs, at all. Not hardcore enough for us and not popamole enough for casuals, they end being forgotten by both sides.

 

I doubt a publisher would trust Troika with more than 10 million, so it would have ended up single A.

Bloodlines remains an eternal exception. If you deliver the art direction and the writing, people will remember.

 

IIRC Feargus said something like "you will be surprised" when you'll learn who is the publisher, so I don't think it's Paradox.
Their recent shilling is for PoE2, and other future projects.

 

I pray for you.

 

From the Eurogamer comments section, pic stolen from NeoGAF.

 

If this really is all for an expansion that they're barely promoting then

 

Well it would be quite surprising if Paradox was a publisher on a multi-platform AAA game. I would only rule out EA and Bethesda. EA because they have BioWare and they won't give up IP rights to a company and Bethesda because why would they fund an IP that could be a direct competitor against Fallout if they can't keep the IP for themselves.

 

Bethesda confirmed? Everyone seems to think there is some kind of beef between the two companies.

 

I don't think it will be Bethesda either to be honest, but it would surprise me.