Company News MCA Knows No Vacation

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Tags: Chris Avellone; Obsidian Entertainment

<p><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=271508" target="_blank">CVG reports</a> that Obsidian's New Vegas team moved on to the next project already.</p>
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<p>Senior designer Chris Avellone explained that most of the New Vegas team took it's holiday earlier this month, and now it's all "ramped up" for the next big thing.<br /><br />"Almost everyone who was on New Vegas was slated to move over to another project within a week or two after it went out, so they're all getting ramped up on other projects now," he said. "We're keeping them pretty busy."<br /><br />"We've been filling vacation requests from everyone so it's been building up for a while," he added. "We actually ended up doing a lot of that earlier this month and last month so everyone's coming back now and getting into the swing of things."</p>
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<p>Spotted at: <a href="http://www.rpgwatch.com/#16036">RPGWatch</a></p>

 

[Nickless]

I really hope this isn't for Dungeon Siege or something like that.

 

[Andhaira]

Hopefully they are focusing on the Wheel of Time crpg now. It better be turnbased.

 

[DalekFlay]

I really hope this isn't for Dungeon Siege or something like that.

Nah, that's been going on a while already. It really will be interesting to see what they are doing next though, we know it isn't a sequel to anything they did before. Should be something out of left field like Dungeon Siege 3.

 

[Elzair]

Hopefully they are focusing on the Wheel of Time crpg now. It better be turnbased.

LAWL!

 

[commie]

Arcanum II

 

[Roguey]

Nah, that's been going on a while already. It really will be interesting to see what they are doing next though, we know it isn't a sequel to anything they did before. Should be something out of left field like Dungeon Siege 3.

I'm expecting more disappointment and bandwagoning: http://twitter.com/Feargus/status/12990935499

 

[MetalCraze]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Facebook, MMOs and Story Based RPGs - can they be connected?

A *Facebook* MMORPG? CONSIDER ME INTERESTED

 

[Haba]

Hopefully they are focusing on the Wheel of Time crpg now. It better be turnbased.

Bah. Dating sim would be the best way to implement WoT. If you must insist, you can implement a strategic/RPG layer on it.

Facebook, MMOs and Story Based RPGs - can they be connected?

A *Facebook* MMORPG? CONSIDER ME INTERESTED

The butthurt will be GLORIOUS!

 

[commie]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

 

[chzr]

no mca in mca thread? time to fix that.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

You didn't play too many games did you?

Also, Arcanum turn-based combat > Fallout 3 + New Vegas combat

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

Facebook, MMOs and Story Based RPGs - can they be connected?

A *Facebook* MMORPG? CONSIDER ME INTERESTED

Ah, the real Obsidian games can now emerge.

 

[Azrael the cat]

"We've been filling vacation requests from everyone so it's been building up for a while," he added. "We actually ended up doing a lot of that earlier this month and last month so everyone's coming back now and getting into the swing of things."

Ahhh....so THAT'S what they call the 'bugtesting' cycle at Obsidian. Vacation week

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Facebook, MMOs and Story Based RPGs - can they be connected?

A *Facebook* MMORPG? CONSIDER ME INTERESTED

Ah, the real Obsidian games can now emerge.

What the fuck does he even mean? An MMORPG played *on* Facebook as the platform? A MMORPG where you play as promiscuous college kids and friend/unfriend people and increase your SEX0rz skills? wtf i dont even

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

Facebook, MMOs and Story Based RPGs - can they be connected?

A *Facebook* MMORPG? CONSIDER ME INTERESTED

Ah, the real Obsidian games can now emerge.

What the fuck does he even mean? An MMORPG played *on* Facebook as the platform? A MMORPG where you play as promiscuous college kids and friend/unfriend people and increase your SEX0rz skills? wtf i dont even

What he means is that Haba's prediction is correct: The better things go for Obsidian, the more retarded they are likely to become. Damn pity if this is the way things go, ever further into decline. I was hoping the fanboys might be correct for once.

 

[racofer]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

And camera too. Never underestimate Obshitian's capacity of delivering the most awkward cameras conceivable. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they made the whole game on the renowned NWN2 engine.

 

[MicoSelva]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

Lionheart: Legacy of The Crusader.

 

[Shannow]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

Lionheart: Legacy of The Crusader.

You need to find a game with shittier TB and shittier RT combat than Arcanum.

 

[chzr]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

Lionheart: Legacy of The Crusader.

You need to find a game with shittier TB and shittier RT combat than Arcanum.

actually, f3 and nv both have shittier RT and TB combat.

 

[MicoSelva]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

I don't think that's possible. It could only be an incline as nowhere else to go.

Lionheart: Legacy of The Crusader.

You need to find a game with shittier TB and shittier RT combat than Arcanum.

Arcanum's TB was bad but not horrible. RT was an abomination, though.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Arcanum II

You mean even worse combat?

 

[Begriffenfeldt]

Watching HD Music videos and writing up some design on a new game.

This is the key to understanding Feargus.

 

[hiver]

And who is doing patches and fixes for NV?
Santa claus?