Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming February 18th

[agris]

I missed that they already started the "temper your expectations" talk.

• "Only 100 devs, we're super small indies really"
• "This isn't AAA, more like AA, fr"
• "It's a medium-sized project of only a few hundred mil, no biggie"

Extrapolating from these, we can probably expect more along these lines

• "Plz don't compare us to BG3, nobody can be as naturally talented as belgians"
• "Also BG3 is made by the devil"
• "Good combat is technologically impossible"
• "We spent the balancing budget on VO"
• "Toxic gamers want us to crunch"
• "The Living Lands is only a 4km square, lore is tying our hands"
• "It's more of a linear action adventure visual novel"
• "Yes you can have sexual relations with the bear, no romances tho"

It's over.

That's the most annoying thing about Obsidian. From a company that players (normies and grogs alike) had hopes for when it came to what games they release, we are down to keeping fingers crossed that the next game will have at least some redeeming qualities.

All on account of bad management and negative selection, which chased away or neutered anyone with talent who has ever worked at the company.

don't keep fingers crossed, it's been over for midsidian since FNV.

move on, your energies are best spent elsewhere. these threads only provide life-nourishing schadenfreude now

 

[frajaq]

they're compromised

 

[Desiderius]

Showing off the quality of the bowel movements produced by their food is a bold move.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Showing off possible recipes in the game? Just a demo, to get a taste for it.

 

[AfterVirtue]

they're compromised

"Food Stylist"????

Obsidian, by contrast, has been only a disappointment since Fallout: New Vegas

Their games have a kernel of good concept, coated in the shit of their writing, and cost-cutting. If you squint, it can pass for a good game.

Be kind, what those "good concept" would be? Narratively is a nihilst mishmash of other concepts around "American gods in Eotha, but one of the "gods" is the lovechild of Tyler Durden and Lathander" - or else the daughter of American Pastoral, both "stages" at the same time; oh and souls. Or you meant gameplay?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

"Food Stylist"????

 

[lukaszek]

Food Stylist

there was a point in time when all the youtube chefs were inviting food stylsts to teach them(and audience) how to make visually better looking food.
90% of the time it was about dropping edible flowers or some other crap. Notably I see no flowers above, that stylist in question might be fake

 

[Fedora Master]

The great culinary variety of China. Egg rolls and spring rolls.

Probably all vegetarian too because of course

 

[Tyranicon]

What does any of this have to do with gaming?

Also egg rolls are disgusting fake food.

 

[Viata]

How is egg roll fake food? Unless I'm mistaking something.

 

[Lacrymas]

Because it's Asian and Asians aren't people I suppose.

 

[Tyranicon]

How is egg roll fake food? Unless I'm mistaking something.

1. There's no egg in it.
2. It's something invented by american chinese specifically to feed dumbasses leftover cabbage.

 

[processdaemon]

How is egg roll fake food? Unless I'm mistaking something.

I believe that egg rolls exist but the real ones look like this.

 

[AfterVirtue]

Look, i like to cook. i find it like alchemy. If you do it good, it looks good. If it need "styling" or whatever it is called, it was not good enough. Or it is a "food marketing", like games, superficial appearence before substance.

 

[Desiderius]

How is egg roll fake food? Unless I'm mistaking something.

1. There's no egg in it.
2. It's something invented by american chinese specifically to feed dumbasses leftover cabbage.

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Leftover cabbage more of a Korean thing IIRC

 

[Viata]

How is egg roll fake food? Unless I'm mistaking something.

1. There's no egg in it.
2. It's something invented by american chinese specifically to feed dumbasses leftover cabbage.

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I see. Then yes, I was mistaking with something else:

 

[Butter]

Look, i like to cook. i find it like alchemy. If you do it good, it looks good. If it need "styling" or whatever it is called, it was not good enough. Or it is a "food marketing", like games, superficial appearence before substance.

I went out for breakfast this morning. It wasn't anything fancy, but they gave it to me on an oval plate instead of a regular circle. That is all the presentation you need.

 

[Roguey]

2. It's something invented by american chinese specifically to feed dumbasses leftover cabbage.

And it's great, nice cabbage burrito.

 

[lukaszek]

quickly googling eggroll vs springroll

Generally, spring rolls are healthier.

seems american alright

Look, i like to cook. i find it like alchemy. If you do it good, it looks good. If it need "styling" or whatever it is called, it was not good enough. Or it is a "food marketing", like games, superficial appearence before substance.

different things. Food marketing actually is about inedible food that got perfect picture. Like using glue in place of cheese for nice melt look. Or paint spraying strawberries.

meanwhile food styling is about making actual food more presentable on the plate. Not something to be easily discarded as one does not deny that 'first impression matters'.

The great culinary variety of China. Egg rolls and spring rolls.

Probably all vegetarian too because of course

i dont get the hate, im big fan of spring rolls(veg) and salad rolls. Wouldnt mind someone coming to my workplace to make it for me
especially since salad rolls do not exist in potato land

 

[Sòren]

is that really all the content the have to show at the moment? and it's supposed to be released in like half a year?

two short npc conversations, couple of fights and the world looks empty. i would assume if the had some finished settelements we would see some of those?

 

[luj1]

Outer Words, Avowed... Everyone trying to be TES

 

[Tenebris]

Why are military trained men having trouble with Xaurips.

 

[Peachcurl]

is that really all the content the have to show at the moment? and it's supposed to be released in like half a year?

two short npc conversations, couple of fights and the world looks empty. i would assume if the had some finished settelements we would see some of those?

Calling this a "new gameplay demo 10 minutes" is outright offensive. Not to mention this garbled mess reuses sequences multiple times.

 

[Alienman]

What's up with the bad sound?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

What's up with the bad sound?

It's bad.