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

[Lord_Potato]

I'm actually kind of excited about it, it seems basically impossible to fuck this up

Oh my sweet summer child

 

[Lord_Potato]

Enter KCD2.

cool, no magic, fighting generic muslim 521343

As opposed to fighting generic goblin/forsworn/draugr in Skyrim?

At least in KCD, enemies might fuck you up if you're not paying attention, due to a combat system that isn't focused on clicking enemies to death.

it's pretty weak honestly

it depends on how big of battles they'll allow you to play in, but bannerlord already exists

I understand this is supposed to be a cultural victory for me the white man that a game featuring a straight white male is created, but kcd1 was pretty mediocre

You're pretty mediocre if you can't appreciate KCD's greatness when it comes to quest design, combat, exploration, underlying mechanics.

 

[the mole]

I'm actually kind of excited about it, it seems basically impossible to fuck this up

Oh my sweet summer child

expectations aren't high, it will be a 30 hour oblivion with slightly better design on the outer worlds engine

 

[the mole]

Enter KCD2.

cool, no magic, fighting generic muslim 521343

As opposed to fighting generic goblin/forsworn/draugr in Skyrim?

At least in KCD, enemies might fuck you up if you're not paying attention, due to a combat system that isn't focused on clicking enemies to death.

it's pretty weak honestly

it depends on how big of battles they'll allow you to play in, but bannerlord already exists

I understand this is supposed to be a cultural victory for me the white man that a game featuring a straight white male is created, but kcd1 was pretty mediocre

You're pretty mediocre if you can't appreciate KCD's greatness when it comes to quest design, combat, exploration, underlying mechanics.

fighting generic fantasy enemies is still 10x the variety that kcd had, it wasn't a good game around launch when I played it, I don't know what they added in updates and dlc but it wasn't anything higher than a 6/10 at launch

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Witcher sequel released May 2015 to achieve another considerable boost in sales, if not quite comparable to Skyrim's long-term commercial success.

I think the sales between the two gotta be pretty close by now.

 

[Infinitron]

Running out of devs:

 

[Butter]

Running out of devs:

At this rate Josh Sawyer is going to have to go to work.

 

[Tyranicon]

How many people actually watch these things?

Is this the guy that hires animators from Fiverr?

Is Sawyer basically retired from RPGs?

 

[Alienman]

Animation Outsourcing Manager. Slow down there Obsidian, that's too much excitement for one stream.

 

[user]

Has this amazing original character reveal been posted yet?



Looks like a very fleshed out personality:
1. Great in bedroom
2. Has a lover who is skilled with his hands
3. Big magic

The cringe is very strong in this one.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Hey in this day and age, be glad it's not a horny bear.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

With that amount of fur she might as well be.

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

It is kind of amazing that no studio has made a true, open-world, first person fantasy RPG to fill the Skyrim void. It feels like a $1,000 bill just waiting to be picked up up off the ground.

The problem since then is that CDPR decided to establish another IP, in a science fiction setting (Cyberpunk 2013/2020) acquired while working on The Witcher 3, while undoubtedly expecting that Bethesda would immediately initiate work on the next Elder Scrolls game. If both companies had taken another four years to complete their games, this would have seen Cyberpunk 2077 arrive in May 2019, followed by TES VI: Hammerfell in November 2019. Instead, Bethesda somehow spent 8 years creating an Open World space RPG, that isn't Open World, fails to make use of space other than spaceship combat, and isn't much of an RPG. Meanwhile, CDPR took a year-and-a-half longer than expected to release Cyberpunk 2077, and only managed even that by releasing it in a buggy state lacking many intended features and probably much other content.


A disaster for both companies.

Time to get used to it. Development cycles that used to be a target of mockery and Duke Nukem jokes have long become the norm. And it's unlikely to go down. Struggles may also ensue, in particular with projects on the comparably ambitious end. As it's not getting any less complex managing these huge teams as well as ever more complex tech. AI and tools may help. But the days of a couple years at best between blockbuster releases are over.

Luckily, there's a world beyond blockbuster gaming... There are likely going to be more people who deliberately scale it back again, even though they once were at the top of the food chain, e.g. Raf Colantonio. With cycles like that, you're eventually not merely wasting up to a fully ~decade of your lifetime on but a single project. The biggest reason for these cycles remains graphical fidelity as well, aka the visual upgrade, rather than doing something inherently "fresh".

And after you're finished, the upgrade cycle starts anew...

 

[the mole]

literally a cat lady insert

 

[Alienman]

The over sexual female companion is such an annoying RPG trope by now. It's always the one that you don't think will be one. Then this "subversion" is played out from the introduction to the end of the game, slowly driving you mad by having your eyes roll into your brain by the cringe.

 

[S.torch]

Don't worry, that one comes with the twist of cucking. She's sexual but not for the player.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

The over sexual female companion is such an annoying RPG trope by now. It's always the one that you don't think will be one. Then this "subversion" is played out from the introduction to the end of the game, slowly driving you mad by having your eyes roll into your brain by the cringe.

If I made a CRPG, I would troll players by making the most incredible femme fatal in history, let the layer pursue, then on the cusp of romance, she either rejects or ghosts them.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

If I made a CRPG, I would troll players by making the most incredible femme fatal in history, let the layer pursue, then on the cusp of romance, she either rejects or ghosts them.

Modders would have her ball gagged in a goblin cave by noon.

 

[frajaq]

The over sexual female companion is such an annoying RPG trope by now. It's always the one that you don't think will be one. Then this "subversion" is played out from the introduction to the end of the game, slowly driving you mad by having your eyes roll into your brain by the cringe.

If I made a CRPG, I would troll players by making the most incredible femme fatal in history, let the layer pursue, then on the cusp of romance, she either rejects or ghosts them.

My good sir would you be interested in working for the next Owlcat game?

 

[Elttharion]

The over sexual female companion is such an annoying RPG trope by now. It's always the one that you don't think will be one. Then this "subversion" is played out from the introduction to the end of the game, slowly driving you mad by having your eyes roll into your brain by the cringe.

If I made a CRPG, I would troll players by making the most incredible femme fatal in history, let the layer pursue, then on the cusp of romance, she either rejects or ghosts them.

You would probably sell millions of copies considering how popular cucking (and NTR) is nowadays.

 

[MjKorz]

Has this amazing original character reveal been posted yet?



Looks like a very fleshed out personality:
1. Great in bedroom
2. Has a lover who is skilled with his hands
3. Big magic

The cringe is very strong in this one.

Fur combined with human facial features looks vile. That thing looks outright vomit inducing.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Has this amazing original character reveal been posted yet?



Looks like a very fleshed out personality:
1. Great in bedroom
2. Has a lover who is skilled with his hands
3. Big magic

The cringe is very strong in this one.

Fur combined with human facial features looks vile. That thing looks outright vomit inducing.

I'd say she's about 50%

 

[MjKorz]

The over sexual female companion is such an annoying RPG trope by now. It's always the one that you don't think will be one. Then this "subversion" is played out from the introduction to the end of the game, slowly driving you mad by having your eyes roll into your brain by the cringe.

If I made a CRPG, I would troll players by making the most incredible femme fatal in history, let the layer pursue, then on the cusp of romance, she either rejects or ghosts them.

Sounds like a typical Owlcat "romance", except with less cuckshit.

 

[MjKorz]

Has this amazing original character reveal been posted yet?



Looks like a very fleshed out personality:
1. Great in bedroom
2. Has a lover who is skilled with his hands
3. Big magic

The cringe is very strong in this one.

Fur combined with human facial features looks vile. That thing looks outright vomit inducing.

I'd say she's about 50%

She's not 50%, she has a hooman nose. Absolutely disgusting.

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

Fur combined with human facial features looks vile.

Do you guys also cuck-raging over Orlan when Pillars of Eternity 1/2 released, or is it just a current day thing?