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

[Sigourn]

It's true that that "kill Gods" stories can get very boring. Personally I prefer "smaller" stories that have to do with a significant event in a region or faction's history. For one it would be nice to have a story where you see a new faction arising at the end of a game, or the consequest or discovery of a new region. Stuff that is usually left for history books in RPGs, but which are far more interesting than the main quest. When it comes to TES, I thought the history between Morrowind and Black Marsh/Argonia was pretty cool.

 

[vortex]

I think the there's a big chance that it would be set during the later years of the Engwythian empire;
and the story would explore premises and immediate consequences of gods creation.

Living lands but doesn't say when

It's true that that "kill Gods" stories can get very boring. Personally I prefer "smaller" stories that have to do with a significant event in a region or faction's history. For one it would be nice to have a story where you see a new faction arising at the end of a game, or the consequest or discovery of a new region. Stuff that is usually left for history books in RPGs, but which are far more interesting than the main quest.

I perfer you can kill gods if you're strong enough and if gods are mortal and bad like in greek mythology. I assume large bosses are likely to be gods and dragons.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

If it’s a prequel they can have Iselmyr as a companion!

 

[Ibn Sina]

Well be a feminist dystopian hellhole setting.

 

[markec]

Well be a feminist dystopian hellhole setting.

I really doubt they will set the game in San Francisco.

 

[Kem0sabe]

 

[MajorMace]

I want to fight the beast of winter with first person perspective.

 

[Joseph Stalin]

Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/xb...-had-me-at-halo.246538/page-252#post-40806123

Pillars of Daggerfall: Dark Messiah of Dishonoured

Hah... told you it would be The Living Lands.

 

[Quillon]

told you it would be The Living Lands.

when?

june 2017:

Something like Fallout 3 was New Vegas for Obs so something like Skyrim will be The Living Lands for Obs(peered into the future).

Spoiler

Tho I still think it'll be in Aedyr Empire the trailer screamed generic setting

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's going to be set during the Saints War, the oathbreaker will be about them killing their god, you play as Eder
you read it here first

 

[Salvo]

It's going to be set during the Saints War, the oathbreaker will be about them killing their god, you play as Eder
you read it here first

Would unironically be a better choice than whatever generic stuff they want to go with

 

[Joseph Stalin]

told you it would be The Living Lands.

when?

june 2017:

Something like Fallout 3 was New Vegas for Obs so something like Skyrim will be The Living Lands for Obs(peered into the future).

Spoiler

Tho I still think it'll be in Aedyr Empire the trailer screamed generic setting

Josh Sawyer Q&A thread - page 80. And yes, Quillon was spot on, since The Living Lands are supposed to be a mish-mash of valleys with very different climates. As I've mentioned on a different thread, years ago I asked Sawyer about this region, and he compared it to "Medieval Iceland mixed with Alice in Wonderland." If you have the patience, you can probably find it on his blog. Nevermind - found it.

"If Iceland were much larger and full of mountains and valleys that contained insane wonders, that’s kind of what The Living Lands are like. People come from around the world as treasure/adventure-seekers, live around the coasts, and venture inland to make their fortunes or die (usually die)."

https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/158161818391/hello-sir-a-question-regarding-a-certain-part-of

So at the very least it will not be a "we're going to NOT-America" episode.

 

[vortex]

If Iceland were much larger and full of mountains and valleys that contained insane wonders, that’s kind of what The Living Lands are like. People come from around the world as treasure/adventure-seekers, live around the coasts, and venture inland to make their fortunes or die (usually die)."

I wonder if they're gonna have collaboration with ninja theory since they're also doing Hellblade 2 based in Iceland.

 

[Data4]

In 25 pages, it's probably already been said before, but I'm going to say it any way. They lost me at "queens and kings". That was a deliberate switching of the standard way it's said because muh womynz empowerment. Be prepared for feckless men whose puppet strings are controlled by stronk womyn, all because in [CURRENT YEAR], Obsidian staffers are still desperate to get laid by m'lady.

This is impressively deranged. Kudos.

How is it deranged when it's right?
I realize a lot of you are retarded ESLs, but "queens and kings" is not the proper way to say it at all.

It's perfectly intelligible and reflects the setting. It's deranged to watch a one-minute teaser with a male narrator where the only visible faces belong to a statue of a man and a skeleton, and come away with the impression that it was a feminist trailer.

Oh my sweet Summer's child...

 

[The_Mask]

I want to fight the beast of winter with first person perspective.

That would be... cool.

Spoiler

 

[2house2fly]

I think the there's a big chance that it would be set during the later years of the Engwythian empire;
and the story would explore premises and immediate consequences of gods creation.
Maybe through the eyes of a Leaden Key agent, perhaps even Thaos himself.
This way Obsidian would introduce the focal point of their setting to the people not familiar with Pillars.

This wouldn't really make sense given the trailer; the flags show Woedica's broken crown which would have become her symbol some time after the gods' creation. The Aedyr empire is something like a thousand years old, so this could plausibly be set 100+ years prior to the Pillars games

 

[Quillon]

Maybe through the eyes of a Leaden Key agent, perhaps even Thaos himself.

Last thing I'd expect from this game is a pre-defined MC, worse yet a pre-defined MC that's already been used in the story.

Tho imagine Obsidian pulling a Revan, that halfway through our custom character turns out to be reincarnated Thaos

 

[Nortar]

I think the there's a big chance that it would be set during the later years of the Engwythian empire;
and the story would explore premises and immediate consequences of gods creation.

This wouldn't really make sense given the trailer; the flags show Woedica's broken crown which would have become her symbol some time after the gods' creation.
The Aedyr empire is something like a thousand years old, so this could plausibly be set 100+ years prior to the Pillars games

It's just a speculation on my side, but I don't think the gods were created just randomly.
More likely than not, their creation was affected (if not outright prepared even) by cults or organizations with certain sets of beliefs.
Also, considering impact the mass sacrifces causes, it would not be a stretch of logic to expect Engwithian to prepare for the future by setting up Leaden Key and maybe it's connection to Woedica beforehand.

Maybe through the eyes of a Leaden Key agent, perhaps even Thaos himself.

Last thing I'd expect from this game is a pre-defined MC, worse yet a pre-defined MC that's already been used in the story.

Tho imagine Obsidian pulling a Revan, that halfway through our custom character turns out to be reincarnated Thaos

Yeah, that's the whole thing with animancy and the wheel of souls, - the body is just a vessel for reincarnating soul.
So "Thaos" can really be male or female of any race.

 

[Citizen]

Not even battle royale auto chess? Get on with the times grandpa sawyer it's not 2011 anymore lmao

 

[Tenebris]

I think the there's a big chance that it would be set during the later years of the Engwythian empire;
and the story would explore premises and immediate consequences of gods creation.

This wouldn't really make sense given the trailer; the flags show Woedica's broken crown which would have become her symbol some time after the gods' creation.
The Aedyr empire is something like a thousand years old, so this could plausibly be set 100+ years prior to the Pillars games

It's just a speculation on my side, but I don't think the gods were created just randomly.
More likely than not, their creation was affected (if not outright prepared even) by cults or organizations with certain sets of beliefs.
Also, considering impact the mass sacrifces causes, it would not be a stretch of logic to expect Engwithian to prepare for the future by setting up Leaden Key and maybe it's connection to Woedica beforehand.

Maybe through the eyes of a Leaden Key agent, perhaps even Thaos himself.

Last thing I'd expect from this game is a pre-defined MC, worse yet a pre-defined MC that's already been used in the story.

Tho imagine Obsidian pulling a Revan, that halfway through our custom character turns out to be reincarnated Thaos

Yeah, that's the whole thing with animancy and the wheel of souls, - the body is just a vessel for reincarnating soul.
So "Thaos" can really be male or female of any race.

Doesn't Thaos always come back as the same Thaos though? I remember the game mentioning something like that.

 

[Quillon]

He retains all memory from prev. lives but don't remember if he retains appearance. But we decide his soul's fate at the end of PoE1

• Return his soul to the cycle
• Destroy his soul, stating the past he carried has been a burden to himself
• Banish him to the soul prison, Breith Eaman
• Erase his memories and let him be reborn free of the burden of the past
• Destroy his soul, stating that he has caused too much pain for the PC and deserves to die

so for him to come back they'd need to choose a canon(maybe 4th option for Revaning it up) or retcon stuff

not a fan of either practice tho

 

[TemplarGR]

At last Obsidian decided to stop servicing a vocal cult of isometric decline shovelware and use Microsoft's resources to make some proper incline CRPGs for the 21st century. I am looking forward to this, Bethesda needs some competition, it is hard being the only proper CRPG developer around, and they got lazy.

 

[DeepOcean]

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

Toned-down art-style, realistic equipment and firearms will be gone, because by Sawyer's estimation these killed Deadfire.

So basically all the stuff that made Deadfire interesting (it was still meh because of a shit main story though) is going to be tossed out the window and we'll be left with generic fantasy game #5486713647 which is indistinguishable from all the other generic fantasy games on the market?

Wow super cool I'm so excited already can't wait to play yet another rehash of the same thing I've already played 30 times before.

I don't know about the art style and "realism" (it doesn't seem that radically different to me in the trailer) but assuming the game will have no firearms seems hasty. People might have found it weird to have guns in their fantasy isometric game, but first person shooters are a popular genre. Putting in guns would be another way to set the game apart from The Elder Scrolls.

Yeah, I'm not seeing why anyone would think they'd drop guns, especially when they're moving into making it first person. It'll differentiate it from The Elder Scrolls, and being muzzleloaders it's not like the guns will have a clear advantage over other range options. Could even set it up where if you're using guns, you're just loaded up with guns so you can switch between them and not have to deal with muzzleloading during combat. If you have to do a muzzleloading animation every time you shot most every type of gun, maybe guns will be more a secondary weapon.

From the trailer the combat setup seems to be like like BioShock, in so far as you have a weapon in one hand, and your magic in the other. Maybe guns will be an alternative offhand opinion? Work something like Bloodborne maybe.

 

[jf8350143]

Toned-down art-style, realistic equipment and firearms will be gone, because by Sawyer's estimation these killed Deadfire.

So basically all the stuff that made Deadfire interesting (it was still meh because of a shit main story though) is going to be tossed out the window and we'll be left with generic fantasy game #5486713647 which is indistinguishable from all the other generic fantasy games on the market?

Wow super cool I'm so excited already can't wait to play yet another rehash of the same thing I've already played 30 times before.

I don't know about the art style and "realism" (it doesn't seem that radically different to me in the trailer) but assuming the game will have no firearms seems hasty. People might have found it weird to have guns in their fantasy isometric game, but first person shooters are a popular genre. Putting in guns would be another way to set the game apart from The Elder Scrolls.

Yeah, I'm not seeing why anyone would think they'd drop guns, especially when they're moving into making it first person. It'll differentiate it from The Elder Scrolls, and being muzzleloaders it's not like the guns will have a clear advantage over other range options. Could even set it up where if you're using guns, you're just loaded up with guns so you can switch between them and not have to deal with muzzleloading during combat. If you have to do a muzzleloading animation every time you shot most every type of gun, maybe guns will be more a secondary weapon.

From the trailer the combat setup seems to be like like BioShock, in so far as you have a weapon in one hand, and your magic in the other. Maybe guns will be an alternative offhand opinion? Work something like Bloodborne maybe.

I feel like lots of the people have wrong idea about guns in Eora, they seems to think there will be automatic weapon and adding it into the game will turn the game into a COD clone.

The guns in Eora works pretty much the same as a crossbow(or a bow for that matter), you shoot once, reload and shoot again. All it requires is a different reload animation. There is no reason for them to not having it in the game.