Officially filing this under 'nobody gives a fuck.'Briar Diem not really a fan of developers jumping in and out of Codex whenever they feel like it (and harvesting brofists due to local simps)
Storms and imperialist aumaua who love chocolate cookies and pies.weird nonsense world nobody cares about
what the fuck's on Rauatai? Bionicles?
Feargus going full Jack Torrance around the office now.Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
It's not like he leaked private classified information.Feargus going full Jack Torrance around the office now.Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
The setting is indeed coherent the problem is that is also one of the most stale settings out there since the first game. The first game gave an overexplanation for everything. So now there is nothing to wonder or to discover it killed the very mysticism the first game aimed to set in the first hours.Lol if you think this shit has a coherent setting
We're also getting 200k+ views on twitter:Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Does this imply that Obsidian will never make old-school RPGs again and only focus on ARPGs?Yeah, I can't imagine an isometric RPG selling well. Deadfire is better than POE1 (IMO), and the reason POE1 sold well is because there was a lot of hype about infinity engine games returning, and the kickstarter itself being on the news everywhere. There were even celebrities playing it on Twitch. And suddenly everyone had their fill once POE came out (also IMO). Codex says POE was nowhere close to infinity engine games quality (writing, combat), sure, maybe true enough. If Avowed sells < 300k copies though this comment will age like milk and I'll have to eat a shoe.Just take a look, we are arguing whether Obsidian's PR is dancing at the edge of the razorblade of deceptive marketing for multiple projects in a row, or beyond the edge.
Genuine conversation I had with a "certain significant other" person:
- What trailer is this?
- That's Avowed, Obsidian's own Skyrim, set in their own IP.
- Oh.., it's in the PIllars universe... But why is it first person?
- Well, they've decided to target a more mainstream audience.
- But Pillars was isometric, then Deadfire was isometric, and now this is first person... why?
- Deadfire didn't sell that well.
- But the reason for Deadfire not selling well was Pillars, not the fact it was isometric!
- Yeah, but Obsidian have instead taken it as a sign that they have to make the next game first person and this will fix sales numbers.
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No noeed to lie to yourself, isometric rpg never sells well. it has become a niche genre for almost 20 years now.
We're also getting 200k+ views on twitter:Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Imagine being forced to admit that your game is so far from release that it's not even in an alpha state, that the graphics are provisional... Because no one actually got excited about what they saw.We're also getting 200k+ views on twitter:Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Chances of him returning to Codex just plummeted.Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Chances of him returning to Codex just plummeted.Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Last seen 43 minutes ago · Viewing thread Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming 2024
Just wait till the blue hairs find out about this, they are going to screech and wail until Obsidian is forced to let him goChances of him returning to Codex just plummeted.Briar Diem is famous now
https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...and-pc-art-will-be-refined-over-the-next-year
Last seen 43 minutes ago · Viewing thread Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming 2024
But yeah, he's not going to post again anytime soon.
I know who Briar Diem is (figured it out on my own, he didn't tell me). I'd say he's too senior an employee to be fired over this (assuming they know who he is).
But yeah, he's not going to post again anytime soon.
I know who Briar Diem is (figured it out on my own, he didn't tell me). I'd say he's too senior an employee to be fired over this (assuming they know who he is).
It's not like he leaked private classified information.
Nothing is going to happen.
Does this imply that Obsidian will never make old-school RPGs again and only focus on ARPGs?
Not until Larian makes a Ultima Online clone. I've been expecting one since Divinity Original Sin. Popping in because I heard about that dev post through a Windows Central article and while nothing's gonna salvage the strange art direction making it look like they're using marketplace assets, a marketing company fucking with the color correction doesn't help anyone judge the actual look of the game.
lol, what the fuck? He's not YOUR employee.Briar Diem not really a fan of developers jumping in and out of Codex whenever they feel like it
Wait, Feargus has an account here?lol, what the fuck? He's not YOUR employee.Briar Diem not really a fan of developers jumping in and out of Codex whenever they feel like it
Well actually...
Give CyberWhale his developer tag. Though Feargus should be using his old account, but whatever.
I was thinking of sending you guys a pint of Avellone's pee.