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

[whydoibother]

My main complaint about the "deep dive" is it basically tells us nothing we don't really know already about the gameplay: a first-person hack and slash with sword and magic.

Tells me that magic is a Glock instead of a shotgun.

 

[luj1]

Oh, they uploaded a new version of the deep dive video and deleted the previous one:





What changed?

Oh, nothing changed with the video itself. But as a Master Shill you should know what else changed, this is your expertise after all...

Spoiler

They wiped out all the negative comments

Spoiler

oldest trick in the book

 

[Hobknobling]

to delete negative comments on the video there were tons.

This may be, but all the top comments were positive when I looked at them.

Same for most corporate videos on YouTube. The same YouTube that deleted the dislike button.

Makes you think.

Nowadays YouTube comment ordering heavily favors positive comments regardless of the video. There is also some personalization there and the system shadowhides comments very aggressively.

It's quite annoying.

 

[Gargaune]

Oh, they uploaded a new version of the deep dive video and deleted the previous one:



What changed?

"It's colourful, it's vibrant, it's strange..."

Like fucking clockwork.


P.S. green piss purple filter

 

[Roguey]

I guess it's the ESRB rating, the original rating was E for everyone, apparently it's results in some negative comments.

This is correct, everyone else is talking nonsense.

 

[Alienman]

I wonder what MS will do if (when?) the game flops.

That'll be when Josh Sawyer steps back into the arena with a BG3 clone pitch.

"Just as planned. "

Without combat.

 

[orcinator]

Can't wait to meet the bisexual fampyr companion

 

[Tenebris]

Can't wait to meet the bisexual fampyr companion

Who'll end up being more integral to the main story then even you are.

 

[luj1]

This game should be called (Who) Allowed (this to exist)

 

[Viata]

This game should be called (Who) Allowed (this to exist)

More like "yep Avoweding it, better things to play".

 

[Old Hans]

My main complaint about the "deep dive" is it basically tells us nothing we don't really know already about the gameplay: a first-person hack and slash with sword and magic.

Like... is dual wielding wands really the coolest thing they could come up with? That was what they thought was going to hype up the playerbase?

the whole video felt like a sales pitch for a private board of directors meeting. everything was so run of the mill im surprised the didnt excitedly claim the game is in FULL 3D

 

[Roguey]

Can't wait to meet the bisexual fampyr companion

Number of people out there quite upset that they couldn't romance Ydwin, this is Patel's chance to pander.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Obsidian: work for 6 years on their $200 mill opus magnum
Gamers after trailer comes out: it's good that you guys focused on smaller game without big budget

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

MS is also terrible at managing their studios, pretty much a match made in heaven.

The new Microsoft has the opposite problem devs have traditionally had with publishers in that they've been completely hands-off with their acquisitions. Though as I recall they did have to appoint an official babysitter to Obsidian when Urquhart/Parker meddling demanded an intervention.

iirc they've started being more involved after Redfall.

 

[Seethe]

Oh, they uploaded a new version of the deep dive video and deleted the previous one:



What changed?

Appropriate death "animations" on those lizards.

 

[Morality Games]

MS is also terrible at managing their studios, pretty much a match made in heaven.

The new Microsoft has the opposite problem devs have traditionally had with publishers in that they've been completely hands-off with their acquisitions. Though as I recall they did have to appoint an official babysitter to Obsidian when Urquhart/Parker meddling demanded an intervention.

iirc they've started being more involved after Redfall.

Microsoft used to meddle too much, realized that didn't work and adopted a hands-off approach. They then realized that also didn't work and have been trying a more middle ground method.

 

[Gargaune]

This game should be called (Who) Allowed (this to exist)

More like "yep Avoweding it, better things to play".

Dude, just "Avoid", you got it perfect already, don't overwork it.

 

[Viata]

This game should be called (Who) Allowed (this to exist)

More like "yep Avoweding it, better things to play".

Dude, just "Avoid", you got it perfect already, don't overwork it.

I had no idea if Avowed and Avoid sounded the same.

 

[Bulo]

Sex mods

 

[processdaemon]

Will have in depth character building or be antoehr barbie dressing game where your char is nothing and hsi gear everything? Can I play as a cipher?

I'd be really disappointed you couldn't play as a cipher too, the extra cipher options were something I thought PoE did well, it would be crazy to throw away one of the few things that differentiated the setting a bit

 

[Gandalf]

How in hell JS is not working on this? He did Pillars and NV, so one would say he got perfect experience for this kind of game.

 

[Butter]

How in hell JS is not working on this? He did Pillars and NV, so one would say he got perfect experience for this kind of game.

He's Feargus's favorite nephew and he said no.

 

[Readher]

I saw plenty of people defending the game by saying its AA and that its better for Obsidian to focus on small scale games instead of spending more than half a decade to develop a truly AAA title. If the game was on dev hell then its a huge fail for Obsidian as any problems are due to pure incompetence.

I wonder what MS will do if (when?) the game flops.

They always use that excuse, but then the game costs $60/$70 like an AAA game. Same with basement budget japslop. You ask for AAA money, you'll be judged as and compared to AAA games, simple as. The only exception I allow are extremely niche games with complex mechanics which fail at AAA presentation level, e.g. Gary Grigsby's war games.

 

[sosmoflux]

This looks like utterly miserable slop created by millennials that are more passionate about craft beer and flavour of the month politics than videogames.

 

[Cryomancer]

Will have in depth character building or be antoehr barbie dressing game where your char is nothing and hsi gear everything? Can I play as a cipher?

I'd be really disappointed you couldn't play as a cipher too, the extra cipher options were something I thought PoE did well, it would be crazy to throw away one of the few things that differentiated the setting a bit

Yep. Their normal wizard is just a very nerfed evoker. Cipher in other hands was very interesting and unique. I will only buy this game if I can play as one or at least a watershaper.