Company News Feargus Urquhart talks Pillars of Eternity 2 at Polygon

[Apexeon]

If its POE2 will the floating arches quietly arda out of here?

Or can floating arches be a stretch goal please.

 

[Wizfall]

Surprising to learn that a PoE2 is already planned but very happy about it.
So much to gain to build another game with the same engine, it's exactly why i want developer to do instead of always switching and wasting all the experience accumulated.
Like others i would have like another setting but if PoE1 is BG1 and PoE2 is BG2

 

[eric__s]

Seriously? They guys haven't even finished the first game and seen the feedback and already are talking about new game systems and things they want to do? Da fuck?

Dude, this is how it works. They need to have a game to work on the second this one ships. If they have an entire company sitting around waiting for feedback for 3 months before they even start conceptualizing the second, they've wasted millions of dollars.

 

[felipepepe]

There are various other projects ongoing at Obsidian ATM that they could work on. Not to mention expansions for PoE. Or a new game.

Immediately jumping on PoE 2 before 1 even shipped sounds a bit like a rush to make another slam dunk.

 

[Cosmo]

There are various other projects ongoing at Obsidian ATM that they could work on. Not to mention expansions for PoE. Or a new game.

Immediately jumping on PoE 2 before 1 even shipped sounds a bit like a rush to make another slam dunk.

It's not the first time i see that, but boy are you really obtuse when there's something you don't want to understand...

 

[felipepepe]

I understood, but that doesn't mean I like it. I think it's a dumb PR move, people haven't even played your game yet and you're already talking about how you want to add new stuff to the next one... makes it sound like PoE is just a stepping stone, not something you're really happy with.

 

[Zed]

Seriously? They guys haven't even finished the first game and seen the feedback and already are talking about new game systems and things they want to do? Da fuck?

Dude, this is how it works. They need to have a game to work on the second this one ships. If they have an entire company sitting around waiting for feedback for 3 months before they even start conceptualizing the second, they've wasted millions of dollars.

Absolutely. But it's a different thing entirely to crowdfund the sequel to an unreleased game.

They'll probably start working on Eternity 2 with scraps and then crowdfund it a month or so after PoE's release.

 

[Cosmo]

I understood, but i'm still gonna repeat one more time the very things that show that i didn't.

Sorry, but there is nothing to interpret or to read into, because that's standard practice. Everyone does it, that's objectively a fact, and none of your opinions or subjective takes on the subject will change that.

 

[Roguey]

There are various other projects ongoing at Obsidian ATM that they could work on. Not to mention expansions for PoE. Or a new game.

Immediately jumping on PoE 2 before 1 even shipped sounds a bit like a rush to make another slam dunk.

Like Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate 2?

 

[Infinitron]

It's just Feargus mouthing off, guys...

 

[felipepepe]

Sorry, but there is nothing to interpret or to read into, because that's standard practice. Everyone does it, that's objectively a fact, and none of your subjective opinions will change that.

Everyone does it? Really? "We gonna ship Skyrim next month, but oh man, there's so much stuff we wanted to add we couldn't, just you wait for the sequel!" You are doing nothing but downplaying your current release.

Not even EA or Ubisoft do things like this, and they are used to release sequels like here's no tomorrow. Yes, they may do it internally, but announcing it to the four winds sends all kinds of bad messages.

Like Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate 2?

Did BG1 or F1 came with a flyer saying "this game is ok, but on the sequel we'll really do what we wanted to do!".

 

[Roguey]

Did BG1 or F1 came with a flyer saying "this game is ok, but on the sequel we'll really do what we wanted to do!".

As far as I'm concerned they did.

This is another trial balloon. Better to get all the angst out of the way now than when the Kickstarter campaign starts.

 

[Cosmo]

announcing it to the four winds sends all kinds of bad messages.

Says the only one seeing a bad message. You'll just have to accept that Obsidian employees (and owners) have a history of having trouble keeping their mouth shut.
They lack corporate mentality, basically, not particularly a bad thing in my book.

 

[Duraframe300]

announcing it to the four winds sends all kinds of bad messages.

Says the only one seeing a bad message. You'll just have to accept that Obsidian employees (and owners) have a history of having trouble keeping their mouth shut.
They lack corporate mentality, basically, not particularly a bad thing in my book.

Case in point: felipepe complaining that Obsidian isn't Bethesda, EA or Ubisoft

 

[Roguey]

I know I prefer honesty to Bethesda/Bioware-style "all our games are perfect until we're working on a sequel where we'll talk about how trash the predecessor was"

 

[tuluse]

The impression I got from the Feargus interview was that the people working on PoE were just keeping notes "cool idea, not enough time, maybe sequel?" And that was about it.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Can someone give me a run-down of everything that Obsidian has in the works at the moment, both known and alleged? I haven't followed everything.

I know that they generally have three projects going at the same time, due to their size. So if we count Pillars of Eternity as one, that still leaves two others right? One is presumably a new IP/Kickstarter, possibly with Avellone at the lead. The other would be...maybe something with a standard publisher? IIRC Feargus said he still wants to do AAA games.

They're also "assisting" on some other things, right? Some Wheel of Time thing? Also I'd forgotten about the World of Tanks. Anything else?

 

[Infinitron]

Can someone give me a run-down of everything that Obsidian has in the works at the moment, both known and alleged? I haven't followed everything.

I know that they generally have three projects going at the same time, due to their size. So if we count Pillars of Eternity as one, that still leaves two others right? One is presumably a new IP/Kickstarter, possibly with Avellone at the lead. The other would be...maybe something with a standard publisher? IIRC Feargus said he still wants to do AAA games.

They're also "assisting" on some other things, right? Some Wheel of Time thing? Also I'd forgotten about the World of Tanks. Anything else?

There is no Wheel of Time thing.

Go here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-discussion-thread.84849/page-73#post-3736339

 

[dukeofwhales]

I bet Feargus is regretting mentioning this offhand to a journalist as part of an interview. I'd guarantee he didn't expect it to get its own article and pages of discussion.

 

[Forest Dweller]

There is no Wheel of Time thing.

I remember reading something about Obsidian doing some coding work on a Wheel of Time RPG. This was several years ago.

 

[Roguey]

I bet Feargus is regretting mentioning this offhand to a journalist as part of an interview. I'd guarantee he didn't expect it to get its own article and pages of discussion.

Trial balloons are great; overwhelmingly negative feedback saves you from making huge mistakes like disastrous waste-of-time Kickstarter campaigns.

Though I dunno if the response to this could be considered as such.

 

[l3loodAngel]

With any luck, they'll bring back Nathaniel Chapman and company to make a Storm of Zehir-esqe expansion for PoE.

Why would anyone want that? Zehir was garbage compared to MOTB.

 

[Jaesun]

Zehir was awesome.

 

[Roguey]

Why would anyone want that? Zehir was garbage compared to MOTB.

Think of it as an Icewind Dale-with-a-greater-scope stand-alone expansion pack.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Storm of Zehir is the only Obsidian game I've never bothered to play.

Mask of the Betrayer made me really excited about what was coming next. I was massively disappointed to find it was a IWD inspired game.