Icewind Dale III incoming?

[TsongaKralj]

Eeven if they made IWD III, they'd try and please a new action(rpg)-audience rather than fill out the predecessors' shoes. Not gonna get my hopes up in the least.

This,I expect it will be nothing like IWD I&II.

 

[Leimrey]

Allright, trolling aside, I would really like to hear what was so bad about Atton. I fully acknowledge that people have different tastes and don't consider my opinion as an objective one, but I really thought he was well-written. The guy literally spent 2/3 of the game constructing an entire web of lies to hide his identity/past and arguing why the Jedi code was so full of shit.

 

[Mastermind]

Allright, trolling aside, I would really like to hear what was so bad about Atton. I fully acknowledge that people have different tastes and don't consider my opinion as an objective one, but I really thought he was well-written. The guy literally spent 2/3 of the game constructing an entire web of lies to hide his identity/past and arguing why the Jedi code was so full of shit.

He's emo and annoys the shit out of me with how defensive he gets after every single fucking question. And whines like no tomorrow. Basically, he's Carth Onasi with a permanent PMS.

 

[Exmit]

He's emo and annoys the shit out of me with how defensive he gets after every single fucking question. And whines like no tomorrow.

So just like you on the dex?

 

[Leimrey]

and annoys the shit out of me with how defensive he gets after every single fucking question.

Considering that he's a former Sith agent and a Jedi murderer (not an assassin as he claimed himself in the end, but a real cold blooded butcher), that's not so strange. Although now I can understand why some people may not like him.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

Or maybe you'd just like to know what the future holds for the Icewind Dale series?

I would rather not to.

 

[abstract]

fuck this shit if it's not going to be done in 2d with hand-drawn maps.

Hhow about pre-rendered 2d maps, like in the original games?

Yeah, what-the-fuck-ever, you know what I meant.

It's also pretty ironic that we are hoping that a dumbed-down hack'n'slash clone of Baldur's Gate remains true to its roots.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

It's also pretty ironic that we are hoping that a dumbed-down hack'n'slash clone of Baldur's Gate remains true to its roots.

If it's too late for the cows to be saved from the fire it isn't a waste to save that one goat that spits at you.

 

[mondblut]

Bioware's engine meets WoW-offline rules, oh god its hea... oh wai-!!!!

 

[Mortmal]

Likely dungeon siege 3 engine with D&D 4 rules, a pure action game just using 4E skill tree and none of the strategic elements.

 

[IronicNeurotic]

Likely dungeon siege 3 engine with D&D 4 rules, a pure action game just using 4E skill tree and none of the strategic elements.

? Actually I would think they have the ability integrated for D&D rules too. Probably even for turnbased games instead of pseudo-turnbased. Why the fuck would it be a "pure action game"?

Hell, the first game shown with onyx was a 3rd person shooter so shit is already flexible.

 

[LittleJoe]

Forgive me if I don't get too excited about a remake of the WORST game in the infinity engine series.

 

[deuxhero]

so why bother when it will be a shit real time with pause system?

Just like all infinity engine games ? Oh the drama ,it's gonna be sooooo bad compared to todays RPGS

Exactly. The IE combat sucked, so I'm not sure why a combat focused game in the engine is popular.

 

[mondblut]

Forgive me if I don't get too excited about a remake of the WORST game in the infinity engine series.

No romances = bad game.

 

[J_C]

This topic showed me how many dumbfucks are there on Codex. Icewind Dale series sucks? MCA writes bad stories? Those guys should go back to their Mass Effect romances and DA2 porn.

As for IWD3, thank you very much, looking forward to it, even with 4E ruleset. Just please don't make it a simple hack 'n slash. You have Dungeon Siege 3 for that.

 

[xemous]

Anyone who thinks they are anything short of game destroying derp is a dumbfuck of epic proportions.

Anyone who thinks that KOTOR2 cast is anything like Bioware has ever proudced should be doused in acid. Also, Atton and Kreia were the best characters of the cast, deal with it.

The only thing Obsidian did right with Kreia was letting you slaughter the sorry bitch in the end.

you're a fucking idiot

 

[Johannes]

Forgive me if I don't get too excited about a remake of the WORST game in the infinity engine series.

No romances = bad game.

But without predefined party member choices you can larp up almost any kind of romance, only your imagination is the limit!

 

[Raghar]

Also, I've always wondered how the whole PnP-to-videogame thing worked. That is, for example, now that 4the edition is out could a game developer still be able to get a license to design a game using the 3.5 or older ruleset? And could it be possible to create a commercial game in a setting which isn't officially suported in the current version of DND, let's say Dark Sun, using 4th edition rules?

Game rules are not copyrightable. Look at KOTC.

Setting is a part of author expression. However they made game that was supposed to be used as a base for creation of RPG stories... Basically they gave up rights for any game based on these settings as long as it has significant part of its own artwork. Basically as long as it's not a copy and paste, they allowed it because they published rulebook. They still retains right for making books and similar stuff.

 

[deuxhero]

Uh, pretty sure KoTC gets away with it because of the OGL.

 

[Black]

In other news Obsidian still has no plans on developing an original game.

They made AP and it didn't work out for them.

 

[J_C]

In other news Obsidian still has no plans on developing an original game.

They made AP and it didn't work out for them.

Also, they can make the 10th sequel of a game. If it is a great RPG, I don't care.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Uh, pretty sure KoTC gets away with it because of the OGL.

Omega Syndrome.

 

[Hobo Elf]

In other news Obsidian still has no plans on developing an original game.

They made AP and it didn't work out for them.

Possibly because it was a weak entry? You have to have a good game to back up a fresh IP. That's why Jade Empire failed as well.

 

[Mastermind]

In other news Obsidian still has no plans on developing an original game.

They made AP and it didn't work out for them.

Possibly because it was a weak entry? You have to have a good game to back up a fresh IP. That's why Jade Empire failed as well.

Jade Empire presumably sold enough to satisfy Bioware:

http://jade.bioware.com/forums/viewtopi ... 1&forum=79

 

[Hobo Elf]

Could be true, could be PR talk. Still didn't sell enough copies to warrant a sequel in any forseeable future, which seems to be the thing to do these days. Make one hit game and then milk the fuck out of it.