Josh Sawyer Q&A Thread

[Alienman]

He writes just like one his NPCs talk. Snore.

 

[NecroLord]

Chat GPT.

 

[Tyranicon]

Wtf. Is this how people make video games?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

This is how Josh Sawyer has always made games: as a project manager, rather than as a game designer.

 

[Roguey]

Improper evaluation of risk gets you Knights of the Old Republic 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol.

 

[deuxhero]

KotOR2's making every cutscenes possible take place on the Ebon Hawk actually was a risk evaluation thing: Making cutscenes take place on one map that's unlikely to change (since it was ported from the last game) is low risk compared to the many ways cutscenes in that engine can (and do) fuck up if you try to get complicated in an unknown environment.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

Improper evaluation of risk gets you Knights of the Old Republic 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol.

i.e. shitty games

 

[S.torch]

If 1% of this "risk evaluation" went to actually creating and working maybe they could make a good game

 

[Infinitron]

 

[MjKorz]

OK, Josh. Now go cook Pillars 3.

 

[luj1]

Pillars of Soy: The Last Cry for Relevancy

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Sawyer proving his worth as the best project manager in the CRPG field.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Can't see his tweets and I'm the better man for it. He hasn't been relevant in a decade. He won't be relevant again either.

Now it's a question of Microsoft deciding headcount isn't worth the effort.

 

[Robert Erick]

Can't see his tweets and I'm the better man for it. He hasn't been relevant in a decade. He won't be relevant again either.

Now it's a question of Microsoft deciding headcount isn't worth the effort.

That Darklands spiritual successor (LGBT priests included) is right around the corner, and when it comes out, it will put Sawyer on the map again so he can continue tweeting epic memes all day.

 

[Infinitron]

New SawyerTube video:

How do RPG teams distribute skill/background/whatever checks in games? Learn the secrets of this occult art in this video. Wow!

 

[luj1]

Reminder that this genius literally had sections in Pillars where you would get 0 experience for clearing out an entire dungeon. As well as creating a "per encounter" skill system where every fight played out the same and a race of vampires called "fampyrs"... I sincerely hope he keeps his "occult" art to himself, for the overall betterment of mankind.

 

[0sacred]

Still believing that every player should be rewarded for every choice, huh? Not a learning animal.

 

[Quillon]

 

[dutchwench]

Considering what's popular in the vidgame industry and the popular trends, it felt refreshing to hear a vidgame guy say "you can turn my game into a TV series, but I made it a game for a reason". That was almost cool of you, Josh. I hope that if I put you on my banner you won't end up like Saint Waidwen.

 

[Tyranicon]

Is he gonna do the Tim Cain thing and become a YouTuber?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Is he gonna do the Tim Cain thing and become a YouTuber?

Seems that it's turning into a trend for faded CRPG devs. Besides Tim, there's also Mark Darrah who's been doing it for a while.

 

[dutchwench]

Is he gonna do the Tim Cain thing and become a YouTuber?

Josh's oldest upload is from like ten years ago, which beats Tim by a mile. That said, he also has a dark history of doing Q&A's on tumblr, of all places...

 

[luj1]

Is he gonna do the Tim Cain thing and become a YouTuber?

Seems that it's turning into a trend for faded CRPG devs.

It's their last chance to milk attention and somehow stay relevant

 

[Roguey]

I live in an old house with a weak power network and the landlord isn't interested in updating a) the electrical system b) the insulation. I do have AC in a few rooms but this one poses some difficulties the others don't.

$250k/year salary and he suffers in the summer heat. I can't believe I live more comfortably than Josh.

Sawyer confirmed that Obsidian talked about Pillars 3 after BG3, but the price of competing with it scared them off.

He's open to directing another Fallout project of course.

 

[MjKorz]

He's open to directing another Fallout project of course.

Surprising he's not already working on it. Bethesda will be too busy with TES6 for the foreseeable half a decade or maybe even a full decade and the suits will want to capitalize on the Fallout TV show and make an interim Fallout title until Bethesda can make the next big one, which is where Sawyer comes in. Toddler would try to block this, of course, but Toddler bows to Microsoft and doesn't decide anything anymore.