Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[LESS T_T]

Cain and Boyarsky interview on the title sequence of Fallout: https://killscreen.com/articles/nuclear-power-fallouts-wartime-kitsch/

 

[Haplo]

Got it, I felt the same about starting a new game but luckily I had an old save I could use. It was dumb of them to put the expansion mid-game, if they set it after the end like MotB it would've been easier to play and probably more successful, even.

It would be better, yes. However I think that's likely because they really went over the top with the active abilities and spells - especially at late levels. Fireworks everywhere and overpowered spells flying left, right and center. Difficult to make meaningful, challenging and balanced content for that.
Wish they toned down the amount of magic in the setting.

 

[Trashos]

I have been away for a few months (work etc). Do we have any news on what the Troika guys are working on?

 

[Sentinel]

Triple-A console game made in Unreal Engine 4.

 

[Trashos]

Source?!

I am not sure if you are kidding or not.

 

[Sentinel]

Job announcement for a triple-A console game made in UE4.

 

[Trashos]

Job announcement for a triple-A console game made in UE4.

OK, saw the ad, cheers. I hope it is not for their team, but the situation does look bleak as it stands.

 

[pippin]

Best thing DeNiros ever done if thy asks me, actually used Guarani an all if i'm rememberin right. Soundtrack were fuckin heavenly.

Completely agree. Even had the soundtrack in cassete tape. The oboe piece is burned into my mind.

 

[vortex]

OK, saw the ad, cheers. I hope it is not for their team, but the situation does look bleak as it stands.

There is high chance Backspace is continuing with development.

 

[Infinitron]

Josh Sawyer gave a talk in Krakow today:

Game Programmers: The Heart of the Machine

On game teams, programmers form the heart of the machine, interpreting high-level visions to turn them into the tools and systems used to make the game. This talk proposes a set of best practices for programmers to ensure a healthy, iterative development environment and smart engineering choices.

 

[vonAchdorf]

Did we have boots on the ground there?

 

[Infinitron]

I don't think the Codex needs boots on the ground at a programming conference.

 

[Rev]

On the other hand, it would be nice to have that Sawyer interview we were promised like five months ago.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I don't think the Codex needs boots on the ground at a programming conference.

Not as the Codex, but I guess we have some programmers here who could have been there incidentally and ambushed JS :D

 

[Drax]

Send Bubbles

 

[Excidium II]

Send Prosper.

 

[Aiff((AimpliesA)ImpliesA)]

I don't think the Codex needs boots on the ground at a programming conference.

Send redacted.

 

[dukeofwhales]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/806277756317102081

Obsidian layoffs? The retweeted post is from 2012 though.

 

[Infinitron]

lol, there he goes again.

Anthony Davis, badler, what's going on.

 

[Fairfax]

https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/806277756317102081

Obsidian layoffs? The retweeted post is from 2012 though.

 

[Jenkem]

Maybe Tranny didn't sell as well as they hoped.. well there goes any plans for a Tranny xpac, PoE 2, etc...

(or they just cancelled one of their many half-baked projects like that tank game and the layoffs are the chaff)

 

[Infinitron]

OK, spoke to somebody at Obsidian.

All I'll say is it's not dramatic.

 

[Fry]

(or they just cancelled one of their many half-baked projects like that tank game and the layoffs are the chaff)

You'll know it if "that tank game" gets cancelled. It's probably half the company.

 

[Ninjerk]

OK, spoke to somebody at Obsidian.

All I'll say is it's not dramatic.

Did they tell you it's okay to say something?

 

[Rev]

MCA should definetely move on with his life and make some new game that we all can enjoy, he's behaving like a ditched girlfriend who just can't stop telling everyone how her former boyfriend was terrible at sex and how she's better off now while her ex has already gone past her and doesn't give a shit anymore.

And I know, I'll get shit-rated by his many followers but that's how he looks like with all this hate and obsession about Obsidian.