Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Infinitron]

Seems like Chris L'Etoile had some involvement in the ME3 ending fiasco. Specifically, he was one of the writers who left the series before ME3 and caused some minor drama by posting about how he would have done things differently.

IIRC EA/Bioware screwed his plans for the ME trilogy all back when ME2 was made. He was the one who wanted the reapers to wipe out civilizations because they accelerated entropy or something, instead they made spaceopera crewdrama giant humanshaped reaper and the sucky me3 story which admittedly I've not played thorugh.

Am I thinking of someone else?

You're thinking about Drew Karpshyn's "dark energy" plot.

 

[Quillon]

Zekret game iz Victorian space opera then, add some firefly magic, bam!

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Seems like a competent guy who was responsible for those parts of ME that were actually decent quality.

 

[Lahey]

Then why are we spending pages debating who the publisher for the unannounced project is?

 

[Azalin]

For reference, his work at Bioware according to his Linkedin profile:

General Duties
• Wrote all in-game Codex entries.
.

A man of the Codex after all

 

[Morgoth]

There aren't that many publishers left doing business with independent devs.

I was thinking perhaps a new SEGA project, or perhaps 2K Games contracted them to make a new Bioshock game?

 

[Quillon]

to make a new Bioshock game?

tis a new IP.

 

[Iznaliu]

Also heavily involved in the development of popamole console "RPG"s

He's a writen, which mean that he wasn't involved in many of the most egregious design decisions.

 

[Sentinel]

Also heavily involved in the development of popamole console "RPG"s

He's a writen, which mean that he wasn't involved in many of the most egregious design decisions.

Yeah but the Mass Effect/DA:O games were pretty boring too both in story and characters. You had the Annoying Nagging Bitch Who Lets You Put Your Dick Inside Of Her Regardless (Morrigan/Miranda Lawson), the Retard Edgy Sociopath (Sten/Jack), the Reckless Sociopath (dwarven guy in DA:O, although he was funny at times, and the Wrex? guy), the So Kawaii Slut (Liliana/Talia), the Sage Mong Who Spends The Entire Game Preaching (Wynn/Anderson), and both games were "an ancient evil awakens and everyone's too useless to do anything you're the chosen one go get'em jack".

 

[c2007]

Mojomancer We don't really know anything about the game other than it's a new IP multiplatform action-RPG by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky. Just wait for it to be announced.

In a YT video you linked to on the Obsidian forums , they discussed spies, rpg and noir.

Sounds like a stylized Alpha Protocal reboot, perhaps Sega again?

I know that is non-sensical.

 

[Mojomancer]

Mojomancer We don't really know anything about the game other than it's a new IP multiplatform action-RPG by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky. Just wait for it to be announced.

In a YT video you linked to on the Obsidian forums , they discussed spies, rpg and noir.

Sounds like a stylized Alpha Protocal reboot, perhaps Sega again?

I know that is non-sensical.

Would a reboot count as a new IP though? Spiritual successor maybe but there seems to be a lot of talk about it being post apocalyptic going on.

 

[Jaesun]

The Cain and Boyarsky game is an Action RPG?

 

[HoboForEternity]

The Cain and Boyarsky game is an Action RPG?

yes

 

[Alienman]

Shapes baby!

 

[Volrath]

So we just need to wait another week to finally put the nail in Obshitian's shell of a studio? Can't wait

 

[Flou]

The Cain and Boyarsky game is an Action RPG?

Apparently yes, but so was Fallout: New Vegas. Though since they own the IP, nothing (except Feargus and maybe their Brand Managers) is there stop them from making other kinda games in the same setting later on.

 

[Latelistener]

Then why are we spending pages debating who the publisher for the unannounced project is?

Because the Parabsidian relationships have a long term focus. Once they'll finish with Tranny, they'll start another project.
Not to say that, a multiplatform AAA (AA?) Action RPG is a bit too much for them to handle.

 

[Infinitron]

Reposted: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-moments-from-obsidian-games-and-win-consoles

Also: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/11/save-up-to-60-on-tyranny-for-the-next-few-hours/

 

[Alienman]

From the RPS article:

OK we get it, Obsidian and Paradox really have their claws into the gamer network. Are they holding you hostage?

 

[The Fish]

Sit down with Feargus Urquhart, Leonard Boyarsky and Tim Cain. Haven't watched it yet, don't know if it's worth watching.

The making of Fallout 1 & 2: Tales from the early days of Black Isle Studios

 

[Quillon]

50 mins! ...let me grab some beverage and snacks.

 

[Infinitron]

No article version yet.

 

[LESS T_T]

From comments section:

The list feature mentioned at the beginning of the video is still a few hours away. Hope you enjoy this in the meantime! Really enjoyed working on it. -Chris

 

[Freddie]

Seems like Chris L'Etoile had some involvement in the ME3 ending fiasco. Specifically, he was one of the writers who left the series before ME3 and caused some minor drama by posting about how he would have done things differently.

I don't recall that exactly, then I didn't follow every forum out there. The thing that could be read between the lines of some former BW writers who actually had some sort of vision and could create something mature was, that they weren't necessarily welcomed after Super Mac took over.

 

[Infinitron]

Watched the whole thing.

Very rambling video, but with lots of fun anecdotes. It does a good job of straightening out the timeline of the series' development, like how Fallout went from a personal project to a Black Isle project (before it was called Black Isle) and when exactly Fallout 2's development began. Also some stuff about Brian Fargo's involvement in coming up with the concept of perks and other things.