Obsidian General Discussion Thread

[Roguey]

Sure. Untainted. Just like cainarsky's project.

Outer Worlds 2's growing from tainted soil already.

 

[Latelistener]

On the plus side, at least this raises the chances of Adler's project being untainted.

I think it's a bit too late for that. All of the US media screams of how diverse and inclusive it is.

 

[Roguey]

I think it's a bit too late for that. All of the US media screams of how diverse and inclusive it is.

I want non-cringe writing and this being a small project gives that some glimmer of hope, unlike Avowed, Outer Worlds 2, and Sawyer Elysium which Sawyer has explicitly identified as cringe.

 

[vortex]

Miss Kate DollarHyde has to find her inner Doctor LootJekyll who is non-cringe, non-progressive and non-pretentious at writing Avowed. Avowed has potential to become most successful Obsidian's game so far.
'Is an oath worth the weight of a crown' shall be new codex favorite next to 'What can change the nature of a man?'

 

[Latelistener]

Their most successful recent project is a survival game. Tells you about the state of the writing team.

No one even remembers Outer Worlds. People don't even hate it. It's just plain sad.

Avowed is even less appealing. They have no one on the board who would generate some hype. They're actually moving in the opposite direction with Parker as a director. The guy is a pure decline.

 

[Infinitron]

What's supposed to be appealing about a game that got a generic fantasy teaser and placeholder website and then immediately went dark again? We don't know anything about it.

 

[Butter]

What's supposed to be appealing about a game that got a generic fantasy teaser and placeholder website and then immediately went dark again? We don't know anything about it.

It's a first-person game made by Obsidian! Remember 11 years ago when they made a first-person game and it was good?

 

[Ging_Sama]

Rumor: Rumblings are the lead area designer (who I assume is Jorge Salgado/Oscuro?) and the lead writer (Soulban guy?) have both quit Avowed and left Obsidian.

I checked their LinkedIn, though, and didn't see any change to their profiles, so who knows.

And yes, feel free to put "citation needed" at the end of this, I get it, I get it.

Jorge salgado left Obsidian and join High Moon studios working on COD Warzone. Soulban also left.

Damn, look like you said all the truth in the past.

What happened on Avowed ? Who is the Director ?

 

[Ol' Willy]

We don't know anything about it.

I remember this argument from the pre-release times of CP77. It surely turned out well

 

[Roguey]

What happened on Avowed ? Who is the Director ?

According to previous rumors, Carrie Patel. And it's typical Obsidian mismanagement, only with the problems scaled up with the team/budget.

 

[Abu Antar]

Hmm. Justin was the lead sound designer at the studio, no? Some people on here might be pleased.

 

[Butter]

I unironically like a lot of the Pillars music, even pre-WM. I don't know what the hell happened with Deadfire though.

 

[Ging_Sama]

Hmm. Justin was the lead sound designer at the studio, no? Some people on here might be pleased.

Damn

 

[Ging_Sama]

What happened on Avowed ? Who is the Director ?

According to previous rumors, Carrie Patel. And it's typical Obsidian mismanagement, only with the problems scaled up with the team/budget.

Look like this mismanagement is really powerful compare to the previous one.

Casey Hudson needed at Obsidian

 

[Roguey]

Bell tried to leave before, but was talked out of it. Avellone pulled his linkedin recommendation because of it. Too bad it'd be pointless to give it back to him now, an Avellone-recommendation is worthless (also undeserved in this case).

I unironically like a lot of the Pillars music, even pre-WM. I don't know what the hell happened with Deadfire though.

It's because in Pillars he was evoking Infinity Engine music while Deadfire was Pure Bell https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...urn-based-combat.123213/page-184#post-5952616

 

[Wunderbar]

Inon Zur be like

 

[Alienman]

Didn't he get #metoo:ed though?

 

[Wunderbar]

Alienman Zur? No, that was Jeremy Soule.

 

[Wunderbar]

Jeremy Soule: gets metooed
Inon Zur: walks into Bethesda

 

[Latelistener]

Strangely enough, Soule said he's not involved in TES6 even before he was accused.

Maybe they'll borrow Brad Derrick from TESO or hire someone else. It's always better to deal with someone in-house like Obsidian did. Then again, maybe TES6 is still in pre-production and there is no game to compose for.

Justin Bell probably saw the amount of shit he'll have to write and re-write for Avowed under this management and called it a day.

 

[Flou]

Hmm. Justin was the lead sound designer at the studio, no? Some people on here might be pleased.

He was the Studio Audio Director and Composer. They have 2 new Audio Directors at Obsidian though, so they should be fine. His departure was always a matter of time since has been talked down of leaving multiple times (afaik).

 

[Quillon]

To me most of his work was mediocre with some highs and a very high that is Tyranny's theme, everyone should get "inspired" by Conan The Barbarian OST.

 

[KörangarTheMighty]

To me most of his work was mediocre with some highs and a very high that is Tyranny's theme, everyone should get "inspired" by Conan The Barbarian OST.

Not getting much of that from Tyranny but I can definitely hear it in Bannerlord. The game ost that came closest to capturing Conan The Barbarian for me was Throne of Bhaal. If somebody would have told me that Grove of the Ancients, Yaga Shura's Lair, Watcher's Keep or End of the Saga were from the film, I'd have believed him. M&B Warband also came pretty close, but perhaps closer to some of the period piece epics from the 60s. (Spartacus, Ben-Hur etc.)

 

[eli]

What's supposed to be appealing about a game that got a generic fantasy teaser and placeholder website and then immediately went dark again? We don't know anything about it.

List of Obsidian projects:

1. Delaware - Knights of the Old Republic II
2. Pennsylvania - Neverwinter Nights 2
3. New Jersey - Dwarfs (Cancelled)
4. Georgia - Alpha Protocol
5. Connecticut - Aliens: Crucible (Cancelled)
6. Massachusetts - Mask of the Betrayer
7. Maryland - Dungeon Siege III
8. South Carolina - Storm of Zehir
9. New Hampshire - Fallout: New Vegas
10. Virginia - Xbox Live Arcade Action-RPG (Cancelled)
11. New York - South Park: The Stick of Truth
12. North Carolina - Stormlands (Cancelled)
13. Rhode Island - ???
14. Vermont - Tyranny
15. Kentucky - Prey 2 (Cancelled)
16. Tennessee - Pathfinder Adventures
17. Ohio - Armored Warfare
18. Louisiana - Pillars of Eternity II
19. Indiana - The Outer Worlds
20. Mississippi - ???
21. Illinois - ???
22. Alabama - Avowed
23. Maine - Grounded
24. Missouri - Josh Sawyer Non-Violent Historical RPG

3. Trenton - Pillars of Eternity

we will know, codex always knew something about it.

 

[Sentinel]

24. Missouri - Josh Sawyer Non-Violent Historical RPG

How long has this been in development now? I've been hearing about this game for >4 years.