Game News Obsidian Reveals 'Project Eternity' - Kickstarter Live

[J_C]

WE DID IT!!!!

 

[Lockkaliber]

I am happy to spend this moment with you faggots. Let's hope they make a great game. Bring out the stretch goals!

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Zed change the title of this thread to "Project Eternity Kickstarter Muthahfuckin' Funded, Bitch!"

 

[The Great Deceiver]

Speeding towards incline!

 

[General Maxson]

Peter

Not really. I would have been surprised if they didn't hit a mil in a day. Their pitch is perfect (by KS standards). You have a well known studio that is the last RPG maker. You have a dream team of designers who made some of the best RPGs in the last 15 years. And they are pitching the Infinity Engine games, [shamelessly] starting with Baldur's Gate and getting instant attention of a fairly large group of gamers - everyone who liked old BIS and Bioware games, basically. Business-wise, it's a brilliant move.

They didn't tell you anything about the game, which encourages people to imagine something awesome, without disappointing anyone with pesky details.

The only question now is how they are planning to play the rest of the campaign, since it's only day 1. They can take 2-3 mil or they can double or even triple what Fargo did.

I hope I'm wrong, but I highly doubt they can get 9 million, no matter how good their kickstarter campaign... I would consider it tremendous success if they manage to get 5 million $. And would be very happy about it. There just isn't enough of Baldur's Gate fans today, compared to next-gen fans...

 

[Infinitron]

 

[evdk]

Oh yeah!

 

[Comrade Goby]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H-nUBcY6jQ8#!

Stretch goal MCA striptease?

 

[kaizoku]

an hour late, but still deserves to be posted

also, for those who missed it
http://twofoldsilence.diogenes-lamp.info/2012/09/the-black-hound-what-its-deal-was.html

 

[Zed]

This is probably gonna hit the first stretch goal before the stretch goals are even announced.

 

[godsend1989]

i really liked the romances in Bloodlines if you can call it that way but deep romances were always Bioware cup of tea.

 

[Terpsichore]

 

[Vault Dweller]

1)There have already been a couple of high profile CRPG KS projects (Wasteland 2, Shadowrun Returns, arguably Dead State);

Not even close. WL2 is a guy with a license and unknown team. Fargo's last good game was released way too many moons ago and his team's last two games were disappointing. No recent track record, basically, unlike Obsidian that can back up their claim to glory with Kotor 2, MotB, New Vegas, Dead Money, etc. The talent is unquestionably there.

Sure, Fargo played KS well, but it's the power of the license, nostalgia, and Avellone's name that propelled him to 3 mil. Shadowrun? Almost the same. Cool license, but who's making it? Dead State? You can't compare a single developer working with some ragtag indie crew with a proper studio and all star team. Not to mention that a TB zombie game isn't the same as a spiritual successor to the Infinity Engine games, which is a hell of a pitch. It's probably more powerful than the WL license.

Had Obsidian pitched some weird as fuck PST successor, only TB, I doubt they would have gotten as far.

2)Obsidian has an iffy reputation in the mainstream;

They don't need the mainstream. They need 50-100,000 backers to do spectacularly, mind-fucking-blowingly well. Do you think they can find that many among the BIS and Bioware fans, especially now that it's clear that Bioware had abandoned them?

3)Not even Cain or Avellone have the reputation, let alone charisma (which is important for the pitch video), of someone like Schafer;

Maybe, maybe not (see Fargo getting 500k on Avellone's name alone), but BG does and Obsidian knows it:

Obsidian Entertainment and our legendary game designers Chris Avellone, Tim Cain, and Josh Sawyer are excited to bring you a new role-playing game for the PC. Project Eternity (working title) pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment.

4)Many people are kinda getting fed up with Kickstarter at this point.

Because they aren't interested in some small time shit. To do well, you need a popular brand, a name (or three), and a proven ability to deliver. Obsidian got all three and then some.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

DAT MILLION

 

[Azalin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H-nUBcY6jQ8#!

 

[Vault Dweller]

I hope I'm wrong, but I highly doubt they can get 9 million...

Not if they sit on their asses instead of posting the stretch goals to feed the flame.

I would consider it tremendous success if they manage to get 5 million $. And would be very happy about it. There just isn't enough of Baldur's Gate fans today, compared to next-gen fans...

What did BG sell overall? 2-3 mil? If Obsidian gets 5% of that fanbase, not to mention the BIS fanbase, they will sell the rewards like hotcakes.

Edit: To elaborate, people look at the number on the KS page and go "holy shit, a million dollars! Like with all them zeros and shit." How much did New Vegas sold? 5 million copies and 300 million dollars? Now, obviously, they can't sell even 10% of what NV sold through KS, but they can certainly do a lot of damage if they play their cards right.

 

[Infinitron]

I'm guessing they want to make a fancy video with each and every update. That takes time.

 

[FeelTheRads]

but deep romances were always Bioware cup of tea.

Because they aren't interested in some small time shit. To do well, you need a popular brand, a name (or three), and a proven ability to deliver. Obsidian got all three and then some.

So you're saying that Kickstarter is already aping the mainstream industry? Well, hopefully there's gonna be some place left for "small time shit" too, because I thought that was one of the benefits of Kickstarter.

Anyway, congratulations to Obsidian. I hope it's not gonna turn into Bioware or NWN2 crap.

 

[Keshik]

Damn that was speedy. Way to go Obsidian

 

[Murk]

DON'T TELL ME TO SHUT UP YOU SHUT UP.

But yeah, your following sentence is the thing which rubs me so wrongly: Everybody is a hipster in everybody else's eyes these days. The word has gotten pretty meaningless and annoying. Heck...I grew up in Wisconsin and I swear there was a time where PBR was just another shitty beer.

Pretty much but there's still an iconic look, and tats + biking + thick framed glasses is kinda canonical in that case. Anyway, this tangent went on enough so whatevs. I'm still pumped for the game tho -- just hoping it's something that has the potential for a lot of replay by virtue of a good system and good encounters.

 

[Infinitron]

So you're saying that Kickstarter is already aping the mainstream industry? Well, hopefully there's gonna be some place left for "small time shit" too, because I thought that was one of the benefits of Kickstarter.

Small time money for small time shit. There will be no more Banner Sagas getting half a million dollars. And I can't say that's such a horrible thing.

 

[VonVentrue]

Bring out the stretch goals!

Turn based combat.
Right, because that will totally happen... It's not "mainstream" enough for Kickstarter (according to Obsidian), unfortunately.

 

[Stinger]

Fantastic stuff, way to go Obsidian! Here's hoping we get some speedy responses with more details about the game and stretch goals.

 

[General Maxson]

I'm guessing they want to make a fancy video with each and every update. That takes time.

They should have prepared that upfront. Doing like this they can lose momentum. But I guess they know what they're doing, and I wish they get a lot of $$$. Hope for good stretch goals, and minimum of derpy-ness and romance.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Small time money for small time shit.

Yes, and maybe not at all. Fuck those losers.

The more big names come on Kickstarter the less hope for small names to get noticed. Which is just how it is in the mainstream industry.
You do realize that if, I don't know, Bioware would do a Kickstarter it would break any record so far?