Company News Obsidian to reveal a new game at GDC 2014

[deuxhero]

I'm going to make a REALLY random guess and say it will be a Secret of Evermore 2 for Square Enix.

But seriously, do we know what publishers will attend GDC 2014 yet?

 

[Roguey]

The amazing new game has a fantastic look, and was developed by a group of people who were involved in making the Baldur's Gate game.

 

[Infinitron]

The amazing new game has a fantastic look, and was developed by a group of people who were involved in making the Baldur's Gate game.

Like I said once:

http://www.xp4t.com/2012/10/03/project-eternity/

Obsidian is remembered throughout the gaming community for incredible titles such as the epic Baldur’s Gate

It wasn't so long ago that Bioware was regularly credited with creating Planescape: Torment. How the tides have turned...

 

[Duraframe300]

The amazing new game has a fantastic look, and was developed by a group of people who were involved in making the Baldur's Gate game.

Well, if we're just talking *involved* that sentence isn't completly wrong. Just *involved* as in the produciton side involved.

Also without Feargus there'd be no Baldur's Gate.

 

[Invictus]

That Baldur's Gate reference bothers me...Trento and the Beamdog retards have stated several times they had been trying to get the rights to make Baldur's Gate 3 and even Fergus has mentioned he was apporached to do it before, perhaps the fact that PE is seen as a niche but profitable nonetheless maybe it could be it

 

[himmy]

That Baldur's Gate reference bothers me...Trento and the Beamdog retards have stated several times they had been trying to get the rights to make Baldur's Gate 3 and even Fergus has mentioned he was apporached to do it before, perhaps the fact that PE is seen as a niche but profitable nonetheless maybe it could be it

It won't be. Having Baldur's Gate 3 as the follow-up to PE, which had the BG3-in-everything-but-name as its main thing? C'mon.

 

[Spectacle]

dood, please, don't be insulting. neither star wars nor mass effect is sci-fi.

Space Opera is unfortunately definded as part of the label "sci-fi"
That's one of the reasons I like to use the abbreviation "SF" instead.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

She makes coffee and occasionally sucks a dick or two.

I'll assume your ability to give such a quick answer is due to first-hand experience.

 

[Hegel]

Arcanum II

 

[Jaesun]

i hope it's sf. there are too damn many fantasy games...

Yes please. But only if the SF game is the Kickstarter one. Otherwise if it is Publisher shit, then fuck it. I don't care. They only want Mass Effect clones.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Who would think that the people who made Alpha Protocol can make a good next-gen game when other people haven't already done most of the legwork for them?

 

[Xor]

I'm still holding out hope it'll be Fallout 4. The more I say it the more it has to be true.



Either that or that Mage the Ascension RPG I keep begging for.

 

[Morality Games]

Arcanum II

I guess there's a chance. I don't have a good source on this, but I'm pretty sure Arcanum is in the hands of Activision. To a company like that, its legacy is too small to be worth exploiting and too large to risk selling. They might be willing to rent it out, but after all of their enthusiasm, I have to wonder if the Obsidian of 2014 is at a place where they have to take whatever lopsided deal Activision would give them.

 

[deuxhero]

Whatever happened to that self made XBLA game "focused on fun"?

 

[Jaesun]

I'm still holding out hope it'll be an isometric turn-based Fallout game (approved/licensed from Bethesda)

Let me fix that for you. Fuck yes.

 

[Xor]

I'm still holding out hope it'll be an isometric turn-based Fallout game (approved/licensed from Bethesda)

Let me fix that for you. Fuck yes.

Well, it won't be that, just because I doubt a major publisher would ever throw a AAA budget at a turn-based isometric Fallout game, and I'm pretty sure this announcement will be their unannounced AAA game (how long has that been in development now? A year?)

Obviously I would prefer a turn-based isometric (ie good) Fallout sequel, but that isn't likely to happen, so IMO it would be better to put the next game in Obsidian's hands where the result is less likely to be infuriating.

 

[Jaesun]

I doubt a major publisher would ever throw a AAA budget at a turn-based isometric Fallout game

They could use the Fallout licence with Bethesda's blessing (and have to pay them for it), just like HBS did, using the Shadowrun setting (which M$ owns). And collect funds via a Kickstarter to make a Fallout game, not funded by Bethesda. Because yes, Bethesda only wants to fund shitty dumbed down action games.

We could finally have our fucking Fallout game back. Instead of that shitty console action shit.

 

[Chinese Jetpilot]

Don't get yourselves so excited. It's a Mass Effect spinoff.

 

[Morality Games]

Don't get yourselves so excited. It's a Mass Effect spinoff.

You make it sound like a Mass Effect written by Obsidian would be bad.

 

[Night Goat]

Don't get yourselves so excited. It's a Mass Effect spinoff.

I wouldn't mind. The first Mass Effect wasn't bad, really, and I'd like a sequel by competent writers.

 

[Chinese Jetpilot]

Don't get yourselves so excited. It's a Mass Effect spinoff.

You make it sound like a Mass Effect written by Obsidian would be bad.

I'll do more than make it sound that way. I'll come right out and say it.

Yes, it would be bad.

While I won't denigrate their work, as I know they're held in high regard around here, I'm not terribly impressed with what they have made. I also think Obsidian paired with a premium publisher on a quote AAA title is a noxious mix; I think they do better with low-key titles.

 

[Xor]

Obsidian already made their Mass Effect spinoff. It was called Alpha Protocol.

 

[Night Goat]

Being tied to a AAA publisher again probably would be a bad thing. We've seen how badly they got fucked in the past, imagine what EA would do to them.

 

[Jaesun]

I highly doubt Obsidian will ever make a game for EA. EA has BioWare.

 

[Chinese Jetpilot]

I highly doubt Obsidian will ever make a game for EA. EA has BioWare.

I guess you could say Bioware has Obsidian. I would go so far as to suggest getting them work when they really needed it. So its an important relationship, one that has transcended several different publishers.