Game News Obsidian's next game is Tyranny, an isometric RPG set in a fantasy world where evil won

[Crispy]

Roguey have you even booted up PoE yet?

 

[Anthony Davis]

Game could still have stuff Sawyer made, specially lore related. He led Stormlands, after all, didn't he?

Do we even know if this is cannibalizing Stormlads material?

no, it is not. i'm sure there are some elements that might be similar - just like with any two fantasy games, but no, not deliberately.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Re: Tim Cain, don't forget this interview: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=10151

Feargus Urquhart: Not to tease, but we will have news in the next two or three months. We absolutely are looking at crowdfunding one of our next titles as well, so we’ll have news on that soon. I can say it’s been fun to sit around and talk with Tim Cain, Game Director of the original Fallout, about ideas for our next thing. I wish I could talk about it more.

Hey TimCain, was he talking about Tyranny?

no.

Weird. Would Obsidian really announce two new RPGs within a few months of each other? Because if Feargus wasn't talking about Tyranny, he must have been talking about another Kickstarter.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

no.

Was he talking about Fallout: Los Angeles?

 

[Infinitron]

Tim Cain spreading his influence far and wide I see.

And Feargus still running his mouth.

 

[Excidium II]

Anthony Davis are you in on this one?

 

[Anthony Davis]

Re: Tim Cain, don't forget this interview: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=10151

Feargus Urquhart: Not to tease, but we will have news in the next two or three months. We absolutely are looking at crowdfunding one of our next titles as well, so we’ll have news on that soon. I can say it’s been fun to sit around and talk with Tim Cain, Game Director of the original Fallout, about ideas for our next thing. I wish I could talk about it more.

Hey TimCain, was he talking about Tyranny?

no.

Weird. Would Obsidian really announce two new RPGs within a few months of each other? Because if Feargus wasn't talking about Tyranny, he must have been talking about another Kickstarter.

I mean just look at the quote. Feargus is referring to crowdfunding. Tyranny was funded by Paradox.

Also, because I know what Feargus is talking about.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Anthony Davis are you in on this one?

No, I'm on AW for the foreseeable future.

Though I have played it.

 

[Infinitron]

Anthony Davis OK, since you're here and answering questions - is the game Obsidian is planning to crowdfund the same one that you were thinking of doing back in 2014 but ended up backing away from?

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Re: Tim Cain, don't forget this interview: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=10151

Feargus Urquhart: Not to tease, but we will have news in the next two or three months. We absolutely are looking at crowdfunding one of our next titles as well, so we’ll have news on that soon. I can say it’s been fun to sit around and talk with Tim Cain, Game Director of the original Fallout, about ideas for our next thing. I wish I could talk about it more.

Hey TimCain, was he talking about Tyranny?

no.

Weird. Would Obsidian really announce two new RPGs within a few months of each other? Because if Feargus wasn't talking about Tyranny, he must have been talking about another Kickstarter.

I mean just look at the quote. Feargus is referring to crowdfunding. Tyranny was funded by Paradox.

Also, because I know what Feargus is talking about.

I know. Obviously you guys have always got multiple projects on the go. But announcing two games within a short period of time... it is without precedent for any developer except for the supermassive ones like Ubisoft, surely?

Obsidian must be the busiest it has ever been. Two MMOs, some weird card game stuff, Pillars 2, this, a new Kickstarter...

 

[Excidium II]

Anthony Davis are you in on this one?

No, I'm on AW for the foreseeable future.

Though I have played it.

So you quit selling bagels to go back to CRPG development, just to get stuck on tank mmo while various CRPG projects pass by?

 

[Roguey]

Roguey have you even booted up PoE yet?

Yes.

Have I played it past killing that first group of wolves? No. They still have a final patch to deliver. 3.02 might be it.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

Pillars 2, this, a new Kickstarter...

The odds are that PoE 2 IS the new Kickstarter.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

The odds are that PoE 2 IS the new Kickstarter.

A fair point. It might be that a publisher won't cough up the dough without getting the IP too.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Really want to know who's on the team for this. Surely that isn't embargoed?

Come onnn, who's project director and who's creative director (main writer)? Spill the beans Anthony Davis

A few of the programmers rotated off of PoE on to this. Tim Cain, as was already pointed out. Dan Spitzley too.

Brian Heins is the Project Director.
Matt Singh is the Lead Producer.

Matt MacLean is on it - I believe as a senior writer (maybe the lead? not sure).

Constant Gaw is on the team - senior or lead level designer maybe? Not sure.

Brian Menze is the Lead Artist.

Anthony Davis are you in on this one?

No, I'm on AW for the foreseeable future.

Though I have played it.

So you quit selling bagels to go back to CRPG development, just to get stuck on tank mmo while various CRPG projects pass by?

Donuts man. Donuts.

Also, I like tanks. I drove them for the United States Army.

I actually like my position - I can work on a really fun tank game, AND continue to give my feedback and ideas to the teams making RPGs.

Here is something that a lot of people outside of the industry don't know - it's really hard to play and enjoy a story based game you worked on. Usually because of the course of development you have played the same set of areas a million billion times or because you already know the whole story - or for any other reason.

The games I have worked on and played, for real, is quite small:
Alpha Protocol
Dungeon Siege 3

That's it. I have then played and beaten:
Fallout: New Vegas
Pillars of Eternity

I am hoping I will eventually forget enough to sit down and play KOTOR2 or NWN2+Expansions, I really do.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Here is something that a lot of people outside of the industry don't know - it's really hard to play and enjoy a story based game you worked on. Usually because of the course of development you have played the same set of areas a million billion times or because you already know the whole story - or for any other reason.

The point I was trying to make with this, was that I actually get to give feedback AND still enjoy the game by working on AW.

 

[cherry blossom]

I like that first screenshot, and the camera angle.

Looking at all screenshots, it looks as though they might have gotten the 3D iso camera right for once. Now as long as the camera angle is fixed and the 3D game world is designed to utilize fixed angle ie. no nonsense like obstruction of items and characters.

Unless this will be TB with a good, in-depth character system, the game will flop. Plenty of RT iso action games already and the screenshot with action does look like a RT combat moment.

Sigh.

Anthony Davis, can you tell us anything on the camera angles and rotation? Shouldn't be a big deal of info to share, unlike game systems, length etc. The screenshots look like the game might actually use parallel projection or a perspective at a very refined low field of vision.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Anthony Davis OK, since you're here and answering questions - is the game Obsidian is planning to crowdfund the same one that you were thinking of doing back in 2014 but ended up backing away from?

I actually have no clue. I would need some more info before I could figure that out - and even then I might not be able to speak about it.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

A few of the programmers rotated off of PoE on to this. Tim Cain, as was already pointed out. Dan Spitzley too.

Brian Heins is the Project Director.
Matt Singh is the Lead Producer.

Matt MacLean is on it - I believe as a senior writer (maybe the lead? not sure).

Constant Gaw is on the team - senior or lead level designer maybe? Not sure.

Brian Menze is the Lead Artist.


Donuts man. Donuts.

Also, I like tanks. I drove them for the United States Army.

I actually like my position - I can work on a really fun tank game, AND continue to give my feedback and ideas to the teams making RPGs.

Here is something that a lot of people outside of the industry don't know - it's really hard to play and enjoy a story based game you worked on. Usually because of the course of development you have played the same set of areas a million billion times or because you already know the whole story - or for any other reason.

The games I have worked on and played, for real, is quite small:
Alpha Protocol
Dungeon Siege 3

That's it. I have then played and beaten:
Fallout: New Vegas
Pillars of Eternity

I am hoping I will eventually forget enough to sit down and play KOTOR2 or NWN2+Expansions, I really do.

Thanks man. Hope you don't get in trouble for revealing that. I recognise Tim, Dan, Matt and Brian. Dan is a vet of NV if I recall correctly.

Does the Oshcuro guy still work at Obsidian?

 

[Infinitron]

Anthony Davis OK, since you're here and answering questions - is the game Obsidian is planning to crowdfund the same one that you were thinking of doing back in 2014 but ended up backing away from?

I actually have no clue. I would need some more info before I could figure that out - and even then I might not be able to speak about it.

Heh, well, Brother None knows what that game was going to be, but he won't tell me any details. But he is willing to tell me what games are or aren't it, so I know it wasn't Tyranny.

 

[Anthony Davis]

A few of the programmers rotated off of PoE on to this. Tim Cain, as was already pointed out. Dan Spitzley too.

Brian Heins is the Project Director.
Matt Singh is the Lead Producer.

Matt MacLean is on it - I believe as a senior writer (maybe the lead? not sure).

Constant Gaw is on the team - senior or lead level designer maybe? Not sure.

Brian Menze is the Lead Artist.


Donuts man. Donuts.

Also, I like tanks. I drove them for the United States Army.

I actually like my position - I can work on a really fun tank game, AND continue to give my feedback and ideas to the teams making RPGs.

Here is something that a lot of people outside of the industry don't know - it's really hard to play and enjoy a story based game you worked on. Usually because of the course of development you have played the same set of areas a million billion times or because you already know the whole story - or for any other reason.

The games I have worked on and played, for real, is quite small:
Alpha Protocol
Dungeon Siege 3

That's it. I have then played and beaten:
Fallout: New Vegas
Pillars of Eternity

I am hoping I will eventually forget enough to sit down and play KOTOR2 or NWN2+Expansions, I really do.

Thanks man. Hope you don't get in trouble for revealing that. I recognise Tim, Dan, Matt and Brian. Dan is a vet of NV if I recall correctly.

Does the Oshcuro guy still work at Obsidian?

I have no idea who that is.

I think you are thinking of Dan Rubalcaba, though Spitzley might have as well.

Dan Spitzley was the lead programmer on Planescape: Torment and he was a Black Isle Vet. He honestly is probably one of the most talented people I have ever met - and he's a nice guy too.

 

[Infinitron]

He means Jorge Salgado.

 

[Excidium II]

Here is something that a lot of people outside of the industry don't know - it's really hard to play and enjoy a story based game you worked on. Usually because of the course of development you have played the same set of areas a million billion times or because you already know the whole story - or for any other reason.

The point I was trying to make with this, was that I actually get to give feedback AND still enjoy the game by working on AW.

Makes sense, that does sound like a better position to be in.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Also, I only revealed the names of people who were known - a lot of people are like, THE GAME IM WORKING ON GOT ANNOUNCED!

The full staff list will be sniffed out by you guys or that dude on the OEI forums before too long.

 

[Anthony Davis]

He means Jorge Selgado.

Oh yeah, Jorge is still here and that guy is AMAZING. Another unsung hero from FO:NV and PoE. Well, maybe some of his deeds have bubbled up here and there.