Irenaeus III
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fear and cruelty all the way, baby
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Game News Obsidian's next game is Tyranny, an isometric RPG set in a fantasy world where evil won
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Hey spoilers! Just kidding.
But didn't you fix the soul issue? I mean with all the children being born without souls. Wouldn't that go on forever without you interfering? I'm thinking "Children of Men" level of apocalypse here
Btw, I don't remember the ending fully though, from PoE.
MRY
Wormwood Studios
I wonder if the ever-litigious DisneyMarvel will have words regarding Ronan the AccuserTunon the Adjudicator. I do love the art, especially the dead titan spilling crystals out.
IIRC the stolen souls thing had a purpose that the villain was trying to achieve, so presumably he would have stopped eventually.
Hey spoilers! Just kidding.
But didn't you fix the soul issue? I mean with all the children being born without souls. Wouldn't that go on forever without you interfering? I'm thinking "Children of Men" level of apocalypse here
Btw, I don't remember the ending fully though, from PoE.
deuxhero
Arcane
Do we know who the project lead is?
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Teaser says the forces of evil have won, RTwP confirmed.
If I can't force a 12 year girl into marriage, then rape her, then kill her and then eat her, and then shit her out on a grave of her parents that I killed earlier... well what's the point of playing an evil guy?
Kron
Arcane
My, how the mighty not so mighty have fallen.
Let us not kid ourselves, this looks like a turd, and if this turd was not developed by Obsidian, no one here would even give it a second glance; it would just be another forgettable mediocre looking game made by creatively bankrupt devs.
Let us not kid ourselves, this looks like a turd, and if this turd was not developed by Obsidian, no one here would even give it a second glance; it would just be another forgettable mediocre looking game made by creatively bankrupt devs.
That is some amazing fucking analysis.
Prime Junta
Guest
codex does not disappoint 
I cautiously like the pitch. It gives a bit of a Dark Sun vibe which is a fantastic setting. The three-sentence pitch on the website emphasises reactivity which is great and one area where Pillars was lacking: they also did this really well in FO:NV, meaning they're not inventing the wheel here. They also seem to be suggesting that there's a strategic dimension to the game, which would fit nicely with Paradox's stuff.
Also, isometric mid-budget RPG which doesn't look like ass.
I cautiously like the pitch. It gives a bit of a Dark Sun vibe which is a fantastic setting. The three-sentence pitch on the website emphasises reactivity which is great and one area where Pillars was lacking: they also did this really well in FO:NV, meaning they're not inventing the wheel here. They also seem to be suggesting that there's a strategic dimension to the game, which would fit nicely with Paradox's stuff.
Also, isometric mid-budget RPG which doesn't look like ass.
Kron
Arcane
Dark Sun, really...
Don't see the similarity tbh.
Guess you can see anything if you strain your eyes hard enough.
Been edgy enough, so I'll just leave it by saying the codex seems to have developed a sort of Stockholm syndrome with mediocre games.
Don't see the similarity tbh.
Guess you can see anything if you strain your eyes hard enough.
Been edgy enough, so I'll just leave it by saying the codex seems to have developed a sort of Stockholm syndrome with mediocre games.
BurritoGoblin
Obsidian Entertainment
Yes he was the man talking in the twitch stream
oldmanpaco
Master of Siestas
Why announce a project if you are going to reveal nothing about the project? The trailer was lame and the pics are serviceable but uninformative. They teased the announcement then don't actually announce anything besides the fact that, yes, we are making a fantasy rpg.
Not saying the game is going to be bad but this is a stupid way to start things off.
Not saying the game is going to be bad but this is a stupid way to start things off.
hivemind
Guest
Ah finally an RPG in which we can explore the alternative reality where Hillary becomes POTUS
This is a really good concept to work on, but completely the wrong company to touch it.
You basically have two approaches to the "evil won/you are the evil" -scenario.
a.) You do it tongue-in-cheek, making fun of stereotypes and playing with tropes
or
b.) You do it seriously, showering the player with ever increasing amount of evil deeds and cruelty
If the trailer is true, then they have opted for the option b. From what we've seen in PoE and DSIII, I don't believe Obsidian has the talent for this. It is very hard to stay true to the original vision and make the player play the bad guy. Chances are they'll pussy out halfway and make the player rebel against the evil overlord or someshit. Or then it will be banal shit boring lawful evil bureaucracy all the way.
The whole thing would probably work better as an evil overlord simulation where you make nation level decisions and react on events rather than focus on single characters.
You basically have two approaches to the "evil won/you are the evil" -scenario.
a.) You do it tongue-in-cheek, making fun of stereotypes and playing with tropes
or
b.) You do it seriously, showering the player with ever increasing amount of evil deeds and cruelty
If the trailer is true, then they have opted for the option b. From what we've seen in PoE and DSIII, I don't believe Obsidian has the talent for this. It is very hard to stay true to the original vision and make the player play the bad guy. Chances are they'll pussy out halfway and make the player rebel against the evil overlord or someshit. Or then it will be banal shit boring lawful evil bureaucracy all the way.
The whole thing would probably work better as an evil overlord simulation where you make nation level decisions and react on events rather than focus on single characters.
You have never played the "Evil" options in any of the Obsidian games then?
The voice narrating the teaser sounds like a father telling a spooky bedtime story to his children.
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