Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity [BETA RELEASED, GO TO THE NEW THREAD]

[Sensuki]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3593502&pagenumber=148#lastpost

 

[Rake]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3593502&pagenumber=148#lastpost

I trust you and Infinitron will gather all the articles and post them here. Some of us don't have SA membership, nor care to search kotacu etc. for information.

 

[Sensuki]

Don't worry bro, I am on duty

 

[Zed]

I trust you and infinitron to gather all the shit after embargo lifts. It is your sacred duty.

 

[Infinitron]

Sacred duty to copy-paste GameBanshee's compilation post

 

[Sensuki]

I'll have all the links before they even start checking

 

[Duraframe300]

What time does the embargo lift again?

 

[Merlkir]

What time does the embargo lift again?

I thought about an hour and half ago. Hm, must've remembered it wrong. :/

 

[Infinitron]

40 minutes.

 

[Sensuki]

The unfortunate thing is we're probably going to hear spoilers, but not see them.

 

[Sensuki]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/19/5823118/pillars-of-eternity-preview-e3-2014 Polygon is first

I'm not gonna read em I'm just gonna find em then read all later

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/19/o...s-old-and-thats-good-news/?ncid=rss_truncated

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2014/06/19/pillars-of-eternity-brings-back-classic-dungeon-crawling/

http://kotaku.com/pillars-of-eterni...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

http://www.gamersglobal.de/preview/pillars-of-eternity

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2365...-to-rpg-classics-turns-promise-into-game.html

http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/8618/page/1

http://it.ign.com/project-eternity-pc/75687/preview/e3-2014-primo-impatto-con-pillars-of-eternity

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/pillars-of-eternity-e3-preview-infinity-reborn/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...Preview-Hallelujah-for-Classic-Isometric-RPGs

http://multiplayer.it/articoli/133643-pillars-of-eternity-i-pilastri-del-gioco-di-ruolo.html

This might or might not be different from the ign.it one

MOAR:

http://www.gamecrate.com/pillars-of-eternity-e3-2014-preview/

http://www.everyeye.it/pc/articoli/pillars-of-eternity_anteprima_22815

Havent seen this one mentioned yet: http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/22677/article/pillars-of-eternity-e3-2014-preview-a-fine-line/

Also a nice write up.

 

[garren]

Can't you just edit your first post? Anyways, thanks Sensuki

 

[Morgoth]

GOTY. Whatever year. I want that so desperately.

 

[Sensuki]

Twitter proved to be the fastest way to get them. Google was surprisingly unrelaible. Nothing is showing up

 

[Decado]

From Kotaku:

• They're still targeting late 2014 for release. I asked Brennecke if he was concerned about launching close to Dragon Age: Inquisition, the big-budget BioWare RPG that's out in October. He said he wasn't worried—different audiences. Though the first Dragon Age felt in some ways like a new Baldur's Gate, BioWare's games have evolved in a totally different direction. Pillars is going back to those BG-style roots.

 

[SophosTheWise]

The gamersglobal.de guy seems to be an idiot. I mean, seriously, it's technically "behind" because the backgrounds are deliberately chosen to be 2D?

 

[garren]

New pics?

 

[Sensuki]

Different starting points or ? Is this what I am reading?

Perhaps I read that wrong, I'm not sure (from the Joystiq one)

 

[Sensuki]

Hey a biamhac in the beginning

 

[Osvir]

No, you get to pick your origin in text~ I think kind of like the older TES games "Answer 10 questions" (I guess?) that's what I'm reading from it

 

[Sensuki]

Perhaps that replaces cultural background.

 

[Ramireza]

The gamersglobal.de guy seems to be an idiot. I mean, seriously, it's technically "behind" because the backgrounds are deliberately chosen to be 2D?

This is the simple truth i fear :S

They admire the AAA Industry alot, like most mags.

 

[Athelas]

A torch lit the night with a bright, dancing hue of orange and yellow, and the hero's movement looked just a touch stiffer than you'd expect from a game in 2014.

Shitty animation confirmed.

Combat feels a lot like Baldur's Gate, too. It's real-time, but you can pause whenever you'd like to take a breather and give commands to your party. One big difference: instead of D&D-style "turns," characters have turn gauges that charge up in real time, not unlike the ATB system in Final Fantasy.

Weaboo's, man, weaboo's...

With over 140 maps to explore (Icewind Dale had just 80 for comparison), it seems that Pillars of Eternity will be a very meaty RPG to explore

Players can explore virtually any area of the world

Hmm...

 

[SophosTheWise]

New pics?

That dungeon looks rad.

No, you get to pick your origin in text~ I think kind of like the older TES games "Answer 10 questions" (I guess?) that's what I'm reading from it

That's how I understood it too.

 

[Sensuki]

Damn some of these questions were ones I asked in my interview

Combat lies somewhere between real-time and turn-based, with an option to pause at any time. Character actions operate on timers, which you can see as a depleting bar over their head. Again, the influence of DnD shows; the bar is a visual representation of what would be a round of combat if the game were played pen-and-paper style, and watching how fast each ally and enemy's bar moves is a quick way to know the flow of battle.

What the fuck is this? Did this guy mistake a health bar for a timer?