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

[Sensuki]

Gameranx said this

The player character--a wizard--was forced to party with a fighter named Calisca and a rogue named Hoedan to defend the caravan. Both of the companions were temporary, beginner characters in place of the eight permanent party members found throughout the game.

edit: beaten.

For reference, Sawyer told me Pillars is larger than Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, but a bit smaller than Baldur's Gate 2.

Job well done I guess.

 

[Frusciante]

Didnt Obsidian invite the bigger sites like IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer etc?

Would be fun to read their opinion on a real rpg.

 

[Answermancer]

This is new:

Goddamn that is gorgeous.

 

[Sensuki]

Didnt Obsidian invite the bigger sites like IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer etc?

Would be fun to read their opinion on a real rpg.

IGN italy had a preview IIRC

 

[Lhynn]

This is new:

Goddamn that is gorgeous.

I agree, this is the first thing i see that makes me want to play the shit out of the game.

 

[Athelas]

Didnt Obsidian invite the bigger sites like IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer etc?

Would be fun to read their opinion on a real rpg.

Yeah, that's pretty weird. They (Eurogamer especially) have covered other KS games extensively. Maybe they're still writing up their impressions.

I agree, this is the first thing i see that makes me want to play the shit out of the game.

I'm pretty sure stat/skill checks and descriptive text were announced/guaranteed to be in this game since day 1.

 

[tuluse]

Comments from the polygon article

I recently tried to replay Baldur’s Gate Snazzy Edition (or something like that). It did not stand the test of time. Even though I thought it was the most amazing thing back in the day, everything about it annoys me in the present.

Gaming nostalgia is one of the stupidest quirks on the Internet. If those old games were so perfect and wonderful, you would not be able to buy them for $1.99 on GOG.

Well, that’s the point of this game. From the start they’ve made it a goal to fix many of the problems that plagued the RPG’s of yore.

Similar to what Double Fine did to Broken Age. It wasn’t anything like Grim Fandango, was it?

This shit man, this fucking shit.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

Comments from the polygon article

I recently tried to replay Baldur’s Gate Snazzy Edition (or something like that). It did not stand the test of time. Even though I thought it was the most amazing thing back in the day, everything about it annoys me in the present.

Gaming nostalgia is one of the stupidest quirks on the Internet. If those old games were so perfect and wonderful, you would not be able to buy them for $1.99 on GOG.

Well, that’s the point of this game. From the start they’ve made it a goal to fix many of the problems that plagued the RPG’s of yore.

Similar to what Double Fine did to Broken Age. It wasn’t anything like Grim Fandango, was it?

This shit man, this fucking shit.

 

[Perkel]

Oh i just need to say it finally.


Those who were questioning art style of Pillars of Eternity are fags.
I love everything about art style, even freaking font and those black and white on yellow paper sketches are fucking amazing.

Feast for your eyes.
Feast for your soul.

Seriously can't fucking wait for this game.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

That's less than in DA:O. Obsidian, come on.
At least they are making use of stat checks...

Shouldn't there also be craft skills...

It's about quality not quantity, I can barely remember DAO skills and I beat that game several times.

Crafting skill is usually terribly implemented in games anyway, it fucks up balance and loot system (found legendary artifacts lose their appeal when you can create better ones yourself and chests usually contain some derpy crafting ingredients instead of interesting loot). As far as I'm concerned BG2 did it best, you had Cromwell/that little imp from TOB who could occasionally craft powerful and unique weapons/armor for you and that's it, you ragtag band of adventures didn't become master smiths over the course of the game.

 

[SuicideBunny]

This is new:

Goddamn that is gorgeous.

I agree, this is the first thing i see that makes me want to play the shit out of the game.

it looks weird that they use ligatures for fi and st but not Th, though... and the illumination along with movable type font makes it look like the gutenberg bible.

 

[Abelian]

They sound like vailian names

You know you're obsessed when you're drawing conclusions based on the speculative linguistics of an unreleased game.

Well from memory, Aedyran and Glanfathan names do not sound like that, so it's a pretty logical conclusion. Another name mentioned was Theodan which sounds Aedyran. I just remember the different styles from that thread Josh made.

That's not really helping your case...

 

[Decado]

Comments from the polygon article

I recently tried to replay Baldur’s Gate Snazzy Edition (or something like that). It did not stand the test of time. Even though I thought it was the most amazing thing back in the day, everything about it annoys me in the present.

Gaming nostalgia is one of the stupidest quirks on the Internet. If those old games were so perfect and wonderful, you would not be able to buy them for $1.99 on GOG.

Well, that’s the point of this game. From the start they’ve made it a goal to fix many of the problems that plagued the RPG’s of yore.

Similar to what Double Fine did to Broken Age. It wasn’t anything like Grim Fandango, was it?

This shit man, this fucking shit.

 

[Roguey]

I hope Josh wasn't mistaken when he said they have a 50/50 male/female split when it comes to companions. Means I can have a party not unlike my recent IWD/IWD2/ToEE parties (without having to hire mercs).

Reading all this is a bitter reminder of that Codex article about how you can't really learn much of anything from these 20-minute convention previews. Some of them definitely tried.

Anyway
https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479623650128461824

Pillars of Eternity, eh? What a cool name.... *clicks preview* "Wizard...AOE...Alignment..." *clicks away*

Game Critic • Mostly @GameSpot these days • Author of the upcoming /ar·ca·dence/ How We Talk About Video Games

The most pretentious douchebag, I've found him.

Bot Bonus: https://twitter.com/TheGadFlyGadFly/status/479619926458507264 https://twitter.com/Jimmy_R_Hoffa/status/479619920217387010

 

[Hiisi]

http://www.gamersglobal.de/preview/pillars-of-eternity?page=0,1

This is the best preview btw. If someone could translate it properly that would be great. This one destroys the others.

I'm genie for your wish.

edit: to avoid copyright issues for the dex, get the translation here: http://freetexthost.com/jrltcbaqq4

Apologies for any errors - I haven't read a thing in German for years. I was confused by the bit about graphics.

 

[The Fish]

Bot Bonus: https://twitter.com/TheGadFlyGadFly

Well, it makes some good points about Balotelli's potential move to Arsenal.

https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479623650128461824

Pillars of Eternity, eh? What a cool name.... *clicks preview* "Wizard...AOE...Alignment..." *clicks away*

Cunt.

 

[Nihiliste]

Comments from the polygon article

I recently tried to replay Baldur’s Gate Snazzy Edition (or something like that). It did not stand the test of time. Even though I thought it was the most amazing thing back in the day, everything about it annoys me in the present.

Gaming nostalgia is one of the stupidest quirks on the Internet. If those old games were so perfect and wonderful, you would not be able to buy them for $1.99 on GOG.

Well, that’s the point of this game. From the start they’ve made it a goal to fix many of the problems that plagued the RPG’s of yore.

Similar to what Double Fine did to Broken Age. It wasn’t anything like Grim Fandango, was it?

This shit man, this fucking shit.

Anyway
https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479623650128461824

Pillars of Eternity, eh? What a cool name.... *clicks preview* "Wizard...AOE...Alignment..." *clicks away*

Game Critic • Mostly @GameSpot these days • Author of the upcoming /ar·ca·dence/ How We Talk About Video Games

The most pretentious douchebag, I've found him.

Man seriously fuck these people. This game looks awesome and they can get fucked

 

[I_am_Ian]

Nick Capozzoli, eh? What a cool name. *clicks twitter account*
Pretentious. Douchebag. Ellipses everywhere. *clicks away*

 

[LESS T_T]

Anyway
https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479623650128461824

Pillars of Eternity, eh? What a cool name.... *clicks preview* "Wizard...AOE...Alignment..." *clicks away*

Game Critic • Mostly @GameSpot these days • Author of the upcoming /ar·ca·dence/ How We Talk About Video Games

The most pretentious douchebag, I've found him.

The tweet before that.

I could probably get through The Witcher 2 if they had a "Story Mode" like in Mass Effect 3.

https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479599442979323905

 

[Roguey]

Anyway
https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479623650128461824

Pillars of Eternity, eh? What a cool name.... *clicks preview* "Wizard...AOE...Alignment..." *clicks away*

Game Critic • Mostly @GameSpot these days • Author of the upcoming /ar·ca·dence/ How We Talk About Video Games

The most pretentious douchebag, I've found him.

The tweet before that.

I could probably get through The Witcher 2 if they had a "Story Mode" like in Mass Effect 3.

https://twitter.com/NickCapozzoli/status/479599442979323905

I always say I was super into what it was doing right up until the moment I got a quest that was literally "Kill 8 spiders."

He's definitely wrong about "literally." That quest is also completely optional.

 

[Mastermind]

So, has the demo video been leaked yet?

 

[Roguey]

So, has the demo video been leaked yet?

Not happening.

The animations aren't ready, as expected.

 

[throwaway]

Bigger in size than BG1 is already pretty impressive actually.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Comments from the polygon article







This shit man, this fucking shit.

He has probably just taken to heart the 1000 times that Sawyer proclaimed that everything before PE is shit.

 

[Jaesun]

He has probably just taken to heart the 1000 times that Sawyer proclaimed that everything before PE is shit.

Sawyers favorite cRPG is Darklands. What are you talking about? Or are you just bored and a retard?