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

[coffeetable]

Additionally, I would add that encouraging weapon swapping is actually one way in which PoE is more similar to BG2. In Baldur's Gate 2, you began to ran into weapons that had such useful magical effects that they became worth using even if you weren't optimally proficient with their weapon type.

i think sawyer bitched out exactly this recently because picking useful specializations required foreknowledge of what items would show up

 

[Infinitron]

Additionally, I would add that encouraging weapon swapping is actually one way in which PoE is more similar to BG2. In Baldur's Gate 2, you began to ran into weapons that had such useful magical effects that they became worth using even if you weren't optimally proficient with their weapon type.

i think sawyer bitched out exactly this recently because picking useful specializations required foreknowledge of what items would show up

Yeah, but what I'm saying is the system worked despite itself. The weapons were useful enough that you sucked it up and used them anyway

 

[Abelian]

Moreso than in BG1, weapons that you weren't proficient with ceased to be an automatic "I don't use these, sell immediately" and became worth keeping around to switch to against certain foes.

Very true, especially with regard to bows. When dealing with all the low HP characters and foes in BG1, it was extremely useful to give all characters a ranged weapon so they could get a shot in before switching to melee.

Speaking of weapon swapping, one of the things I liked about IWD2 was how characters switch both weapon slots at once, so that characters using a shield or dual-wielding could equip a bow or 2H weapon without opening the inventory screen. I'm sure that by now, this feature is a no-brainer, but it took until the final IE game to include it.

 

[covr]

I don't know why they always feel the need to shove food and drinks in your face if you came to see their presentation. I would be like "take that shit out of my face. I've come to see your demo, not to stuff my stomach with your mini-bribe!"
Also this guy has an Arcanum T-shirt.
I bet Tim Cain chose that photo.

Why they are so overweight?

 

[Decado]

Presumably because they sit on their asses all day long.

 

[Volourn]

"i think sawyer bitched out exactly this recently because picking useful specializations required foreknowledge of what items would show up"

He';s bitching about the wrong thing. Perhaps, if designers made sure to give reasonable item placement across the board this would be so bad.

 

[Jedi Exile]

I didn't notice Arcanum t-shirt before. Damn, I want one

 

[buzz]

Hardware Requirements: Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Graphic Card 128 MB (GeForce 6600 GT or better), 20 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Guys, I don't get it. Is this funny because it's unrealistically too high or unrealistically to low? I really fucking hope it's the former.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

Guys, I don't get it. Is this funny because it's unrealistically too high or unrealistically to low? I really fucking hope it's the former.

Definitely the former, real POE minimum requirements will be something like this:

Pentium II 233 Mhz
32 MB RAM
800 MB Hard Disk Space
4 MB Video Card
DirectX 7

It's gonna be a proper IE game.

 

[Excidium]

Hardware Requirements: Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Graphic Card 128 MB (GeForce 6600 GT or better), 20 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Guys, I don't get it. Is this funny because it's unrealistically too high or unrealistically to low? I really fucking hope it's the former.

You can barely run a modern browser on that computer let alone an Unity game

 

[Perkel]

Why they are so overweight?

So that Tim Cain could sign on their breasts.

 

[Perkel]

Hardware Requirements: Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Graphic Card 128 MB (GeForce 6600 GT or better), 20 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Guys, I don't get it. Is this funny because it's unrealistically too high or unrealistically to low? I really fucking hope it's the former.

Frankly we don't know spec req. Game has shit ton of 2D. But being alone 2D doesn't mean anything. It has 3D element, some proper lighting, will run at high resolution etc. If they will use some modern tech even at low scale it can murder older GPUs. It naturaly should run with something like IntelHD3000 but it is all speculation.

 

[Duraframe300]

My understanding is that in an Obsidian game if your title on a Project is Narrative Designer it means you work on story, dialogue and companions. Duraframe300 would be able to fill you in better on that.

Eric wrote companions in Fallout: New Vegas and he's the Lead Narrative Designer on the Project. Matt wrote companions for Mask of the Betrayer. And since companions are "a huge amount of work" I highly doubt Chris, Carrie and Josh are doing all 8 companions

P.Much

Often Narrative Designers also take on other roles in design as well, though (Like Eric and Travis did on NV). Its always a bit hard to say who worked on what on credits alone.

 

[Merlkir]

So much retard in Youtube comments under Joe's interview video. -___-

1m1337noSh1t: why name it PoE there is allready one PoE..its like namin a new game WoW or LoL, yea that isnt riding the wave. So bullshit
(<definitely. Dark Souls is just riding that Dead Space wave...>)

Sephiroth Lionheart: Reminds me of dungeon hunter but i hope they do it so much better. I can't stand being bored at level grinding coz the loot is horrendous.
(yes, that shitty Android action "RPG" and PoE have lots in common. Like grinding for phat loot.)

Evan Dawson: (almost sounds like a Codexer in places) I wish Obsidian put as much effect into their creativity as they did with their PR. There is not a single component in Pillars that isn't a retread/reskin of an existing fantasy concept/asset. Not one. And the race lineup is perhaps the worst I've ever seen, just a bunch of human lookalikes lined up in a row. Even worse then TOR's.
(<yes, Obsidian, the masters of PR hype. Srsly, wtf? He seems to have missed the basic concept behind PoE being a classical fantasy with a twist. Ah well.>)

And yeah, they have a bad track record for being terrible at preproduction and development. (wait what. Aren't those the two phases of game development other than QA and testing, which is the actual one Obsidian is infamous for? Wut.)
I put more faith in devs like CDprojekt (<fair enough>), Spiderweb (<errrr, yes, the Mad Prophet of Indie Doom Vogel, deffo>), Logic Artists (<who?>), whoever is making Unrest (<Ehm, sure...>)

MurkyMists: Looks cool. hope its like sacred. (<yes, ignore everything that's been said in the interview and focus on the ancient isometric viewpoint. How do you brain.>)

AngelKanchev: C'mon we want when the Orge hits us we might drop a shield or our main hand or the hit actually HITS us not the hit box on the animation... (<aaaaand the winner of the least relevant comment is...>)

Youtube Lotto: It looks like something you could play on you browser. (<a deep insight from a true tech wiz>)

Paranormal Cactus: all i can say to these dev guys is make sure to make loot separate the last thing you want is to fight with your friends over loot. also the ability to make your own party members instead of picking up the same characters throughout the world would be pretty sweet. (<somehow missed the fact it's not an MMO>)

Curtis McManus: Is kickstarter like steam? Dumb question ik (<saved only by the painful self awareness>)

SimonCleric: Read "Pillars of Equestria"... was kinda disappointed after I realised it was a mistake... (<fucking brony>)

 

[Excidium]

I am very upset about youtube comments

 

[Merlkir]

I am very upset about youtube comments

Every time I see your avatar, I wonder if the artist on UU2 actually was a fan of Red Dwarf and why they chose Dave Lister of all people for this portrait. I read your posts in his voice.

 

[Ninjerk]

It's better to pretend people don't exist on YT.

 

[coffeetable]

So much retard in Youtube comments under Joe's interview video. -___-

1m1337noSh1t: why name it PoE there is allready one PoE..its like namin a new game WoW or LoL, yea that isnt riding the wave. So bullshit
(<definitely. Dark Souls is just riding that Dead Space wave...>)

Sephiroth Lionheart: Reminds me of dungeon hunter but i hope they do it so much better. I can't stand being bored at level grinding coz the loot is horrendous.
(yes, that shitty Android action "RPG" and PoE have lots in common. Like grinding for phat loot.)

Evan Dawson: (almost sounds like a Codexer in places) I wish Obsidian put as much effect into their creativity as they did with their PR. There is not a single component in Pillars that isn't a retread/reskin of an existing fantasy concept/asset. Not one. And the race lineup is perhaps the worst I've ever seen, just a bunch of human lookalikes lined up in a row. Even worse then TOR's.
(<yes, Obsidian, the masters of PR hype. Srsly, wtf? He seems to have missed the basic concept behind PoE being a classical fantasy with a twist. Ah well.>)

And yeah, they have a bad track record for being terrible at preproduction and development. (wait what. Aren't those the two phases of game development other than QA and testing, which is the actual one Obsidian is infamous for? Wut.)
I put more faith in devs like CDprojekt (<fair enough>), Spiderweb (<errrr, yes, the Mad Prophet of Indie Doom Vogel, deffo>), Logic Artists (<who?>), whoever is making Unrest (<Ehm, sure...>)

MurkyMists: Looks cool. hope its like sacred. (<yes, ignore everything that's been said in the interview and focus on the ancient isometric viewpoint. How do you brain.>)

AngelKanchev: C'mon we want when the Orge hits us we might drop a shield or our main hand or the hit actually HITS us not the hit box on the animation... (<aaaaand the winner of the least relevant comment is...>)

Youtube Lotto: It looks like something you could play on you browser. (<a deep insight from a true tech wiz>)

Paranormal Cactus: all i can say to these dev guys is make sure to make loot separate the last thing you want is to fight with your friends over loot. also the ability to make your own party members instead of picking up the same characters throughout the world would be pretty sweet. (<somehow missed the fact it's not an MMO>)

Curtis McManus: Is kickstarter like steam? Dumb question ik (<saved only by the painful self awareness>)

SimonCleric: Read "Pillars of Equestria"... was kinda disappointed after I realised it was a mistake... (<fucking brony>)

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[Answermancer]

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[Xu Fugui]

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It does nothing for me, I don't notice any difference.

 

[Roguey]

"He';s bitching about the wrong thing. Perhaps, if designers made sure to give reasonable item placement across the board this would be so bad."

With D&D's extreme specialization this results in monty haul loot.

 

[Lhynn]

"He';s bitching about the wrong thing. Perhaps, if designers made sure to give reasonable item placement across the board this would be so bad."

With D&D's extreme specialization this results in monty haul loot.

You can just tell your players that spiked yo-yos are rare in the land of spinning tops and that they should be careful when investing points into it.

 

[Roguey]

Not good enough. And this discussion is pointless because Josh fixed it with with broad specializations.

 

[Crispy]

The only way to "fix" it is to simply not know. And to avoid all spoilers. Then just make your best guess and/or just go with your character concept and whatever weapon(s) you fancy for him or her.

Then, if the devs decide to screw your choice over with lobsided distribution, console yourself with the fact that you were at least somewhat unique. And hopefully the minority of those weapons were the "better" weapons.

I mean who really cares?

 

[Lhynn]

Not good enough. And this discussion is pointless because Josh fixed it with with broad specializations.

I use broad specialization in my campaign as well, the way i do it is the player picks 5 weapons, one of them will be the main specialization, all the others he picks will be a step behind. Its not a bad idea as it ensures flexibility while keeping the feel of a fighter and his weapon.
Hes not wrong, but his reasons are, he asks too little of his players.