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

[poetic codex]

Judging by Adam B.'s comment, it does not seem the beta is going up very soon. It could be released in 6-8 hours for all we know.

Adam's comment doesn't rule out the possibility that there will be an inXile style update where the beta will need another month of polishing.

 

[Sensuki]

What else does one do at 4am?

 

[SophosTheWise]

Adam Brennecke @adam_brennecke
@g_c13 @RobinZeCaptein I would take a nap. It will probably be this afternoon Pacific time.

 

[Sensuki]

Okay then, I'm going to bed.

 

[Abu Antar]

So at least another 3-4 hours?

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

It's delayed while they implement a combat xp system

 

[Abu Antar]

^You have 404 messages. I'm getting 404 messages when I enter the Obsidian forum.

 

[Frusciante]

Mehh just installed my new 24 inch full HD monitor so that I can play this thing properly. Bit dissapointed that it's still not here.

 

[LESS T_T]

Obsidian presented Pillars of Eternity's backer beta live at the Paradox Fancon at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

This is a 25 minute rundown of the beta where Chris Saywer walks us through one of the quests in the beta. Everything depicted in this beta an optional part of the game and does not spoiler anything from the story.

Sawyer finally broke away form Herve Caen!

Very very late edit: oh, I confused Chris Sawyer with Chris Taylor. _;

 

[Sam Ecorners]

So much delicious butthurt over at obsidian forums.

 

[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66444-backer-beta-coming-august-18th/page-26#entry1481431

Hey, everyone. The beta is all ready to go. We are just checking the last few things before we push everything live. We are thinking that it should be ready by around 2:00 PM PDT. If it looks like it will go past that time, I will update everyone in this thread.



Thanks for your patience. We just want to make sure everyone has a great Backer Beta experience.

 

[Duraframe300]

2 hours.

Thats 11 p.m. over here.

 

[J_C]

That's it, I cave in and buy the expension pack in advance. These streams hype me up more and more. (but I'm still not paying for the beta)

 

[cvv]

but I'm still not paying for the beta

 

[Bubbles]

Journalists get free access.

 

[Delterius]

I'm still not paying for the beta)

Spoiler

What can I say? It's perfect.

 

[Jaedar]

Is the codex getting any beta keys for our huge donation?

[beg]And if so, can I haz one? [/beg]

 

[Bubbles]

Plenty of ways to get the beta for free.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Obsidian presented Pillars of Eternity's backer beta live at the Paradox Fancon at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.

This is a 25 minute rundown of the beta where Chris Saywer walks us through one of the quests in the beta. Everything depicted in this beta an optional part of the game and does not spoiler anything from the story.

Sawyer finally broke away form Herve Caen!

Pretty entertaining video! Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Spockrock]

Plenty of ways to get the beta for free.

do tell

 

[Echo Mirage]

If the Beta has some sizable content I may have to put down some extra cash for access .

 

[Anthony Davis]

Plenty of ways to get the beta for free.

 

[Jaedar]

Plenty of ways to get the beta for free.

Obviously there's the not removing from inventory way, but that won't get you updates in a timely fashion.

 

[LeJosh]

Beg enough and you too can summon Metro.

I'll happily wait until full release.

 

[Bubbles]

Plenty of ways to get the beta for free.

do tell

- play it at a friend's home
- buy access, reverse your credit card payment after a couple days, give "no combat xp" as the reason
- post in the beg thread

Obviously there's the not removing from inventory way, but that won't get you updates in a timely fashion.

You have to be willing to make compromises.