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

[Phelot]

Normally you make the base game before announcing expansions...

 

[Phelot]

lol, they posted the infamous "fat MCA" pic.

Where might that be?

 

[Digital Monocle]

I like this update, perfect start for the final push drive. I upped my pledge for them
Love the kicking it forward initiative, good way to fund indie KS in the future. Expansion? That's something worth giving to and getting W2 with the expansion at 165 is a great lure to upping pledges to that level instead of 140.

 

[J_C]

I hope adding Wasteland 2 to the project gives them a nice boosts. Unfortunately (or fortunately) this doesn't affect me, since I will get both games anyway. so this update doesn't anything for me. I hope the update tomorrow will be more substantial.

 

[Trash]

Nope. Expansions usually came within the year.

it's not about the timeframe but the announcement of an expansion before the actual game is released. they don't know if it's a slam dunk... this only gives the impression that they're holding back content for an addon. at least that's what the retards will think.

Nah, lots of devs have hinted very strongly about expansions during development. Very strong memory as then many of these expansions never materialised. Darklands for instance was announced as a modular game in lots of interviews with more content being planned all along. Never happened. Fucking shame.

 

[Jaesun]

Still no Ziets or Justin Sweet though.

 

[evdk]

It would be nice if they offered the expansion as an update to other tiers.

 

[Semper]

Unfortunately (or fortunately) this doesn't affect me, since I will get both games anyway.

guess that is true for the majority of backers :D

 

[Digital Monocle]

Still no Ziets or Justin Sweet though.

I would wait until the final couple of days to get the Slam Dunk effect, I do wish there was a 165 version of the non-digital goods. I want my collector's box damnit.

 

[Wise Emperor]

You might not know that Brian Fargo is the guy who gave many of us our start in the games industry at Interplay – myself (Feargus), Josh Sawyer, Chris Avellone, Scott Everts, Brian Menze, Chris Jones, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan – and the list keeps on going from there.

Brian Fargo really must be on bad side of T.Cain...

 

[FeelTheRads]

but you can bet it will be what you’d expect from an Infinity Engine game expansion.

So, very short?

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Shannow]

Wjat's this thread exactly about now? Last time I hcecked, some retards have been arguing that oppresive consoletard save system is good and hardcore.

So you think that saving anywhere is more hardcore than limited save locations? Doesn't the latter make the game harder and less forgiving? Then how exactly is limited saving less hardcore?

I'm not seeing the logic. (And for full disclosure, I don't particularly like limited saves myself.)

That's because you're a good person and cannot into ad hominems if you don't have any arguments
Sadly this also means that we'll have to expell you. DU will ban you once he's sober. Was fun having you around. God speed.

@Update 17: Since I like being a popular guy I'll say that I always hated planned expansions. In certain cases I can understand the rationality behind them, but they always feel like Day 0 DLC, like devs/publishers trying to christian me out of my money.
Meh.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Meh.

Hard to get excited about an expansion when we haven't seen/played the actual game. Same about WL2 - odds are, most people who care have already pledged.

 

[asper]

lol, they posted the infamous "fat MCA" pic.

MCA looks like his girlfriend left him in that picture.

And yet, this was Avellone at his prime: when he was writing Torment.

 

[aVENGER]

it's not about the timeframe but the announcement of an expansion before the actual game is released. they don't know if it's a slam dunk... this only gives the impression that they're holding back content for an addon. at least that's what the retards will think.

Yeah, some people will probably get that impression, but it's not always the case.

Truth is, game development is an ongoing process. Sometimes, the devs may come up with some really cool things near the very end of the development cycle (i.e. during feature lock). However, at that point, introducing new features could potentially do more harm than good, so the extra stuff is best left for an expansion.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

Kicking it derpwards + lots of namedropping + pointless WL2 bonus (for us who already donated to the WL anyways). Definitely not upping the pledge - and poor Obsidian, they have to rake in a lot of money from this for it to be worth the 5% loss from kicking it derpwards

 

[Infinitron]

lol, they posted the infamous "fat MCA" pic.

Where might that be?

Right-hand photo, facepalming at the bottom center.

 

[Phelot]

Hmmm... he looks jacked in that photo, but I can't really tell.

 

[aVENGER]

Right-hand photo, facepalming at the bottom center.

Can someone make an "Avellone Facepalm" emote out of this?

 

[suejak]

Americans tend to blend "jacked" and "fat" into a single concept, so he's probably jacked.

 

[Infinitron]

Nope. Expansions usually came within the year.

it's not about the timeframe but the announcement of an expansion before the actual game is released. they don't know if it's a slam dunk... this only gives the impression that they're holding back content for an addon. at least that's what the retards will think.

The retards are already here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity/posts

I don't want my money going towards the planning of an expansion pack, dlc or anything else. I'm considering pulling my funding on this.
I want everything to go towards the development of the game and making that as amazing as possible. No expansions till after this thing is 100% completed and amazing.

 

[Jasede]

I'll agree with hero, that was a really lackluster update. But that's what you get when you go with more frequent updates over rarer, more substantial ones.
Here's hoping the next one will be a little more interesting!

 

[Trash]

lol, they posted the infamous "fat MCA" pic.

MCA looks like his girlfriend left him in that picture.

And yet, this was Avellone at his prime: when he was writing Torment.

Perhaps there was a connection. :D

 

[Jasede]

Times of great struggle or personal duress often bring out the greatest aspects of man.