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

[Infinitron]

Asked Josh on Formspring to explain the chanting system like he did the Wizard spellcasting. Hopefully he'll reply so people don't find more reasons to ragequit.

 

[Captain Shrek]

Your usual high IQ seems to have dropped from all the excitement.

We don't know how they will work.

I meant that it has nothing to do with knowing how they work or what they do.

Since abilities are on auto regen are chants are on autoregen too?

 

[Infinitron]

Whether they regen or not is part of how they work. So no, we don't know that either. Unless Roguey has seen something that I missed.

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

I've been wandering the ravaged wilderness of the rpg for years, to the point that DAO made me get all giddy when i first heard about it...if this game is real and they deliver on what they are promising (IE greatness), then I will gobble that cooldown auto regen shit as if were 5 star gourmet.

I'm gonna be fucking stroking it as i hit F5 for the next year and a half.

 

[Gurkog]

A shitty new article out of Obselete Gamer:
http://obsoletegamer.com/we-interview-chris-avellone-from-obsidian-entertainment-part-2/

The questions suck ass, but at least it had an awesome pic of MCA.

 

[Jaesun]

Oh yeah and all this excitement over Ziets is funny because you're all expecting MotB Ziets when it's far more likely we're getting Dungeon Siege III Ziets. Forget it Jake, it's Dullsville.

When you have the entire Obsidian Design Team working together on a project that is a type of game they LOVE to make, an entire universe they themselves are making with no limitation but their own, do I want Mr. Ziets thrown into that mix? Are you fucking kidding me? HELL YES.

Entire universe they are making with Dwarves, elves and Gnomes? That sounds so innovative!

Just like the world of Mask of the Betrayer?

r00fles!

 

[Gurkog]

It takes a bunch of people to write for all the different areas and characters. No one of them is going to be doing a majority of the work. I would hate to be Sawyer when he has to kill their babies in editing.

 

[Jasede]

I'm all for hoping this'll be great but let's be honest, they could have gone with a billion more interesting worlds than high fantasy with the freedom they had. How about an IE-style game in...

* hard sci-fi setting
* steam/diesel/cyberpunk
* Japanese spirit world (think Spirited Away)
* low-magic real-world middle-ages with fantastic liberties, think Darklands

 

[Jaesun]

What they (and hopefully Ziets if they make the 2.8M) decide to do with the CULTURES and and people and various races interest me more. Look at what they pulled off with the boringtired D&D Faerun world.

 

[Captain Shrek]

What they (and hopefully Ziets if they make the 2.8M) decide to do with the CULTURES and and people and various races interest me more. Look at what they pulled off with the boringtired D&D Faerun world.

Had nothing to do with the setting. It was an NWN2 game. They had to use the setting. This time they had a chance of doing something new. This argument is no longer useful and I can no longer contribute to it.

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...olls-and-signatures.76639/page-6#post-2306882

Also LAST CHANCE FOR RACE TRAITOR (and other goodies in the codex pledge). It is ending in 24 HOURS.

 

[Grimlorn]

Maybe they'll try a riskier setting and more new stuff with future kickstarter projects if PE is successful. They seem to be playing it pretty safe with this one even if they do change some of the culture stuff with the established races.

Personally, I'd like to see some new races and classes with different mechanics in games. Instead of the same old races and classes we get 90% of the time. Seems like people are too afraid to deviate from the whole elf, dwarf and orc races in fantasy games.

 

[almondblight]

I'm all for hoping this'll be great but let's be honest, they could have gone with a billion more interesting worlds than high fantasy with the freedom they had. How about an IE-style game in...

* hard sci-fi setting
* steam/diesel/cyberpunk
* Japanese spirit world (think Spirited Away)
* low-magic real-world middle-ages with fantastic liberties, think Darklands

I can't think of any "fantasy world 1492" type settings. Seems more unique than the horribly overused steam punk at least. Also, attempting to explain magic and influence people's understanding of science, religion, and philosophy is definitely good stuff.

 

[Cynic]

Of course they are going with a bland setting just like Dragon Age because it is MUCH easier to market and get jewgolds from. FFS. If they had done a space jammer game, where would the Biofags fit in?

While they may do interesting things inside the world, the setting IS bland. It feels a lot like Dungeons Siege 3 at the moment honestly.

 

[Murk]

Having an arbitrarily novel setting doesn't make it good -- just look at some of the ridiculous shit Mieville coughs up in his Bas-Lag books. In that case, I'll talk grumpy dwarves and art-majoring elves over breast-having cactus men and beetle headed brown ladies any day of the week.

 

[Cynic]

Having an arbitrarily novel setting doesn't make it good -- just look at some of the ridiculous shit Mieville coughs up in his Bas-Lag books. In that case, I'll talk grumpy dwarves and art-majoring elves over breast-having cactus men and beetle headed brown ladies any day of the week.

This is also very true.

 

[almondblight]

He has a very informative formspring.

http://www.formspring.me/GZiets

I think the key is moderation. RPGs should provide a balance of combat and other activities, and players should have a variety of ways to solve any given problem. To me, choice is the defining element of an RPG - not just in narrative, but in gameplay style too. Well-designed combat can be a lot of fun, but it’s the *only* solution to every problem, or if it becomes the sole focus of the game, I don’t really feel like I’m playing an RPG.

Sounds like a Codexer. Hell, this sounds exactly like the stuff that people complain about Codexers for.

 

[Jasede]

Wants to be an anthropomorphic rabbit in a videogame, likes choices & consequences and doesn't like overuse of voice-acting because it reduces the amount of dialogue in a game.

Come on, who of you is Ziets? Don't be shy.

 

[Jaesun]

There is a very cool chart that breaks down pledges per day and a number of other things here. For those of us that like NUMBERS EVERYWHERE! (note the number of different tabs for other info too just FYI). Data is however based on kicktraq.

In the first day it made more than Double Fines AND WL2 combined.

 

[villain of the story]

Oh hey, looks like I will be in the clear regardless of how that screenshot will turn out since The Codex Fundraiser will officially be over in less than 24 hours

 

[Gurkog]

Project Eternity is making me feel like....

 

[Zed]

what the hell is that sign he's doing anyway.
let the master show you how to throw the horns:

 

[villain of the story]

It's because he knows stuff and he's not telling us.

Why should you get lumped in with all the other race traitors who gave $250 to support this game if it's good? You should get your own tag that has something to do with being a faithless dumbass if this game is good. :D

It was a provocation and because I am certain that the screenshot will suck donkey balls so I know I never would end up having to fulfill that promise.

Otherwise, I never contested whether the game will be good. It will quite likely have a good number of good qualities that I will enjoy and rate the game highly. Maybe it will even land in my top 10. Who knows? I have only been saying that it will also have a number of features that I despise and that it is kind of sad that a low budget indie DA:O in a setting that will be an underrealised derivative of Forgotten Realms is what they go back crawling to when left to their own devices with complete creative freedom. I guess they have been stuck far too long in their comfort zone to try something different or more likely, they are just this banal.

And I have absolutely no inclination to support shit like that. I've had enough Crap Time with Pause and fucking elves to last several fucking lives, even if it is otherwise a brilliant game.

 

[Grimlorn]

what the hell is that sign he's doing anyway.

He's probably just shooting his webslinger. What's wrong with that?

 

[Gurkog]

That is a picture of MCA trying to rock.