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

[Nigro]

takes a special kind of stroll to lurk for 3 years, then start to post

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Yes, tell us about trolling, Nigro.

 

[Jaesun]

Characters will be 3D. What's the problem with making camera angles a bit different?

This is like a pre pre alpha. The perspective is not set in stone. Hell it will go through numerous iterations. Especially once combat is fully implemented.

 

[Cynic]

Was that Kult game any good? I never heard of it before and just watched some on YouTube, looks alright. Can't seem to find it on GOG though...Pirate Bay exclusive?

 

[SCO]

That waterfall is supposed to be animated? I'm not going to get this anyway (not TB).

 

[Jaesun]

That waterfall is supposed to be animated? I'm not going to get this anyway (not TB).

You hated the IE games....... but are OK with Ultima VII?

 

[Volourn]

"Neverwinter Nights looks so much worst than the screenshot its laughable"

NWN is a fukkin' 10 year old game you fucknut.

 

[SCO]

I didn't hate the IE games. I said that i wasn't going to buy it because it's not TB. We are in a new age, where perfection is a bit more in reach. I upgraded my standards

 

[villain of the story]

Bros and

s, lend me some support here:

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61350-camera-scene-rotation-backgrounds-in-multiple-resolutions/

 

[Metro]

Ultima 7 had much better world exploration!

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

That waterfall is supposed to be animated? I'm not going to get this anyway (not TB).

You are supposed to be retarded? I'm not care anyway (not retard).

 

[markec]

Was that Kult game any good? I never heard of it before and just watched some on YouTube, looks alright. Can't seem to find it on GOG though...Pirate Bay exclusive?

It was pretty decent game, action oriented but with more dialogs and quests then most other ARPG-s, nothing special but worth a playthrough.

 

[Cynic]

Was that Kult game any good? I never heard of it before and just watched some on YouTube, looks alright. Can't seem to find it on GOG though...Pirate Bay exclusive?

It was pretty decent game, action oriented but with more dialogs and quests then most other ARPG-s, nothing special but worth a playthrough.

How can I get this? It's not on GOG or Steam (is it?), must I pirate to play?

 

[Digital Monocle]

Sweet we're about over halfway to the George Ziets goal and 6 more contributors for the endless dungeon!

 

[villain of the story]

I really don't care to get bogged down in this. The shot reminds me of Kult for the reasons I posted -- if you want an angle comparison in screenshots then the beginning area of Kult also has that strange "camera too low" perspective.

The Kult shot I posted seems Dimetric, and other shots of Kult seem completely different (Canyon, city, interiors, etc.)-- it seems they didn't care enough to keep things consistent, and I don't really care to investigate that decision past that I liked how the game looked. Regardless, they both have that look where it seems the camera is at a low angle. There, my defense of my "looks like Kult" comment is complete.

Orthographic is the governing term for these types of parallel projections used in games.[/quote]

The projected grid over the PE shot doesn't quite line up. There's no clear tiling to reference to draw the lines, the closest being perhaps the center of the bridge itself -- and your lines are not parallel to that, they seem more parallel to the side-view of the bricks. Perhaps I just don't understand enough about projections tho.

If you look closely, you will notice that the surface on the bridge isn't flat. It's slightly curved, as can be evidenced by the middle line on the bridge seeming to go sideways. So the reference more or less grid lines up with the assume direction.

Fuck all that, I don't want to join a multi-page argument over whether a single screenshot is sufficiently angled enough in one of three directions to be bothered about. It looks great, and if the actual in-game areas look like that and the game plays fine I'll be content. My guess is they're not going to use a completely stupid angle because unlike NWN 2 they have a fixed camera like IWD and IWD 2 for which I am not worried. [/quote]

Characters will be 3D. What's the problem with making camera angles a bit different? Final Fantasy even went all insane on it, changing perspective drastically like in adventure games.

I'm all for different angles per different locations,

 

[tuluse]

"Neverwinter Nights looks so much worst than the screenshot its laughable"

NWN is a fukkin' 10 year old game you fucknut.

Neverwinter Nights looks worse than Baldur's Gate 2

 

[Cynic]

VotS bro...I...I think you need to chill...I mean I get rage, I LOVE rage, but shit bro...fuck...

 

[Volourn]

"l. They however made NO sense in the story/plot (remember, you are trying to find your half-sister Imoen)."

What? that's not the plot I remember? I remmeber plot of getting enough power to get revenge at the bastard mage that kidnapped and raped, and stole my soul. FUCK HIM FUCK IMOEN AND FUCK YOU!


"Neverwinter Nights looks worse than Baldur's Gate "

No. No, it didn't. Onyl morans actually believe that bullshit.

 

[FeelTheRads]

No. No, it didn't. Onyl morans actually believe that bullshit.

It's not about believing. It's about wiping Bioware's cum from your eyes so you can actually see.

Tomb Raider 1 looks better than NWN.

 

[Volourn]

Keep up the trolling. Good stuff.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Cute but you can't force stuff that isn't meant to be through wishful thinking. Characters look like they are flying.

This is so stupid it's almost funny.

 

[SCO]

Bros and

s, lend me some support here:

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/61350-camera-scene-rotation-backgrounds-in-multiple-resolutions/

It's a nice idea ( continuous free rotation would also be possible ), but there are already dumbfucks saying it would 'quadruple the work'.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Nice to see Paladins and Chanters are in now, and we are half way through to getting George if you take the PayPal money into consideration. Will be interesting to see how far we can get with the pledges. I think Strongholds are attainable, but I have my doubts about the new city. Then again, Obsidian has proved me wrong in the past with their updates, so who knows? Small miracles seem to be happening here and there so I guess anything could be possible at this point.

 

[Ovplain]

Most of these kickstarters tend to explode towards the end, bringing in a shitload of late backers, it'll be the same here. They will most definitely get 3,5m.

 

[catfood]

There's no way this is going to reach 3.5 mil in just 4 days, but the 3 mil mark is definitely reachable. By the end of this campaign the game will have recieved total donations somewhere between DFA and WL2, which would be something like 3.1 mil, which is ok I guess. I really would have liked a second city, but hey, maybe the game will actually do good saleswise and we'll be able to see it in an expansion pack.