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

[octavius]

Surely it can't be Gaider. I just can't see EA letting an employee work for a competitor.

Work? Or spy?

 

[hoverdog]

I really hope it's George fucking Ziets.

I love that guy.

No, it's Sheryl Chee (kudos to Roguey for the stalking)

Sheryl Chee is a writer at BioWare who participated in the making of Dragon Age: Origins. Sheryl has a philosophy degree, which she says trained her for a career of making things up.

She is responsible for writing Dog, Leliana, Wynne, Oghren and Cullen[1].Dragon Age: Origins

She was responsible for the Mage Origin, as well as the Broken Circle and Urn of Sacred Ashes quest lines[2].
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

Sheryl wrote Oghren, Sigrun, and Velanna [3] in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
Dragon Age II

Sheryl is the main writer for Isabela in Dragon Age II

 

[J_C]

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Wes - @Feargus, what do you think about the possibility of Jeremy Soule coming on to write the musical score?

Obsidian - @Wes Not really sure at this point. Personally, I was really happy with what our internal audio guy, Justin Bell, did in the video. Not saying that is the choice, but he is itching to give it a shot.

No disrespect to the guy, because i like the music in the video, but I'd like a more subtle game music. Like in the IE games.The music in the video was tried too much to be epic, with loud orchestra, choir and whatnot.

 

[Infinitron]

J_C Sample size = 1

Also, what are you smoking, don't you remember Michael Hoenig's music?

 

[hoverdog]

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Wes - @Feargus, what do you think about the possibility of Jeremy Soule coming on to write the musical score?

Obsidian - @Wes Not really sure at this point. Personally, I was really happy with what our internal audio guy, Justin Bell, did in the video. Not saying that is the choice, but he is itching to give it a shot.

No disrespect to the guy, because i like the music in the video, but I'd like a more subtle game music. Like in the IE games.The music in the video was tried too much to be epic, with loud orchestra, choir and whatnot.

 

[Rivmusique]

Angus - @Feargus as i have never played any of the games you guys have said you guys have made (i know they are great games though) is this game along the lines of a kinda skyrim feel??? or is there another direction you guys are trying to take

Obsidian - @Angus The games are pretty different. Skyrim is really a first person RPG that feels a little like GTA. The IE games are more about tactical combat and story. Now when it comes to lots of characters and deep RPG systems - they have more in common.

 

[Roguey]

What's worse is that because of all this progressive shit there'll never be cool boob cards to collect ever again.

Indeed. The change from mass pussy card chasing to the "Triss is ma only, must save!" is a major reason Witcher 1 > Witcher 2.

In Witcher 2 you can have sex with prostitutes (if you're a loser), a grateful elf you saved from a burning tower, a succubus, and Cynthia (post-EE patch) on the Iorveth path or prostitutes and Ves on the Roche path. The sex cards were awful.

 

[Darth Roxor]

She is responsible for writing Dog

We were actually contacted by some publishers over the last few months that wanted to use us to do a Kickstarter. I said to them "So, you want us to do a Kickstarter for, using our name, we then get the Kickstarter money to make the game, you then publish the game, but we then don't get to keep the brand we make and we only get a portion of the profits" They said, "Yes".

Those people just don't get it, huh?

 

[hoverdog]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60339-xp-sharing/ please vote no-popamole.

 

[evdk]

Those people just don't get it, huh?

Oh, but they do get it. That's why they are trying this shit, trying to extend the traditional publisher model onto kickstarter funded project.

 

[made]

I just can't see EA letting an employee work for a competitor.

I hear Muzyka and Zeschuk just quit at EA. Coincidence?

 

[Infinitron]

I just can't see EA letting an employee work for a competitor.

I hear Muzyka and Zeschuk just quit at EA. Coincidence?

Hah, nah. Non-compete clauses.

 

[Infinitron]

http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/60339-xp-sharing/ please vote no-popamole.

Which one is that? 3 or 4?

 

[grotsnik]

It's got to be George. There's been some pretty widespread support for hiring him back and he seems open to the idea, so it'd earn them some serious goodwill points; and thankfuckfully, no matter how friendly they all are on Twitter, I can't imagine Obsidian would ever seriously believe that the announcement, 'We've given your money to EA so that they'd agree to let David 'Your Choices Don't Matter In Our Story' Gaider fly all the way down from Canada to work on our romances for six months!' would be quite as universally popular even if it was possible somehow.

 

[Rivmusique]

What's worse is that because of all this progressive shit there'll never be cool boob cards to collect ever again.

Indeed. The change from mass pussy card chasing to the "Triss is ma only, must save!" is a major reason Witcher 1 > Witcher 2.

In Witcher 2 you can have sex with prostitutes (if you're a loser), a grateful elf you saved from a burning tower, a succubus, and Cynthia (post-EE patch) on the Iorveth path or prostitutes and Ves on the Roche path. The sex cards were awful.

Heh, this reminds me that the version I played censored the succubus and elf sex. Outrageous!

 

[catfood]

Fuck Jeremy Soule. Yeah, sure he wrote some nice music for TA, IWD and the main theme for MW but that was long ago. Lately his work has been nothing but tripe. They should get Michiel van den Bos to do their music.

 

[MaskedMan]

Sheryl is the main writer for Isabela in Dragon Age II

incline eternity

 

[Orchestra of Wolves]

It's got to be George. There's been some pretty widespread support for hiring him back and he seems open to the idea, so it'd earn them some serious goodwill points; and thankfuckfully, no matter how friendly they all are on Twitter, I can't imagine Obsidian would ever seriously believe that the announcement, 'We've given your money to EA so that they'd agree to let David 'Your Choices Don't Matter In Our Story' Gaider fly all the way down from Canada to work on our romances for six months!' would be quite as universally popular even if it was possible.

Plus ten points for the project if it's Ziets. As to Gaider, I think you're underestimating the worship factor of a large number of BioWare fans (even ones with some taste who primarily revere the decent games the company used to make as opposed to recent "efforts"). Quite a few would probably double their pledge (after masturbating furiously), or are waiting for the involvement of him or someone else significant to the BG franchise before pledging (while masturbating furiously). Given the emphasis on romance in the original Obsidian reply, I'm very, very afraid it's Gaider, although EA having him by the balls gives me some hope it's not.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Why the hell would it be Gaider? Come on. It's George. Yeah. Tell me it's George, guys.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

What's worse is that because of all this progressive shit there'll never be cool boob cards to collect ever again.

Yeah, those were real cool, dude. What are you, 12?

 

[grotsnik]

Well, I think you're being too pessimistic about the fans' tastes, young Orchestra. The 'Bring In Bioware Or Other Legendary Designers As Stretch Goals' suggestion on the Obsidian forums proved to be as popular as Mitt Romney in a Palestinian welfare centre before the thread was locked. See? You can always rely on Tigranes to rig the poll so the developers think 87% of their backers hate the idea people to do the right thing.

 

[DraQ]

Fuck Jeremy Soule. Yeah, sure he wrote some nice music for TA, IWD and the main theme for MW but that was long ago. Lately his work has been nothing but tripe.

Well, his Skyrim soundtrack isn't half bad, but...

Michiel van den Bos

 

[J_C]

Infinitron hoverdog

Little missunderstanding. I know that the menu theme of BG is like that, but the other musics are more subtle. Especially in IWD.

As for the extra writer. Bring on Gaider, to harvest the extra pledges of Biowhores, than give him some noname NPC to write. Maybe the text of the towncryer.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Fuck Jeremy Soule. Yeah, sure he wrote some nice music for TA, IWD and the main theme for MW but that was long ago. Lately his work has been nothing but tripe. They should get Michiel van den Bos to do their music.

would increase my pledge to make it happen

 

[Lagole Gon]

J_C Sample size = 1

Also, what are you smoking, don't you remember Michael Hoenig's music?