Company News Paradox and Obsidian to announce something evil on March 15th

[Xzylvador]

Are they. If you don't count expansions, I think they actually have more non-fantasy than fantasy titles. Which is pretty unexpected for an RPG developer if you think about it.

Agreed.
Even their latest game took almost zero fantasy to create.

 

[Excidium II]

Hmmm. If you don't count expansions, I think they actually have more non-fantasy than fantasy titles. Which is pretty unexpected for an RPG developer if you think about it.

It depends on what you consider fantasy. To me Fallout is fantasy just like steampunk is. The difference is that it's retrofuturism from a different era.
Alpha Protocol is their only non-fantasy RPG.

Fantasy is a knight on horseback running around and killing things.

 

[Zed]

can't wait to criticize their to-be-announced shit game

 

[Infinitron]

Fantasy is a knight on horseback running around and killing things.

Unless it's isometric fantasy, in which case all the horses are mysteriously absent.

 

[Excidium II]

And people wonder why paladins suck while they are missing a core class feature.

 

[WhatAreYou?ACasul?]

I was excited for a new announcement... then I read last two pages very briefly. So, do we know for sure that it is going to be an action RPG? Because there is absolutely no place for this shit in a post Dark Souls world for me.

 

[Excidium II]

I was excited for a new announcement... then I read last two pages very briefly. So, do we know for sure that it is going to be an action RPG? Because there is absolutely no place for this shit in a post Dark Souls world for me.

Are you really a girl?

 

[Fairfax]

I was excited for a new announcement... then I read last two pages very briefly. So, do we know for sure that it is going to be an action RPG? Because there is absolutely no place for this shit in a post Dark Souls world for me.

No. It's just likely to be action/RTwP considering Paradox's track record and the budget range. Turn-based is a very small niche, and this game is a lot more ambitious and expensive than WL2, D:OS, etc.

 

[Infinitron]

An admin on the Paradox forums appears to have confirmed that the "Project Knight Rider/ Vermont" entry on Steam is in fact this game:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/what-is-this-project-knight-rider.913566/
https://steamdb.info/sub/65186/

 

[oldmanpaco]

An admin on the Paradox forums appears to have confirmed that the "Project Knight Rider/ Vermont" entry on Steam is in fact this game:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/what-is-this-project-knight-rider.913566/
https://steamdb.info/sub/65186/

I would totally buy a Knight Rider game. Loved that show.

 

[Excidium II]

I can only think of the codex user.

 

[Shaewaroz]

Could it be something like Overlord 3?

EDIT: No.

 

[MurkyShadow]

I was excited for a new announcement... then I read last two pages very briefly. So, do we know for sure that it is going to be an action RPG? Because there is absolutely no place for this shit in a post Dark Souls world for me.

There's no place for Dark Souls in this world for me. All is well.

First reaction to the announcement:
Obisidian's World of DLCs (official licensed product)
Discarded. Too much edginess in the morning.

 

[Fairfax]

I was excited for a new announcement... then I read last two pages very briefly. So, do we know for sure that it is going to be an action RPG? Because there is absolutely no place for this shit in a post Dark Souls world for me.

There's no place for Dark Souls in this world for me. All is well.

First reaction to the announcement:
Obisidian's World of DLCs (official licensed product)
Discarded. Too much edginess in the morning.

Oh, that's a given.

Feargus will finally get his "episodic Skyrim". One should expect pre-order DLC, deluxe edition DLC, 8 "expansions", music DLC and art DLC in the first 6 months. And that's just Paradox warming up.

 

[hivemind]

who even cares about obsidian anymore lmao

 

[ArchAngel]

So what was announced?

 

[ArchAngel]

Hmm seems I am 24 hours early :D

 

[Martius]

Bless (curse) time zones!

 

[Nines]

Didn't pdox cancel a viking/norse RPG not too long ago? I wonder if it was a case of product conflict.

I think it was just a shitty idea on itself to procedurally generate everything, including missions. Nothing can replace a touch of a good game designer.

Third person action rpg from a company that has been incapable of developing an action combat system every single time it tried.

Everyone is saying that Alpha Protocol combat is bad, and every time I fail to see what is the difference between this and other third person shooters like Mass Defect. At least it has melee combat and stealth mechanics.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Didn't pdox cancel a viking/norse RPG not too long ago? I wonder if it was a case of product conflict.

I think it was just a shitty idea on itself to procedurally generate everything, including missions. Nothing can replace a touch of a good game designer.

Third person action rpg from a company that has been incapable of developing an action combat system every single time it tried.

Everyone is saying that Alpha Protocol combat is bad, and every time I fail to see what is the difference between this and other third person shooters like Mass Defect. At least it has melee combat and stealth mechanics.

Maybe the original ME, the combat in 2 and 3 is worlds better than anything in AP.

AP, New Vegas, DS3, even their rtwp rpg's have notoriously mediocre combat in NWN2 and PoE. Obsidian doesnt do combat very well.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Obsidian doesnt do combat very well.

It's funny, because all their games are combat-heavy. Obsidian cannot play on its strengths very well.

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[Infinitron]

I've spoken in the past about how in an alternate universe, Obsidian could have developed into a kind of Telltale Games CYOA company with Chris Avellone in charge as a Ken Levine-style celebrity guru. Of course, the RPG Codex of that alternate universe would have been just as pissed off about them as it is in this one. So be careful what you wish for. By keeping one foot in the world of combat, they ensure that they remain real RPG developers.

 

[hivemind]

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[One-and-a-half-Ivan]

Obsidian doesnt do combat very well.

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[Nines]

Maybe the original ME, the combat in 2 and 3 is worlds better than anything in AP.
AP, New Vegas, DS3, even their rtwp rpg's have notoriously mediocre combat in NWN2 and PoE. Obsidian doesnt do combat very well.

AP2 too could have been better, if an ordinary gamer could see something behind those clunky animations. Eventually it happened, but it was kinda too late. New Vegas has better combat than praised Lolout 3. The same I can say about KotOR 2 vs KotOR. DS3 shouldn't even be on this list. I do agree with NWN2 though, animations were pretty horrible, a step back from KotOR.

Haven't played PoE much. I think it's for the best.