Eternity Pillars of Eternity II Beta Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Prime Junta]

oh joy

 

[TT1]

Well, I will not complain about this, at all. I think this will be a must, from now on. Its a lot of dialogue and could be nice for roleplay. I dont see any decline about this feature.

Would be great if there's a switch for turning it on/ off.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

I wonder if that's why it got delayed. Fucking Larian...

All right boys, the Belgians have gone too far this time. Who wants to join a punitive expedition against the perfidious burghers of Ghent?

 

[Prime Junta]

I wonder if the lady with the S that's like chalk on a blackboard is still there.

 

[dragonul09]

So that's why they delayed the game till 8 fucking may, to hear some shitty ass voice acting that most of time will make me squirm in pain? I still don't have anything to play and it's all their fault, do you know how empty my desktop is at the moment, I don't even know why I turn on up my computer anymore, what a terrible drought this year is.

 

[Bonerbill]

But why?

After the success of DOS2, Obsidian had no choice. Obsidian wants more sales, and this game is more expensive to make than PoE1.

Oh man, I can't to see 4chan reaction to this.

 

[FreeKaner]

I doubt that was the sole reason game got delayed but it sure as hell must have cut into funding. Which is crucial considering the fact that Sawyer spoke about not having enough resources for areas outside of the main city. I would have preferred if they developed exploration rather than spend money on full voice acting.

 

[moleman]

I wonder if that's why it got delayed. Fucking Larian...

All right boys, the Belgians have gone too far this time. Who wants to join a punitive expedition against the perfidious burghers of Ghent?

I'm in. Refueling my Panzer already.

 

[Tenebris]

Full VA on a freaking isometric game? I like a bit of voiced dialogue as much as the next guy but having the entire game VA'd is way overkill. It better not have affected the amount of choices and reactivity in the game.

 

[Lacrymas]

Fuck me.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

That means some sorry son of a bitch had to actually record lines speaking that made up language they're in love with.

 

[Prime Junta]

Which is crucial considering the fact that Sawyer spoke about not having enough resources for areas outside of the main city.

Honest question, are you illiterate or just a boring ordinary liar?

Here's Josh:

There are two reasons. The first is that we allocated too many screens (of area) to Neketaka. We had a budget, but went over it to accommodate the quests that were designed for it. In the end, Neketaka does not feel too large, but it is a nice, big city. Cutting down the number of areas on the world map to compensate did not seem like a good option to me, as it would have made exploration much less enjoyable, so we committed to increasing the area budget overall.

He says the exact opposite of what you're implying: they increased the budget for areas outside the main city.

 

[FreeKaner]

Read between the lines a bit perhaps? The budget that was not spend on full voice acting could have been spent on expanding on something they fell short on and had to reassess. So they could reach a better polish without limits of having to operate outside of the budget.

 

[Starwars]

Would've expected them to hype this up more than the Critical Role thing, but what do I know about PR? Or maybe it's coming.

Anyway, meh. It's just not particularly interesting, especially when you'll hear voices starting to repeat a lot (which was a problem for PoE and White March). I mean, people like Matthew Mercer are fine because he actually does different voices and he's not instantly recognizeable. I had no idea he did both Aloth and Edér until I read about it. But the lady who does Sagani for example... instantly recognizeable anytime you hear her.

Guess we'll see how many actors are in the game.

I just turned off the VO in Tyranny, maybe I'll do it here as well unless the VO quality is a whole lot better.

 

[Blakemoreland Hybrid Boss]

Well, I will not complain about this, at all. I think this will be a must, from now on. Its a lot of dialogue and could be nice for roleplay. I dont see any decline about this feature.

It is a must if you want to imitate triple-A features in isometric cRPGs. Voice-acting works with action games with short sentences and next to no dialogues. These studios are trying so hard to jump in the casual train that they are becoming like Frankensteins. The mixture of voice acting with longwinded dialogues, or co-op in a cRPG are complete aberrations. What is worst is that you can easily see how these choices will increase the costs substantially, thus ensuring that they will make even more compromises to ensure bigger sales, and creating false expectations about isometric cRPGs, that will not only put unnecessary pressure on other studios, but it will also attract even more negative reviews from moronic nonliterate players demanding these superficial features. I can’t detest these studios enough.

 

[frajaq]

the madmen actually did it

 

[Lacrymas]

I can't wait to not be able to read the text properly because they'll only voice the dialogue and not the descriptive text, so it will skip awkwardly. I'll probably turn it off immediately, though.

 

[frajaq]

I simply cannot wait to be lore-dumped at once with the superb Critical Role™ voice acting Obsidian is offering me!

 

[FreeKaner]

Worst day of my life.

 

[Ent]

Wow. Maybe FreeKaner was right with the jihad approach...

 

[FreeKaner]

These shameless insults must cease. God willing they will.

 

[Tenebris]

It's funny. I recall them mentioning they didn't have the budget or time to give us more Paladin orders and Priest deities yet we end up with this.

 

[TT1]

I can't wait to not be able to read the text properly because they'll only voice the dialogue and not the descriptive text, so it will skip awkwardly. I'll probably turn it off immediately, though.

 

[Delterius]

Okay everyone. On behalf of the Administration, I'd like to start the RPG Codex Suicide Vigil for Obsidian fans. Everyone who needs help may contact Infinitron over Steam.

 

[Jimmious]

Erm....I don't get it. Are we actually to the point where people don't like VO in a game?
I mean did we revert all progress of the last 30-40 years in gaming in the Codex?
Wtf guys? What is happening in this thread???

VO is a "problem" if it's forced on the main character because that will mean limited and retarded lines a la FO4.
Why on earth do you all have an issue with the NPCs????

Did you play D&D with a mute DM or something? Am I missing something??

I'm not saying to be excited, but holy shit why the fuck such a reaction????