I would agree that Bg's plot is weirdly handled, in that it's pretty obvious from the get go that the iron crisis is linked to sarevok.
I think I remember the narrator, at beginning of chapter 1, clearly saying something along the lines of "how is your situation linked to the region's trouble, you do not know yet" which gives it away and is actually a pretty poor formulation.
What I would reproach to the watcher business however, is that it's actually secondary. The PC being a watcher is just there for "special one" purposes. The actual plot is that your soul is awakened, and the only way to put it to rest is tracking down Thaos, which is only revealed at the very end. It's still not clear if being a watcher has anything to do with the awakening threatening your life. That's what Maerwald's situation suspects, but then again there's this Aloth fellow who suffers the same problem, and fears for his life the same way.
Overall, I think BG handles this double plot better. Albeit, because it doesn't make a big deal out of it. Or maybe because the revelation of sarevok's plans is much more impactful than the one concerning Thaos. I mean, about the latter, it's really your soul's business but not yours. I don't like feeling like the passenger of my own story, and that's how poe felt.
Implementing a way to converse with your awakened past life would have been one way to make it feel more personal, and get the player more concerned imo. Needless to add, it would also give more relevance to being a watcher.
3kp5Bi
No way he is straight!plunder and booty.
You should stop after original triology . Gandalf and boys rushing with cavalry into formation of spearman was degenerate bs lol. Peter 2 digit IQ jackson at his best. P.S. Fuck normies free kekistanWho cares?! Won't watch it,after this retardation,i have no interest in anything lotr.You know they're going to have black elves in Amazon's new Lord of the Rings. This is just a taste.
Also elf and dwarf fucking,yeah they can fuck off.
Definitely won't get a beta update imo, but we do know there's a fig update coming tha should hopefully give us more to talk about than who is gay and who is not.I doubt that we'd get a substantial update 20 days before release. Still would appreciate one so this discussion could come to an end. :D
Fig Update 46: The Gay (And Bi) Companions
You should stop after original triology . Gandalf and boys rushing with cavalry into formation of spearman was degenerate bs lol. Peter 2 digit IQ jackson at his best. P.S. Fuck normies free kekistan
well apparently people on reddit and here belive that someone that watch a series about voice actors playing dungeon and dragon have no idea how spellcaster work.The kind of person who says, "Hi Reddit" could be some fifteen-year-old kid who lacks self-awareness and is only now coming of age. He could be on the start of a beautiful journey.
someone that watch a series about voice actors playing dungeon and dragon have no idea how spellcaster work.
also, there are other projects at obsidian that could benefit from some design oversight.
Isn't Brandon Adler doing it? Didn't he say that in this thread somewhere?
The interesting part is Badler is the GD for DLCs, wasn't he the only producer on PoE1? Is he a designer too? And he wasn't even involved with Deadfire(base game) AFAIK...
Pillars of Eternity 2 - Systems Designer
Pillars of Eternity - Lead Producer
According to his LinkedIn
I think badler has moonlighted in all sorts of projects over the past few years.
So Brandon, tell us more about these DLCs...and what Josh is going to do instead of working on them.
Can't talk about the DLCs much right now. For those that have asked:
Anyway, I don't mind answering any questions that I can, but I probably can't talk about anything DLC specific for a little while.
- Do I like D&D?
- Yes. I grew up on D&D and still play it fairly often. Right now I'm in a campaign being run by Justin Britch (PoE2 Lead Producer).
- What work have I done on the PoE franchise?
- I was the Lead Producer on PoE1 and have worked as a Systems Designer on PoE 2 at various times.
- What have I been doing lately?
- Between stints on PoE I have worked on Tyranny (Systems Designer) and Pathfinder (Lead Designer). In both of those cases, I was coming kind of late into the process to take over the work of others. Most recently, before moving back onto PoE2, I was focused on creating pitches for the company. I can't tell you if any of the pitches were successful, but I thought some of them were really cool.
- Why am I working as the Game Director on PoE2 DLC?
- Well, the biggest reason is because I feel I can do a great job with it. I asked for the opportunity and explained what I wanted to do with the DLC. I was lucky enough to be given a shot. I'm very familiar with PoE, D&D, and the IE games. I've also been discussing the possibility of jumping into a Game Director role with Obsidian for a while now. In addition, Josh had mentioned he wanted to hand off direction of the DLC to work on other things, so it was a good time for me to jump in.
- Why not Bobby/Adam/Another Dev?
- It just as easily could have been someone else, but the timing worked out well for me to do it and the company has confidence in my ability to create cool DLC for them. For those wondering why Bobby or Adam didn't do it, keep in mind that they're knee deep in closing a game down. They are in important roles and can't be easily moved.