Preview Pillars of Eternity Post-E3 Preview Blitz + New Screenshots

[Excidium]

About the statchecks/skillcheck, does anyone know how it works?

http://www.rpgcodex.net/gallery/11230.jpg
Will the game determine automatically whose character is chosen for the check or will the player have the choice of the character (like in Storm of Zehyr)?unless it only concerns the PC for all the skillchecks?

But in case of the screen, the constitution or athletic checks must apply to the whole party, as it concerns everyone in the party.Realms of Arkania managed to do that.Hope it will works that way too.Further than that, if some are injured, wounded, ill, tired, etc etc, some adjustment are needed for those characters
These kind of things are easy to be broken in a party based cRPG, less in a lonely character

I believe it's just the MC, should probably summon Roguey just in case

 

[Jaesun]

The text adventures are fucking awesome. They look awesome, they feel awesome, and they will be fun in and of themselves. So fuck you.

 

[Anthony Davis]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

 

[Infinitron]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

Joined:
Sep 7, 2007

 

[FeelTheRads]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

It means you're a true(TM) codexer. Rejoice Weep.

 

[Kem0sabe]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

There is no romance?

Spoiler

not even text adventure sex?

 

[Hiisi]

Since I already translated them for the other thread, here are the gamersglobal preview and the accompanying interview with Sawyer:

the article: http://freetexthost.com/jrltcbaqq4
the interview: http://freetexthost.com/1vgo1ysrs4

(the original text: http://www.gamersglobal.de/preview/pillars-of-eternity)

 

[Excidium]

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

 

[Delterius]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

Drink their tears.

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

Goddammit Excidium you had a chance to stop the complaining about the complaining about the complaining about the lack of romance but you didn't take it. You are part of the problem.

 

[Anthony Davis]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

There is no romance?

Spoiler

not even text adventure sex?

I actually don't KNOW if there is romance in the game. I have made a concerted effort to not spoil the game for myself. I know that in our press previews we have not talked about romance, and people have taken that as a sign (whether it's true or not) that there is NO romance in the game.

 

[J_C]

I don't know what's wrong with me... i'm kind of getting sick kick out of people complaining about the lack of advertised romance in PoE.

This is why you are a bro, and the romance lovers are ridiculed.

 

[Infinitron]

No romances confirmed here: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...nity-at-eurogamer-confirms-no-romances.89852/

 

[Anthony Davis]

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

I am not complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance. I love it. I mean it - it makes me chuckle. Ho ho ho.


I think I would like to make an RPG where the entire mechanic is designed to thwart the player's romance with other NPCs - and every thwarted romance makes the final boss that much stronger.

 

[FeelTheRads]

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

I am not complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance. I love it. I mean it - it makes me chuckle. Ho ho ho.


I think I would like to make an RPG where the entire mechanic is designed to thwart the player's romance with other NPCs - and every thwarted romance makes the final boss that much stronger.

Someone send this to all relevant kotakus.

I know that in our press previews we have not talked about romance, and people have taken that as a sign (whether it's true or not) that there is NO romance in the game.

What you don't realize is that this is integral to RPGs. No romance no RPG. Motherfucking period.

 

[Excidium]

Goddamn those interviews are all worthless. Couldn't they get someone who actually plays RPGs to ask them questions?

 

[Anthony Davis]

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

I am not complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance. I love it. I mean it - it makes me chuckle. Ho ho ho.


I think I would like to make an RPG where the entire mechanic is designed to thwart the player's romance with other NPCs - and every thwarted romance makes the final boss that much stronger.

Someone send this to all relevant kotakus.

I know that in our press previews we have not talked about romance, and people have taken that as a sign (whether it's true or not) that there is NO romance in the game.

What you don't realize is that this is integral to RPGs. No romance no RPG. Motherfucking period.

Wasteland wasn't an RPG?
Fallout wasn't an RPG?
Fallout 2 wasn't an RPG?
The Ultimas weren't RPGs?
Might and Magic series weren't an RPGs?
Dragon Wars wasn't an RPG?
Wizardry series weren't RPGs?
Daggerfall wasn't an RPG?

Seriously? You think that without the ability to play kissy face with an NPC the game suddenly stops being an RPG?

 

[Sensuki]

I believe it's just the MC

It depends on the scripted interaction. I asked Josh on Something Awful about this a while ago. Sometimes it's the PC. Sometime's it's the character that interacts with it (ie. can be anyone) and sometimes it's the whole party. There are apparently degrees of failure as well, such as if you miss a check (by not having a score below a certain threshhold) that character can be injured (status effect, probably -stats), among other things.

 

[Anthony Davis]

Also, at Obsidian, we have done romances. Kotor 2 had them, some of the NWN2 bits had them.

I just think the level of the complaints, the "heart wrenching, my world is over" level of these complaints is both over the top and chuckle worthy.

 

[Volourn]

"while you can see your character standing in place doing nothing, is rather awkward."

No. Wasn't awkward in PST.


"I just think the level of the complaints, the "heart wrenching, my world is over" level of these complaints is both over the top and chuckle worthy."

Eh. That's not unique to lack of roamnces complaints. That's how everyone reacts to any news they dislike. "POE isn't tturnbased? Fuck, it's gonna suck! I like everything else but it is RT w/pause! It gonna suckkkkkkkkk WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!"

Etc., etc.,

This is true for everything. It's how I'd have reacted if there were no dwarves. :D

 

[FeelTheRads]

Seriously? You think that without the ability to play kissy face with an NPC the game suddenly stops being an RPG?

I don't know if you're drunk too, bro. Maybe. But it was a joke. Or maybe you were joking too. Hey who knows, I don't.

 

[Anthony Davis]

I am sick of people complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance

You are part of the problem

I am not complaining about people complaining about the lack of romance. I love it. I mean it - it makes me chuckle. Ho ho ho.


I think I would like to make an RPG where the entire mechanic is designed to thwart the player's romance with other NPCs - and every thwarted romance makes the final boss that much stronger.

Someone send this to all relevant kotakus.

Or how about this mechanic - love is the ultimate weapon - the more people you romance, the more power you have when fighting the final boss.

 

[Decado]

Anyway why is this such a topic of contention

Nigga are you lost

 

[Excidium]

There are apparently degrees of failure as well, such as if you miss a check (by not having a score below a certain threshhold) that character can be injured (status effect, probably -stats), among other things.

CRPGs are evolving 30 years before my very eyes

 

[Crooked Bee]

Or how about this mechanic - love is the ultimate weapon - the more people you romance, the more power you have when fighting the final boss.

Sounds like a possible Bioware game

Didn't the ME2 suicide mission had essentially the same concept, based on your relationship level with each companion?

 

[Sensuki]

Also, at Obsidian, we have done romances. Kotor 2 had them, some of the NWN2 bits had them.

I just think the level of the complaints, the "heart wrenching, my world is over" level of these complaints is both over the top and chuckle worthy.

You can blame BioWare for that. The combat is pretty bad in most of their recent games and the dialogue is what people play them for.

Sounds like a possible Bioware game

Didn't the ME2 suicide mission had essentially the same concept, based on your relationship level with each companion?

Yeah pretty much. There's a specific formula for it, it's also loosely based on common sense as well. I was lucky and no one died the first time I did it.