Preview Pillars of Eternity: The White March Gameplay Footage on Twitch E3 2015 Broadcast

[Tigranes]

All things being equal, why ask for "sequel DLC" instead of a full-blown sequel? Seems to me that stuff like ToB or MotB is just a fallback option when you know you're not going to get to make a BG3 or an NWN3.

I agree the dividing line between the two is a bit hazy, but I think the differences in a full-blown sequel (increased scope, increased costs, time and execution risk, sometimes changes to systems or even engines) means that it's more likely to get cancelled or provide a different sort of experience. Sometimes you just want the game to continue on its current track without waiting for years or a different designer to get the lead.

I bet at the time nobody dreamed that a BG3 wouldn't be made, but it was quick to churn out TOB using mostly the same assets and systems. Even if BG3 had been made it seems it may have felt quite different and followed a different narrative (for better or worse, who knows). I'm pretty glad we got TOB and MOTB given what happened to the genre afterwards.

incorrect. TOB *was* bg3 then got scaled down.

 

[Jedi Exile]

Was Devil of Caroc written by Avellone?

 

[Crescent Hawk]

Its looking good. I wonder what their next rpg is going to be.

 

[Cadmus]

The monster design and area design are none of the game's problems so I can't get the information from that shit twitch stream that I'd actually like. They could have gone all in and made a nice story, lots of the drawing skill checks, memorable encounters and unique loot and it wouldn't have showed up in the video.

BUT I SERIOUSLY FUCKING DOUBT THAT AS LONG AS THERE'S IRENAEUSUS TO BUY 20.000 COPIES IN CASE THE GAME DOESN'T SELL WELL ENOUGH SO THAT THEY NEVER EVER HAVE TO CHANGE A THING

LOL OLOLOL

 

[Irenaeus II]

The monster design and area design are none of the game's problems so I can't get the information from that shit twitch stream that I'd actually like. They could have gone all in and made a nice story, lots of the drawing skill checks, memorable encounters and unique loot and it wouldn't have showed up in the video.

BUT I SERIOUSLY FUCKING DOUBT THAT AS LONG AS THERE'S IRENAEUSUS TO BUY 20.000 COPIES IN CASE THE GAME DOESN'T SELL WELL ENOUGH SO THAT THEY NEVER EVER HAVE TO CHANGE A THING

LOL OLOLOL

Some people are just hard to please.

 

[Cadmus]

The monster design and area design are none of the game's problems so I can't get the information from that shit twitch stream that I'd actually like. They could have gone all in and made a nice story, lots of the drawing skill checks, memorable encounters and unique loot and it wouldn't have showed up in the video.

BUT I SERIOUSLY FUCKING DOUBT THAT AS LONG AS THERE'S IRENAEUSUS TO BUY 20.000 COPIES IN CASE THE GAME DOESN'T SELL WELL ENOUGH SO THAT THEY NEVER EVER HAVE TO CHANGE A THING

LOL OLOLOL

Some people are just hard to please.

I'm very easy to please in some areas. If Sawyer ordered me 3 hookers to constantly keep blowing me during my PoE playthrough, I'd rate it 11/10 GOTY.

They can still make the sequel or DLC good, SR:DF managed that but I think it was because they had some humility which Sawyer doesn't have. He doesn't seem to be excited about his game in a way a player would be, he's excited about some numbers that mean nothing.

 

[DeepOcean]

Did you seen my father, a middle aged ice bettle?

 

[Irenaeus II]

Did you seen my father, a middle aged ice bettle?

Yeah, that sounds like PoE dialogue.

 

[dragonul09]

Did you seen my father, a middle aged ice bettle?

Yeah, that sounds like PoE dialogue.

Close but not quite true,a PoE dialogue will be like this or close at least.


You see a dark figure from afar,you get closer and you see him picking his nose and after he finish, he eats the booger,you seem disgusted by this man but you need further information to find your dad ''the ice bettle'' so you start questioning him ''Have you seen my dad,the ice bettle ?'' The man seems to pay no attention to you,he keeps fingering his nose in hope of finding more boogers to devour.


You see,you need a lot of descriptive text to truly represent PoE dialogue.

 

[Weirdstuffinspace]

Blistering Blurbs of Balanced Boredom

 

[Irenaeus II]

Did you seen my father, a middle aged ice bettle?

Yeah, that sounds like PoE dialogue.

Close but not quite true,a PoE dialogue will be like this or close at least.


You see a dark figure from afar,you get closer and you see him picking his nose and after he finish, he eats the booger,you seem disgusted by this man but you need further information to find your dad ''the ice bettle'' so you start questioning him ''Have you seen my dad,the ice bettle ?'' The man seems to pay no attention to you,he keeps fingering his nose in hope of finding more boogers to devour.


You see,you need a lot of descriptive text to truly represent PoE dialogue.

Except for your shitty prose and horrible dialogue, yeah, reads the same.

 

[Athelas]

 

[Infinitron]

Canon expansion party confirmed.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Looks awesome. That Monk must have a ring of protection from freezing +5

 

[Correct_Carlo]

Story sounds shit. Basically just "here's another quest not really related to anything." I wanted something exploring the fallout concerning the gods post game. Oh well.

Josh gave his reasons for why it's not a post-endgame xpack at SA: only people who finished the game would play it, and that's a small number.

If people didn't bother finishing the game they probably aren't going to buy/play DLC anyway.

Real reason: it's way harder to write end game content that carries the story on than it is to just add a quest about ridding X location from Y curse.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

So math and studies show there must a soonish follow up content...

 

[Irenaeus II]

Btw, MCA's companions are nowhere to be seen

 

[Zeronet]

Story sounds shit. Basically just "here's another quest not really related to anything." I wanted something exploring the fallout concerning the gods post game. Oh well.

That sounds like a sequel rather than a expansion pack.

 

[Roguey]

If people didn't bother finishing the game they probably aren't going to buy/play DLC anyway.

Actually they do/would. More people bought New Vegas DLC than completed New Vegas, achievements show this. It's especially true for things like Day-1 DLC.

 

[Decado]

I found Sawyer at E3 and told him how awesome his game was.

 

[Infinitron]

I found Sawyer at E3 and told him how awesome his game was.

Did you tell him you wrote that review?

 

[dragonul09]

I found Sawyer at E3 and told him how awesome his game was.

You should have told him ''You are the reason MCA left!'' and bitch slap the shit out of his faggotry tattoos.

 

[Decado]

I found Sawyer at E3 and told him how awesome his game was.

Did you tell him you wrote that review?

No comment!

 

[Maculo]

Petting the fox is canon.

I didn't know that was big enough to warrant a picture on the companion commentary with Eder/Sagani.

 

[Decado]

I found Sawyer at E3 and told him how awesome his game was.

You should have told him ''You are the reason MCA left!'' and bitch slap the shit out of his faggotry tattoos.

I told a joke and he laughed. dealwithit.gif