Game News Project Eternity Kickstarter Update #55: Vertical Slice Update (with awesome new dungeon art)

[kaizoku]

Looking sweet...

Reminds me of ToEE lower levels of the temple.

 

[godsend1989]

Sorry i open combat topic in this update, I liked BG and IWD combat but DAO combat is not the same at all, because in DAO when you pause and chose target for spells /combat abilities (area of effect ones) when you unpause targets are leaving area of impact but still get hit.

In BG and IWD you had to predict casting time of spells so they will be arrive at the right time and also there was no friendly fire like in DAO but without friendly fire that game was almost unplayable.

I like turn based i just finished FO1 but i know to appreciate a good RTwP like BG/IWD and apparently PE is going for this road, some of you remained with the awful taste of RTwP from DAO but is not the case here.(i hope)

 

[J_C]

In BG and IWD you had to predict casting time of spells so they will be arrive at the right time and also there was no friendly fire like in DAO

Really? If I remember correctly, there was friendly fire in BG and IWD.

 

[Infinitron]

godsend1989 Uh, I think you have it backwards there, friend.

 

[Arkeus]

Yeah, friendly fire in DA:O is only in any difficulty above normal iirc (or is it there also on normal?).

 

[Scruffy]

there definitely was friendly fire in bg and iwd

 

[Stabwound]

Yeah, they're really aping the Infinity Engine, wow. That's not bad, but they didn't really have to go with RTwP as well. At the very least it'll probably be good for what it is, by the looks of it.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Yeah, friendly fire in DA:O is only in any difficulty above normal iirc (or is it there also on normal?).

There is FF on normal... on PC only.

 

[toro]

I don't know what Obsidian is doing, but the screenshot is gorgeous. And I don't want to be mean, but is looking better than BG2.

 

[Roguey]

I hope that pathing will suck less than old IE games.

If I recall correctly, they said something about pathing being a piece of cake in Unity. I don't have the source though

Characters will pass through each other when they're not in combat which fixes one of the biggest issues.

 

[HanoverF]

What a bunch of graphics fags

 

[Niektory]

I hope that pathing will suck less than old IE games.

If I recall correctly, they said something about pathing being a piece of cake in Unity. I don't have the source though

Characters will pass through each other when they're not in combat which fixes one of the biggest issues.

It only sidesteps the problem. So it will still be terrible, but only in combat?

 

[Infinitron]

Combat generally doesn't need complex pathfinding since it occurs within a small radius and the player tends to micromanage the character's movement to a larger degree while engaged in it

 

[Roguey]

It only sidesteps the problem. So it will still be terrible, but only in combat?

It's not like they're using any of the IE pathfinding code. "Character bumps into another character and gets confused" is just something they nipped in the bud.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Characters will pass through each other when they're not in combat which fixes one of the biggest issues.

I don't get it how it will work.Like an MMO?Can you point other game that use similar pathing,what happen when you pause when two characters are on top of each other and there is no room to move them?

 

[Liston]

what happen when you pause when two characters are on top of each other and there is no room to move them?

Romance happens. What are you expecting to happen? They will clip through each other.

 

[A user named cat]

Love the lighting in that concept piece, looking forward to seeing it given life. Would be cool if that purple generator thing produced a pulsating hum throughout the area. It's little atmospheric touches like that which draw me in.

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Severian Silk]

BG graphics need to evolve to allow more interactivity

Something like a true 3d, for climbing stuff and under/over layers, even if the perspective remains fixed. And TB of course, JA2 in IE basically (or ToEE with layers and stances).

Why bother hoping? Most Codexers will eat this shit up regardless. Or pretend they like TB but then bitch about it later.

 

[MicoSelva]

That screenshot certainly looks promising, but I am still worried we might get another IWD/IWD2, instead of another BG/BG2. Time will tell.

 

[Rake]

That screenshot certainly looks promising, but I am still worried we might get another IWD/IWD2, instead of another BG/BG2. Time will tell.

Ziets said that it will be like BG2.

 

[MicoSelva]

Ziets said that it will be like BG2.

Insert Ziets' photo by Yourself, I can't at the moment.

 

[General Maxson]

Well I still hope for some originality from Obsidian. Not just a copy of BG2.

 

[Rake]

He talked about the combat/dialogue ratio, not copying the game.

 

[General Maxson]

He talked about the combat/dialogue ratio, not copying the game.

Well so far the dungeon screenshot they showed reminded me too much of BG2 dungeons.