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

[Hamster]

That screenshot certainly looks promising, but I am still worried we might get another IWD/IWD2.

Good enough for me.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

That screenshot certainly looks promising, but I am still worried we might get another IWD/IWD2.

Good enough for me.

 

[MicoSelva]

No doubt many people would like that, but I would be rather disappointed. However, there seems to be a shitton of lore created for the game, so the hope for a more narrative-driven game is not unfounded

 

[Infinitron]

No doubt many people would like that, but I would be rather disappointed. However, there seems to be a shitton of lore created for the game, so the hope for a more narrative-driven game is not unfounded

Uh the game is gonna have two Athkatla-sized cities. Of course it won't be an Icewind Dale clone.

 

[MicoSelva]

I keep forgetting about the cities, because the scope of the game seems pretty unrealistic given the budget and time, but You are right of course.

 

[Zeriel]

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

I'd rather have a copy of BG2/IWD than a copy of KOTOR or NWN.

 

[General Maxson]

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

I'd rather have a copy of BG2/IWD than a copy of KOTOR or NWN.

Sure. But why copy anything? They now have complete artistic freedom. It will be a fail if the just copycat ideas and looks of Baldur's Gate.

 

[FeelTheRads]

If anything it looks more like IWD. Not that IWD is original, but it's been obvious for a long time that Obsidian are playing it safe and will always do so. There's no "artistic freedom" in slam-dunks.

 

[Roguey]

Project Eternity isn't a slam dunk.

 

[Haba]

Could you tell me the lottery numbers for the next week while you're at it?

 

[Monty]

Wow a game pitched as an 'IE-style game' looks a bit.... like an IE game.

Let's break out the sackcloth and ashes and speculate that the writing will be shit.

 

[Roguey]

Could you tell me the lottery numbers for the next week while you're at it?

Determining whether or not something is a slam dunk is an observation not a prediction.

 

[Tigranes]

I'll be very happy with a copy of IWD, IWD2, BG1 or BG2. Not the best they could do, sure, but I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Wow a game pitched as an 'IE-style game' looks a bit.... like an IE game.

Let's break out the sackcloth and ashes and speculate that the writing will be shit.

I think they'd have to actively try in order to make it worse than BG2's writing.

 

[Haba]

Could you tell me the lottery numbers for the next week while you're at it?

Determining whether or not something is a slam dunk is an observation not a prediction.

You can't observe something that hasn't yet happened. Unless you are psychic. Which is why I want those lottery numbers.

 

[Duraframe300]

What?

At least codex is showing its hidden diversity, didn't we discuss around 50 pages in the project eternity thread on how P:E wasn't enough like an IE game and thus Obsidian lied to us?

Now it's too much like an Obsidian game and Obsidian was too honest?

 

[Roguey]

Could you tell me the lottery numbers for the next week while you're at it?

Determining whether or not something is a slam dunk is an observation not a prediction.

You can't observe something that hasn't yet happened. Unless you are psychic. Which is why I want those lottery numbers.

One can tell whether or not a project is a slam dunk before it's been released. That's the point of making them.

 

[Infinitron]

The typical Urquhartian "slam dunk" is a same engine sequel or spinoff made on the cheap. Capitalizing on the popularity of an existing intellectual property while spending less money.

PE is a new IP using new technology so it's not a slam dunk, except perhaps in the very limited sense of being similar to some games that were released over a decade ago.