Fantastic podcast indeed, it's basically MCA doing a trip down memory lane, anyone slightly interested in Black Isle era, MCA or CRPGs in general must listen to this.
In my country's case, China is not to blame, to be honest, only our own government.This is a real issue. China is dragging down the currencies of virtually every country in the world right now. We'll all end up paying more when the pledge is finally collected than we were going to when we actually pledged a month ago.
So... all you guys who deal with US dollars natively need to step up
The only rumor I'm aware of is that Obsidian canceled a project that Avellone was leading. It makes sense considering that he hasn't been publicly identified as project lead since Old World Blues, only to leave Obsidian with no warning.
There's a huge difference between JES and Swen. His involvement won't be like PoE, I have no doubt about it.
It did exist, we just never heard any details about the game itself. He started working on it shortly after the Project Eternity KS ended, and it was going to be a new IP as well.
but I was thoroughly disappointed in PoE. The game turned out mediocre at best, and it doesn't hold a candle to the classics that inspired it. It's very forgettable, and I doubt it left enough of an impression to warrant any kind of presence in a year's time.Also, Fallout 3 was shit and Skyrim is popamole trash!!! (insert devil emoticon here)
No, they aren't
Tbf they are trying to fix that with D:OS:EE
I have a lot to say about PoE in my upcoming analysis, but yeah, Sawyer made some terrible decisions. He does make the trains run on time, though, and considering Obsidian's history, I can see why that must've been very important to the partners when making Eternity.
Not really. MCA was just one partner, and JES was made project lead, he had to respect that. You can blame Feargus for making JES project lead in the first place, but cutting/changing MCA's content and giving him a small role was Sawyer's call.
In the Idle Thumbs podcast someone linked above he says he was offered the chance to be project lead on a new Torment by Obsidian back when they were deciding their Kickstarter, but he said he didn't want to lead 30 people into a "death march".
The lack of great C&C was a much bigger problem IMO, considering that's what people used to take for granted in Obsidian games.
I really can't see those two. Especially dialogue. 4 out of 5 IE games have far worse dialogue than PoE. And I'd argue that combat encounters are a mixed bag in all of them.
Yeah, the only prevailing criticism I can fully agree with is regarding the loot, and that's just not particularly important for me in an RPG.
Not that simple. Maybe he could've been project lead, but not because he was creative director. Do you think it was his own decision to no be project lead, lead writer or lead designer on any game ever since AP? I doubt it. Ultimately that's up to the CEO, Feargus, or a vote if it came to that. The whole Kickstarter thing was decided by a lot of people in the company and it was pretty heated. Sawyer threatened to quit during the discussion on whether to make a KS or not, and some didn't think KS was a viable alternative. MCA himself was one of them at first, but he came around later.
