Brad Grenz
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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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I propose spaceships.
Yesssssssssss. Create a secret goblin village which doubles as an experimental space shuttle launch platform!
Trojita
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I can't access the kickstarter website where I am.
Whoops, I didn't know. Exactly 14 hours are left.
Trojita
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Revolution number one
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Can I change the t-shirt to the obsidian one instead of the project eternity one?
Huh, really?
Maybe it was only in polish version, but we had a full-colour map of the whole city in our box.
Boxed games were awesome back then.
Mister_Bubbles
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Hmm. Day / Night schedule's already in, I believe. Seasons would be great, though.
BG2's map CD-Projekt threw in the box was such a disappointment in comparison. :'(
I think they're waiting with the announcement until they hit $3.5M on KS alone (which might take a while at this rate).
HP_Wuvcraft
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That would actually be pretty awesome.
But yeah, I think seasons will be regulated to acts.
True, donations seem to have slowed now. They should just say "Including PayPal pledges, we've hit $3.5 million and Big City 2 is confirmed, here's one final stretch goal for the last 12 or so hours".
They haven't really slowed, acording to http://ruinedkingdoms.com/project-eternity/ We're well above where we were yesterday at this hour.
Well it's also a result of America being asleep at the moment, I don't think we Europeans are that into supporting American companies, no matter the goal
(or maybe we're just cheap?).EndcatOmega
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Well it's also a result of America being asleep at the moment, I don't think we Europeans are that into supporting American companies, no matter the goal
Actually, from what I've seen there's a very large European fanbase for this- Germany and Poland are CRPG country, after all.
Russians are also really into them. But it doesn't mean they're going to donate much (particularly Poland and Russia).
Ah I always forget about time differences!Well it's also a result of America being asleep at the moment, I don't think we Europeans are that into supporting American companies, no matter the goal
I wonder if there'll be any side activities or minigames (like dice poker in The Witcher)? Would be good to have something simple but addictive, and depending on what the game was it could help with getting money for the stronghold too.
Slowed down? $75k in less then 5 hours today sounds good to me.
I don't know about this. Infinity Engine games didn't have minigames and didn't come worse by it.
And thruthfully there's very little chance it will happen, in those AMA on reddit Obsidian guys (Avellone?) said that they regret having minigames in second KOTOR and that they were a waste of time.
That's probably not their fault, though. CDP didn't have any good assets so they included what they could.
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EndcatOmega
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Better now than tomorrow! Time to see if there's any friends I have yet to drive away with Eternity preaching...
They squashed Double Fine Adventures record for pure Kickstarter funding (not counting PayPal).
With this much money I expect a game that finally surpasses Baldur's Gate II in content and quality.
No pressure, guys. Take your time - I have plenty of other games to play in the mean time.
With this much money I expect a game that finally surpasses Baldur's Gate II in content and quality.
No pressure, guys. Take your time - I have plenty of other games to play in the mean time.
Have they said yet if you can upgrade your pledge even after the Kickstarter ended? Some other projects offer that service, and with all the upgrades they've introduced it seems pretty likely to me.
I've only pledged $20 for the early backer special (and $20 for the GAF inn), but if there was the chance to upgrade, I'd probably go for a boxed version next month or in December. This month I've already spent too much on games.
I've only pledged $20 for the early backer special (and $20 for the GAF inn), but if there was the chance to upgrade, I'd probably go for a boxed version next month or in December. This month I've already spent too much on games.
Take out a payday loan.
I'm new to crowdfunding and PE, so maybe someone can explain this to me. Have they stated as much anywhere? Judging from the features list and updates it certainly looks like it's going to be a pretty huge rpg, but BG2 was fucking massive. How does this work, exactly? Are we funding the entire project? 'Cause 3,5M$ doesn't seem that much for a game of this scope, to me at least. Even if it's mostly in "2D" and whatnot.
I estimate Baldur's Gate 2 was made on a significantly larger budget. I assume something more like Fallout 1/2 in scope.
Even then, making a game like that back then was a lot more expensive than it is now with the tools developers have available.
Modern dev tools. No excuses.
yes, we fund the entire project and yes, I think that people got carried away
but who knows, New Vegas was huge in scope. I mean HUGE.Only just really looked into this. Sounds awesome, however with an estimated April 2014 release and the potential for it to take longer I personally won't be backing it. I would never prepurchase a game 1.5 years in advance normally, so this is no different. Hoping it ends up to be as good as it sounds though! I'll check back in a years time
Mister0079
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Does anyone know the budget for Vampire TMB? It would be sweet if we could get a spiritual sequel to that. I could go for a real-time first person immersive RPG with various supernatural creatures.
This is Obsidians chance to go from a small struggling (getting screwed over) developer into the big leagues.
I know it will be hard work but if they can match or exceed Baldur's Gate II they will be legend and the days of eating the table scraps of other bigger developers will be over.
This is their own IP and I don't see how they will ever get a better chance to secure their future.
And the eternal glory. Money comes and it goes but glory is forever.
I know it will be hard work but if they can match or exceed Baldur's Gate II they will be legend and the days of eating the table scraps of other bigger developers will be over.
This is their own IP and I don't see how they will ever get a better chance to secure their future.
And the eternal glory. Money comes and it goes but glory is forever.
I wonder, can we get the budget for Baldur's Gate 2? Is that information available anywhere?
As other have said, with modern development tools they should be able to approach BG2 in terms of content.
Also, just upped my backing level for the last day. I always seem to do that with kickstarters
stop taking my hard earned money you fucking talented people.If glory was forever people wouldn't hate on BioWare.
I will forever remember Bioware fondly for Baldur's Gate II, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins.
RIP Bioware
The Budget for Bloodlines was huge if I remember correctly...
I wonder, can we get the budget for Baldur's Gate 2? Is that information available anywhere?
As other have said, with modern development tools they should be able to approach BG2 in terms of content.
Also, just upped my backing level for the last day. I always seem to do that with kickstarters
"Modern dev tools" doesn't solve everything. Bioware already had a well-working engine for BG2, and I assume they were able to carry over certain assets and other aspects from the predecessor.
Art asset creation, writing, creating interesting gameplay, all these things still take a lot of time, and dev tools make very little difference there.
Maybe if PE is a giant smash hit at the box office there is a chance we could get a spiritual successor to Bloodlines even though the license is lost.
A pretty big 3D RPG like Risen (or Two Worlds II) can be made for quite small budgets and they are nowhere as well known as Bloodlines.
Maybe have to drop voice-overs to save money though.
A pretty big 3D RPG like Risen (or Two Worlds II) can be made for quite small budgets and they are nowhere as well known as Bloodlines.
Maybe have to drop voice-overs to save money though.
It would be amazing if a company full of talented individual such as Obsidian could find themselves in a similar position Epic and Valve are, eventually.
I think they are the best RPG studio as is, not even counting their Black Isle and Troika legacy. Now they "only" need to deliver with Project Eternity.
Minsc
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True, but the dev tools are pretty much the #1 thing in how efficient you are going to be at making a game vs cost, and there's probably nothing better at that than what they are using for Project Eternity (Unity), so on that front things are perfect.
Someone needs to quote that Whitewolf tweet again...