They wouldn't even put an in-game inn guestbook with our names? That would be sooo easy to do.Not individual names but collectively as community. And yes, you can still donate to GAF Inn to cut the cost of conversion!
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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Oh no. I'm talking about name in credits, Sorry.
Guestbook has been discussed in the thread. Express your idea and it may make it in!
As of yet, there has been no formal discussion with devs on what will be in the game (Kickstarter isn't even done!
), and we are just warming up with what needs to be the basics that every inn or tavern has. The rest of "add-ons" will be discussed when all the tallying is done.You can get your name in the game credits by donating to the KS.
Realistically, how much do you want as a minimum donation?Oh no. I'm talking about name in credits, Sorry.
Guestbook has been talked about. Express your idea and it may make it in!
I'm not raking it in right now and I've already spent more on this game than I'm accustomed to (Obsidian only had to rename it The Sims: Project Eternity and I would have given them £100!)
I also don't want to be a cunt and only flick £1 your way.
Son I don't want my name in the credits. I meant more as getting my name IN the GAF inn.
SquiddyCracker
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Awesome!
StoppedInTracks
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Is this the biggest gaming related KS yet? I mean with the highest amount of money gathered?
StoppedInTracks
Member
Not "gaming related" (that's Ouya), but it's the most funded game.
No less companions is better. Eight is very high as is.
I really think it should be at least 8 in a game with a 6 person party. Otherwise you have very little choice as to who to take.
You don't want cities, you don't want companions. Perhaps you could petition them to make a browser game.
StoppedInTracks
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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More Inn slots? What kinda whorish move this is?!
Get on with it, GAF! Steal them all!
Get on with it, GAF! Steal them all!
Feargus was just saying in the comments:
So it's being considered, but it'll only happen if they can do it right.
Perhaps you should go back to playing crummy open world games with no substance.
CrunchyFrog
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I disagree, BG2 had what, like 12 at least? For a full party of six, you'd wanna have at least some variety between playthroughs.
EDIT: scratch that, 14 companions, not even counting ToB. 8 is a tad low.
SerArthurDayne
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More Inn slots? What kinda whorish move this is?!
Get on with it, GAF! Steal them all!
New Big City means new Big Inns. I wouldn't worry about it too much. As long as we get the prime city.
If they can keep quality, the more companions the better. BG2 had like, what, 16? And pretty much all of them were different and interesting. I know that's too much to ask, but 10 seems like a good round number that will let them develop each character and but also give you a lot of choice.
Well, that sounds fair.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
And most of those werent very intertesting or good (and BG1 had even more and they were even worse). I care less about choice in party than about the companions themselves.
Maybe they should also reduce the party size. If it's a matter of combat mechanics depth vs characters depth, I know I'd choose the latter.
Nah man, Black Isle's BACK!
Huh? Name one companion in BG2 who wasn't very good or interesting. Even Cernd had cool quests and interactions! BG2's characters easily triumphs pretty much any other RPG, even the ones considered more boring.
BG1 did have boring character though.
Dak'kon couldn't hope to be as interesting as Anomen's quest and personal journey. Depth is a very loose term, what matters are the interactions and dialogues. BG2 wins over PS:T in that regard.
Remember, Baldur's Gate companions weren't even close to someone like Dak'kon in depth. If they're planning something like that, I can forgive them for keeping the number low.
CrunchyFrog
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Well the problem is we're only allowed to customize the protagonist in this game, while every other possible character is fairly preset. I guess the adventurer's hall kinda mitigates this, but having a greater variety of companions in turn allows a greater variety of protagonists and thus group makeup and combat styles. They don't have to be all super in depth, and some can be more than others, but the flavor of having a tailor-made NPC versus a generic one that you'd likely get at the hall is so much better. But don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a Chrono Cross scenario either.
ok guys, help me out.
i already made a pretty good pledge for Gaf Inn, and while i know i will love this game and i will surely buy it i'm torn about making a pledge to the actual kickstarter as well...
the funny thing is that the only thing that is making me consider it is the t-shirt XD
what do you think i should do?
i already made a pretty good pledge for Gaf Inn, and while i know i will love this game and i will surely buy it i'm torn about making a pledge to the actual kickstarter as well...
the funny thing is that the only thing that is making me consider it is the t-shirt XD
what do you think i should do?
To keep HK-47 happy we should just have one companion. But make it a really interesting one. Choice is bad!
Prime example is NWN2 vs MotB. NWN2 had way more companions but none of them were a match of a single companion from MotB.
We are through the looking glass here. Dennis making his usual stupid strawmans only confirms it.
I guess we're just going to disagree on this one.
The only companions in BG2 that could be considered less interesting/fun are Mazzy, Cernd, Korgan (though he can get a pass in the fun department if it's up to me!) and maybe Valygar. The rest were mostly instant classic, with amazing banters and sometimes deep personal developments and such. No matter which composition I finished the game with, I felt like I traveled with full and complicated human beings.
Dak'kon was an interesting character, one of the better ones in PS:T, but what's matter is not how exotic or original the character is, but how well done his story is. Anomen, which I think is one of the best made companions in BG2, had a very interesting story to tell and he dealt with many very human emotions. At the end of the day, Anomen gave you a chance to see a character go through very tough personal developments and to give him a helping hand and somewhat define him as a character. Dak'kon didn't get me to these depths.
Dak'kon was an interesting character, one of the better ones in PS:T, but what's matter is not how exotic or original the character is, but how well done his story is. Anomen, which I think is one of the best made companions in BG2, had a very interesting story to tell and he dealt with many very human emotions. At the end of the day, Anomen gave you a chance to see a character go through very tough personal developments and to give him a helping hand and somewhat define him as a character. Dak'kon didn't get me to these depths.
^ oh you, Mazzy and Korgan are the bee's knees
MotB had 3 awesome companions out of 5. A decent ratio, all things considered.
MotB had 3 awesome companions out of 5. A decent ratio, all things considered.
Please remember that those will be Obsidian created companions. So each of them will be miles better than any companion from BG2.
Also it doesn't mean that they won't do some filler companions like it was in Arcanum.
Also number of party members is not yet finalized. In my opinion it should be max 4 or 5. 6 tends to be to much spam click and less strategic.
Also it doesn't mean that they won't do some filler companions like it was in Arcanum.
Also number of party members is not yet finalized. In my opinion it should be max 4 or 5. 6 tends to be to much spam click and less strategic.
You do not *know* what you say.
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Deleted member 102362
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I thought the New Vegas companions were great. I have absolutely no doubt the PE companions will be just as good.
Just so we do not go down that road again, I will clarify - I think both BG2's and PS:T's companions are great. But I think BG2 managed to give their character that extra bit of humanity to make me care for them. They had interesting personal conflicts and problems that many time you could influence and direct, they bantered with each other in a completely believable way and so much more.
SquiddyCracker
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All this hating on NWN2
NWN 1 was better.
NWN 1 was better.
I agree.All this hating on NWN2
NWN 1 was better.
Cernd is interesting as a case study in how you can somehow make a FUCKING WEREWOLF into the lamest character imaginable.
And Korgan is awesome.
Being exotic didnt make Dak'kon better. Being better written made him better. I also fail to how any companion outside of maybe Vhailor werent full of more pathos and depth than anyone in BG2. They also tied the main character in a way that BG's companions never could.