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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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CrunchyFrog
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Called it
though it seemed a bit dicey towards the second/third weeks in there.
PastorOfMuppets
Banned
Ha, they ran out of stretch goal ideas so they were just like, "Fuck it, give us $4.0 million and we'll give this game the Valve treatment."
Edit: Also noticed that the Endless Dungeon image has stalled at 10 levels even though there are enough backers for 11 levels.
Edit: Also noticed that the Endless Dungeon image has stalled at 10 levels even though there are enough backers for 11 levels.
I wish I was just a rich so I could shower Kickstarter projects with money.
You don't have faith in one of the best CRPG developers with some of the most talented writers, RPG designers etc. working for them?
Lulz.
Also, ~4 million is more than plenty for this kind of project. Less voice acting, not as much focus on 3d graphixxxxxx, no expensive pre-rendered FMVs, no huge marketing campaigns etc. cut off a lot of the fluff that is in current AAA level 20 million $+ game development.
whalleywhat
Member
There's literally nothing else they could put in the game.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Besides the expansion pack
*blah blah hypocritical pre-release DLC blah blah idontcare*In the first hype days yes. Those lull mid weeks made me retract a bit my expectations. But now... damn. We can almost smell them!
What about visceral combat?
My friends, it is done...........onward to $4,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Is the 4mil doable guys?
My friends, it is done...........onward to $4,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hats off.
Only need about $125,000 in the next 4 hours.
CrunchyFrog
Member
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StoppedInTracks
Member
Wow the numbers seem to be jumping all around. I saw 3,725,000 for a moment and then it fall down to 3,693,000. What gives?
I hope they reach 3,880,000 on the KS page + 120,000 via PayPal = 4,000,000
I hope they reach 3,880,000 on the KS page + 120,000 via PayPal = 4,000,000
They're at $150k on PayPal.
Kickstarter is getting wrecked by the traffic, I think the same thing happened during DFA's last day.
We need ~125k and we have 4 hours left. In the last hour the kickstarter made 43k. So the only thing needed is to keep up the current rate of pledges.
MrCunningham
Member
The PC game? They say that like it is a bad thing. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura was awesome.
thechristoph
Sir!
I must have missed something. When was the expansion part of the rewards tier? It doesn't seem to be right now. I'll up my pledge if I'm overlooking it.
EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out! I'm a little slow sometimes.
Z
ZombieFred
Unconfirmed Member
You know it really does feel like the golden days of PC gaming are coming back in full swing thanks to the power and beauty of the internet and growing passionate gaming communities. Having developer freedom for things like this with great success is just a tip of the iceberg of what "niche" genres can return in full swing that would of been laughed/mocked at if they were ever pitched to publishers. I am so proud to seeing history like this but with more older eyes .
.CrunchyFrog
Member
The joke is he's never played it despite it being one of the seminal works of his current codeveloper Tim Cain
Just go into manage your pledge, leave your reward tier alone, and at the top add the amount for the desired add-on rewards, there's a list at the PE blog. They'll email you later to confirm which add-ons you want.
Really wish the t-shirt wasn't so expensive :/
I am just not a fan because I feel every game they released other than Dungeon Siege 3 which isn't a very good game has had some reason to play but constantly marred by tons of bugs and other issues.
It's always said that it's the publishers fault and Obsidian is blameless for them, So if Project eternity comes out and is fantastic without the same issues Obsidian gets more faith from me but I am not going to assume anything until it happens especially when I feel Obsidian hasn't earned it.
I have been a backer since day one and I don't regret it.
Probably late 2013.
But seriously, there are no dates. Anyone giving you more than an extreme ballpark is probably lying.
MrCunningham
Member
That's not what they meant at all. It's just kind of a "shame on you, Avellone." Now they'll force him to play it after he's been avoiding it for this long.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
I upped my pledge just this morning too.
If you scroll down the main Kickstarter screen there is a banner saying "Add-Ons", if you read it you'll see that if you increase your pledge to 45$ (while still staying in the 25$ tier) you're getting the expansion as well.
It's part of the reward tiers $165 and above. Below $165 you can add $20 to your pledge to get it. More details here: http://project-eternity.tumblr.com/post/33543990284/project-eternity-add-on-list
April 2014. But looking at things like second big city it will probably be end of 2014.
Subv3rsi0n
Member
The expansion is a digital add-on for $20. Simply add $20 to your pledge amount and you can allocate the extra money to add-ons via the survey that will be sent after the project is funded.
Part of it is publisher involvement, part of it is the shitty game engines they've had to use (UE3 isn't good for RPGs and Bethesda's engine is one of the worst pieces of shit to ever grace this planet), part is the fact that they make some of the most ambitious RPGs and bugs are simply a side effect of that. Mass Effect is some straightforward shit and it's still a buggy POS. Bugs are in much inferior games like Bethesda's mediocre games, at least Obsidian's games offer well thought out RPG mechanics & stories that don't underestimate the intelligence of the gamers.
Besides, every classic RPG that's comparable to Obsidian's games have been marred with bugs & glitches starting from the likes of Fallout 2 & Arcanum.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Not so sure they're actually going to still add more. They've removed the backer sounter bar from their KS page entirely and still haven't updated the 10 level pic to 11. I don't they ever anticipated having so many extra levels and might just be drawing the line at 10, more backers or no.
Minsc
Gold Member
Shame the NSFW-ness of floors 11-20 are keeping it from being updated on the main page.
Looking at the $250 tier, the text says that the Collectors book is a "Project Eternity Collector's Book" while the $500 text says that it is a "Project Eternity *Hardcover* Collector's Book, Signed". However the tier pictures state that both the $250 and $500 tier Collector's books are hardcover?