Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
Two posts by Josh Sawyer from the same Something Awful thread:
And regarding action points vs. two actions per turn:
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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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Two posts by Josh Sawyer from the same Something Awful thread:
And regarding action points vs. two actions per turn:
I just finished watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look. I skipped ahead on certain parts to avoid minor spoilers such as the world background and one puzzle. The user-interface looks incredible. I only hope you'll be able to keybind everything on the UI, but I can't imagine they'd ignore that. The text and narrative windows look phenomenal. We already saw a few of them at E3 but this just reinforces that notion. The amount of additional dialogue choices based on your attributes, background, or other stats makes me weep for joy.
This is infinitely better than this:
This is infinitely better than this:
I'm arachnophobic too, zyklon, but I usually find I don't get that squicky feeling (palms sweating, goosebumps, nervous shaking, etc.) with spiders in isometric games like PoE (both Path of Exile and Pillars of Eternity, HA!) - I guess Diablo II was a sort of baptism of fire in that regard.
3d games, on the other hand... I'm sort-of reluctant to play Skyrim again for that reason. There's even a quest I refused to play. And Dark Souls 2... ugh, I had to muster all my courage to power through that level and finally beat THAT boss. So yeah. I kinda feel your pain.
But still... Pillars of Eternity looks so amazing I'm willing to manage that stupid phobia so I can enjoy it.
3d games, on the other hand... I'm sort-of reluctant to play Skyrim again for that reason. There's even a quest I refused to play. And Dark Souls 2... ugh, I had to muster all my courage to power through that level and finally beat THAT boss. So yeah. I kinda feel your pain.
But still... Pillars of Eternity looks so amazing I'm willing to manage that stupid phobia so I can enjoy it.
for me isometric is worse since you get to see their whole shape
i don't enjoy first person either but looking at them from the front isn't as bad. tho there's the added element of limited view so if you get in a cave or something and you never know if turn your back and one will be jumping at you so that's not so great either
hopefully eternity's spiders will be modeable and i won't have to think about this
i don't enjoy first person either but looking at them from the front isn't as bad. tho there's the added element of limited view so if you get in a cave or something and you never know if turn your back and one will be jumping at you so that's not so great either
hopefully eternity's spiders will be modeable and i won't have to think about this
Hey guys,
Wes from PC Gamer here. We put out episode two of The PC Gamer Show today which has an interview with Josh Sawyer on Fallout: New Vegas and him walking us through the Pillars of Eternity Demo. Same gameplay footage you'll see elsewhere, but lots of different commentary since we kept pausing the demo to talk. Check it out if you want more Pillars.
Next week I'll see about getting the whole unedited demo, which ran for about 45 minutes, up on the site if anyone would be interested. Josh's commentary on the game is the most interesting bit.
Wes from PC Gamer here. We put out episode two of The PC Gamer Show today which has an interview with Josh Sawyer on Fallout: New Vegas and him walking us through the Pillars of Eternity Demo. Same gameplay footage you'll see elsewhere, but lots of different commentary since we kept pausing the demo to talk. Check it out if you want more Pillars.
Next week I'll see about getting the whole unedited demo, which ran for about 45 minutes, up on the site if anyone would be interested. Josh's commentary on the game is the most interesting bit.
Thanks, will check it out
Irobot82
Member
NIce intro man! Good job.
Loved the New Vegas interview. I'm now redownloading that game from Steam thanks to that video.
This was good stuff.
really liked the entire thing - the RPG discussion was good and Josh's interview was very very interesting! Thanks for posting it.
Anyone want to join a guess the PE release date competition?
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66536-guess-the-release-date/
probs all gonna pool in 50c - $1 each for a prize pool.
http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66536-guess-the-release-date/
probs all gonna pool in 50c - $1 each for a prize pool.
Expert Speech Skill: Pillars Of Eternity Interview Part 2
Second part of the RPS interview. (First part here)
Second part of the RPS interview. (First part here)
As promised, I just put up our full Pillars of Eternity demo with Sawyer. If you've watched video of the game already you probably won't see anything new, but there's a ton of Josh Sawyer in here talking about Pillars, the character creator, Infinity Engine RPGs and so on!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399woWuxUUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399woWuxUUM
Thanks for posting. This video is far more interesting and detailed than the other gameplay demonstrations I've seen for this game. Great interviewer.
Good video.
But does anyone else think that the starting costumes (and hairstyles) are some of the most atrocious looking designs of anything ever?
I mean... I get that it's starter gear. But shit, does the guy have to look like he's just stepped out of an 80s audition for some cave man porn?
*edit* Ah... it's just barbarian starter gear. But still terrible first impression of character models in this game.
Only 19 days to go.
bakerbakes
Member
Do we have a release date yet? Divinity OS had got me craving more.
No release date. Beta on August 18th.
$25 was a kickstarter price.
I think somewhere around the $40 mark is a realistic price point for when they finish the game.
All we know is it's winter 2014
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I just finished watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look. I skipped ahead on certain parts to avoid minor spoilers such as the world background and one puzzle. The user-interface looks incredible. I only hope you'll be able to keybind everything on the UI, but I can't imagine they'd ignore that. The text and narrative windows look phenomenal. We already saw a few of them at E3 but this just reinforces that notion. The amount of additional dialogue choices based on your attributes, background, or other stats makes me weep for joy.
Damn, son.
Dos multi-stat responses.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Hell-fucking-yes! i love stuff like that.
Got all hot and bothered over those dialog trees, man.
I posted it in the other thread and forgot to check this one. Excellent interview.
This is a little disappointing but I understand why this is the case. I'm still hoping Pillars of Eternity will be a showcase for RTwP much like Divinity: Original Sin is for TB.
They've already confirmed at least one expansion, so they might very well add more complexity there
I'm actually getting more regretful and mad at myself for not dropping the extra $25 for the beta access, where before I was happy I didn't give into temptation. I know I have plenty of other games to play already and more before this even comes out, including DAI, but this is just looking so damn good. They're saying all the right things.
