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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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I'm actually getting the PS:T itch as well. Good thing I always keep in installed just in case.
I have it on my desktop, but having it on the laptop will ensure that I'll finally finish it.
I think I'll go create a let's play thread to have some companions in this trip, and also to discipline myself to play it to its conclusion...I have it on my desktop, but having it on the laptop will ensure that I'll finally finish it.
I might just join you then. Man, the wait to 2014 is going to be fucking tough....
This game keep sounding better and better! Shit, I have to scrap some cash so that I can up my pledge...
Things of interest from the interview:
Just relating to what was talked about earlier in this thread, there's no alignment:
Also, on multiplayer (it's not ruled out, but focus is on SP):
And also, there are guns.
I loved that with New Vegas.
Guns can be a nice break from the regular weapons you expect to find. But, we shouldn't read too much into this - We don't know anything about them yet. For all we know they're like Forgotten Realm's gun - Rare and unwieldy in forms resembling hand-held cannons and such. They might be new "super-weapons" recently developed by some empire, so they appear only in hands of enemies. Man, there are a million cool things you could do with guns in a fantasy setting.
yeah, i expect them to be something they used in the late middle age / renaiscance.
The interesting implication is that it's not your run of the mill dark age fantasy setting.
Yeah I'm honestly not sure why guns should sadden anyone. It's not like they're making a FPS. Based on the other quotes I've seen though, I feel it's fair to warn you guys that I don't think they're just being used in a "early musket" kind of way, since I'm pretty sure there are going to be bombs as well.
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"While there are social concepts of good and evil," he added, "the game does not track an alignment for the player. Instead we will use a reputation system to keep track of what different groups in the world think of you. Consequences of your actions will matter in Project Eternity."
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If it was Bioware saying this, I would've scoffed.
When it's Obsidian not being fucked over by a publisher again, I believe.
BTW, If we're talking about breaking fantasy conventions, what I really want to see is a different take on fantasy music. Not that I don't like large orchestras playing dramatic music, it's just that I really want to see a game try for a different aproach. Less instruments, less dramatic, maybe less european. I'd love a game with music that sound like this for example.
I just spotted something interesting, don't know if it have been noticed in the thread (sorry if so):
A tweet of Avellone asked about the Onyx engine" and he answered: "No, we will not. We like the Onyx engine, but it'll likely be too expensive considering the middleware attachments."
I'm surprised, I thought it would be Onyx but I never considered the middleware costs. Makes you think about our perceived value of creating a game against the real deal.
A tweet of Avellone asked about the Onyx engine" and he answered: "No, we will not. We like the Onyx engine, but it'll likely be too expensive considering the middleware attachments."
I'm surprised, I thought it would be Onyx but I never considered the middleware costs. Makes you think about our perceived value of creating a game against the real deal.
I would be happy if they would create Arcanum spiritual succesor.
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Also Arcanum already had standard fantasy races served in unusual way. Or should i say standard but with a twist.
From looks Eternity is trying to go in Arcanum way with guns and bombs.
Now they need to announce that in bigger cities there is sort of victorian lifestyle.
It was posted before, last page I think. Right now I think Unity is the most popular bet regarding engine. But then again, in the Eurogamer interview Tim Cain said:
So I don't know. Does Obsidian have other engines beside Onyx?
Tim Cain is man who created Fallout 1 engine also he worked in team who created Arcanum engine. If they want to create 2D game they already have man for this job.
With a budget as limited as a Kickstarter project's I think they are going to modify an off the shelf solution like Unity to fit their purpose.
If they would plan to use Unity they would say so already. In my opinion they have already something created inhouse. In interview they said they have something nice and innovative in therms of rendering they probably wouldn't say that if they were planing to use Unity.
Arcanum's soundtrack is strictly western but if fits your other criteria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftvpi-6Z6qw
I need another game with music like this. Preferably this game would.
Unity? Why would a big company such as Obsidian use Unity? Nothing wrong with it, but in my opinion this engine is for those game developers who can't create their own engine. And Obsidian has such manpower that they can make a new engine or use one of their old engines.
Making a new engine isn't something that is inexpensive. In fact it's very expensive.
I'd much rather them use a modified Unity and focus our money on the more important details of the game.
I know, I played Arcanum
One of my favorite OSTs ever.As for the engine - If Tim is reffering to Unity it's a little strange, because they didn't mention it before. When he says "we have an engine" it implies to me something internal. I'm guessing they're not going to create a whole new engine under this limited budget - I think maybe Avallone was wrong and they are using Onyx?
Heh, it seemed to slow down a lot after the first day or two, which I guess is expected when such a huge amount was donated. Probably make a good 2.0-2.5 million by the end anyways though. Should be a good amount for this sort of game. Which is now my most hyped project, even above double fine's, and both are pretty limited info.
Crazy-as-hell-suggestion: Who actually owns the rights to the Infinity Engine?
Manpower costs money. Building a new engine from scratch would eat up a *massive* chunk of their budget. Heck, possibly all of what they've raised thus far; I've only ever worked on iterative engines, so I don't really have a benchmark for the cost of starting from scratch, but a lot of work on the projects I worked on was done on the engine level.
I know, I played Arcanum
As for the engine - If TIm is reffering to Unity it's a little strange, because they didn't mention it before. When he says "we have an engine" it implies to me something internal. I'm guessing they're not going to create a whole new engine under this limited budget - I think maybe Avallone was wrong and they are using Onyx?
I hope they use some sort of modified Onyx. It'd be a landmark for Obsidian to finally make a game with IP ownership and with in-house engine.
BioWare?
There's no way it'll be 2D.
Correct.
EA actually is reusing the name these days: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/madden-nfl-13-fueled-by-new-infinity-engine/
Unity is incredibly efficient to make games in, which is actually very helpful to lower budget products.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Engine said:
They could always use a license of the engine.
And it'd be even cheaper if they used a modified version of their own internal engine (no royalties/licenses to pay and the software engineers who made the engine to begin with are on site to provide technical support).