The Technomancer
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Pillars of Eternity by Obsidian Entertainment (Kickstarter) [Up: Teaser]
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I'd kinda like to see it though, even if it's just a downloadable title made sometime after the PC version. And it really is the only console I could see comfortably playing the old IE games on.
Controversial opinion of the day:
Stretch goal: 3 million, nothing new will be added at this level but we will push the release of the game to April 2015 and the money will be spent on wages to keep people working on the game until it shines.
As it stands now they have given themselves 19 months. To make a spiritual sequel to PS:T and BG2.......color me skeptical......
Stretch goal: 3 million, nothing new will be added at this level but we will push the release of the game to April 2015 and the money will be spent on wages to keep people working on the game until it shines.
As it stands now they have given themselves 19 months. To make a spiritual sequel to PS:T and BG2.......color me skeptical......
At this point I never expect a Kickstarted game to come out at their initial predictions, because those are based on the game if they get the bare minimum amount of funding. As the scope grows, it's reasonable to expect it to get pushed back some.
That is actually a really smart way to look at it.
Why do you think it can't happen? They're not doing much of voice work or cinematics or cutting edge graphical stuff. I think they can do it in 2 years.
How much were the development periods for those IE games?
PumpkinPie
Banned
Please update the OP so that the kickstarter link is at the top rather than halfway down the page.
they produced New Vegas in this timeframe AND they have been working on this project for a few months.
They released BG2 23 months after releasing BG1, so there's that.
NV is not a good comparison since a lot of the assets they borrowed from Bethesda. Even if NV had some stuff Eternity won't have.
Black Isle's releases
Fallout: 1997
Fallout 2: 1998
Planescape: Torment: 1999
Icewind Dale: 2000
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter 2001
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter - Trials of the Luremaster 2001
Icewind Dale II 2002
I don't know if Black Isle had several different teams, but if the groundwork is done about 2 years for a game should be quite reasonable.
Shake Appeal
Member
Asset production has got to be easier for a graphically-unambitious isometric game that may well be using 2D backdrops, and has limited voice acting, CG, etc.?
I'd be more worried about the man hours the writing team is going to have to put in if they're heading into Planescape territory.
I'd be more worried about the man hours the writing team is going to have to put in if they're heading into Planescape territory.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Wow, didn't realize Fallout 1 and 2 were so close together
Oh yeah, Avellone said he'd ideally like an year to write up everything before going into designing mechanics.
I can also see asset generation not taking as long as it does with a modern AAA console game.
I am going to stick my neck out here and say that New Vegas could have benefited from 6 more months of development.
Actually, they had to cut post game content, which was already in the works, because of the schedule.
There's always cut content, the point is New Vegas was "complete".
superdeluxe
Member
Have ziets be a stretch goal and the surprise guest announcing himself as the stretch
Indeed, and I believe he should be even more outspoken about it, this way some rich Maecenas is eventually going to fund this kind of thing.Time's MCA interview is really good. He sounded pretty annoyed at publishers
Project Eternity wiki: http://eternitywiki.com/Main_Page
Shake Appeal
Member
Hmmm, do I want to be a human, dwarf, elf, or 'godlike'. Hmm.
Strummerjones
Member
It's definitely complete, but it would have been much more interesting if they'd been given more time and didn't have to scrap certain aspects early on. With six more months they could have kept in all the post endgame quests and more importantly put in the Legion settlements to the East of the Colorado. The latter in particular is the game's achilles heel lore wise.
Arstechnica's article on the project: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/...all-star-effort-to-revive-the-classic-pc-rpg/
Nothing really new. A couple of quotes, however.
Nothing really new. A couple of quotes, however.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Am I the only one that can't wait until they stop calling it Project Eternity?
Sure, but that line of reasoning kinda takes us down a rabbit hole. Moreover, I don't believe more time spent invariably leads to better quality.
It'd have been great if Legion was expanded on in DLC, though, I agree.
Those were great years in general for PC gaming... Growing up in those years were amazing, it was a constant streams of classics.
Early adopter here...(got in for $20), but now I find myself thinking are they ever going to stop announcing stretch goals and actually get down to putting this thing together/out? I may be a little impatient here, but I would like to know some progress on the game/engine (newest update notwithstanding) instead of more stretch goals.
WorstUsernameEver
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These guys are so many levels ahead in maturity compared to the dumb shit most other RPG developers are doing these days it's ridiculous.
And by that we can just explicitly say Bioware and Bethesda.
Heh, I specifically remember in a FO3 interview when Todd said they had limit the amount of times they used the word "fuck" in dialogue. It's like a race to the bottom with some people.
They have many of the high-level design concepts established. Funding needs to go through before they can begin production, which means they really can't do much in that regard until after the funding period finishes.
EndcatOmega
Unconfirmed Member
SA had the best title- 'Obsidian Do A Thing'. I can't imagine a better name.
arglebargle
Member
are you serious? they announced the kickstarter one week ago and they didnt plan to get funded as quickly as they did. beyond that, they have announced quite a lot through the updates. i think you are being impatient.
After Eternity releases, someone should release a mod to play MotB with Eternity's ruleset. Spirit eating would taste the best then.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
They're still in the process of raising funds. There is still quite a bit of time left for the kickstarter and the game isn't even scheduled for well over a year.
I actually recently re-finished it
Maybe we should all replay Arcanum.
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I (stupidly) started playing it for the first time a day or two before Borderlands 2 came out. I did get through the really boring starting dungeon but I stopped in the town and haven't been able to pick it back up for now. But I like the mechanics and some of the crafting I was introduced even if I will likely never understand that genre's combat system and its numbers. I'm looking forward to getting back to it.
"Eternity" really is the most generic project name someone could possibly come up with...