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STEAM | September 2015 - The Phantom Pre-Load or: AAA Movies Are Just +1s To Us
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Madrugador
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Fuck yeees. Thanks, I have to be careful buying games here though.
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What if obsidian became to RPGs what telltale is for adventure games, where they take popular licenses and make decent RPGs out of them
I would be about that.
I would be about that.
Can't tell if you just misunderstood, or dislike Telltale games. I think Freedom is just saying that Telltale made those things good, and if Obsidian did that with RPGs it'd be based. I think.
Chance Hale
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Killing Floor 2 is making my computer stop working and artifacts fly about everywhere just by starting it up. I'd think my video card was dying but I just started Mad Max and it still runs beautifully :/
texhnolyze
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Should I get it?
someguyinahat
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I think you'll find this is where you and zkylon (and I) will disagree.
Leafhopper
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Should I get it?
Doesn't look very fun.
I didn't say that was my opinion. Just earlier today, or late last night, I made a post about being pretty bored with The Wolf Among Us after finishing ep 1.
Opinions, though.
Freedom = $1.05
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You all seriously against telltale games like as if life is strange didn't crib from them
You gotta respect what TT has done with licensed games. I mean the only outright dud was Jurassic park and even that game has its fans
You gotta respect what TT has done with licensed games. I mean the only outright dud was Jurassic park and even that game has its fans
LurkerPrime
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TellTale's stuff is formulaic, but I can't deny that they've got something good going. If they just put some attention into the engine I'd have zero complaints. The choices aren't always the best, but the stories are always, at the very least, interesting to play through.
For instance, I'm dying to play through GoT Ep 6 right now. Gotta see how it ends!
I thought it had some sort of horrible DRM but now I don't see that info on the store page.
Avoid, in any case.
For instance, I'm dying to play through GoT Ep 6 right now. Gotta see how it ends!
Should I get it?
I thought it had some sort of horrible DRM but now I don't see that info on the store page.
Avoid, in any case.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Wouldn't be the first time you've been wrong~
-MD-
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I'd agree with you.
Isn't that kinda what Obsidian already does? Take popular licenses-- like say Star Wars or Fallout-- and make decent RPGs out of them? True they aren't as prolific as Telltale but different types of game and all.
derExperte
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So the LiS backlash has finally begun.
someguyinahat
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Should I get it?
I heard it starts off crummy, but it picks up right about the end, where the main boss fight would be.
N.I.T.R.O., on the other hand, is solid for the first two acts, then the ending is really disappointing and makes little to no sense, with all these adds that come out of nowhere.
-MD-
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Hella nah brah, there's only like 3 people on GAF willing to admit the game is boring.
Should I get it?
Having played some of it, I'm gonna say that 2.99 is more or less how much I feel this is worth.
Should you get it? Depends what you expect out of it. It's not a downright bad game, but I didn't feel it was anything good either. More like the definition of average and a bit repetitive.
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Eh, South Park is the only one they worked on from inception. The rest were jobs where they were working off of another company's efforts. Fallout isn't really a licensed game and kotor 2 was coming off of the work bioware put into kotor 1.
Like the idea of a 007 or Archer protocol would be freaking amazing to me.
LurkerPrime
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Like South Park, it would be a complete waste of Obsidian's time and talents; any studio can make licensed cash-ins. Obsidian is one of the few large-scale RPG developers left and it would be a shame to lose that.
i dunno why but reading your post and realizing that like obsidian "licensed" fallout just broke my heart
i've said lis wasn't so great from the first ep tho
like, i really enjoy the game cos i love sad american teenager drama, but you know, bottle collecting and hipstersville and all those shitty side characters with really bad voiceacting and max's weird "ewww booze"ing and the very awkward-to-control rewinding just brings the game down
it's an alright game, it's gonna be on my list cos i haven't played much and it did enough to keep me intrigued but way too many small issues
i mean, i dunno. i don't particularly like archer so that's why i'd rather they didn't work on that, but obs is pretty beast at licensed stuff. like kotor 2 was great up until lucas decided to sabotage it, so i wouldn't be against more licensed work. a bloodlines sequel would be awesome, and i'd make me the happiest to see them do fallout again
but i'd always rather they just created something original. jesawyer and tim cain are like two of the most wonderful ppl ever and i hope chris avellone is like driving distance so they can stretch goal the fuck out of him. just imagine those three sitting in a room with infinite unadulterated creative freedom
so yea why would anyone even want to tie them to an existing series
Cash-ins are where the money is. I mean, if you're not dealing with a scummy publisher.
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And they still produce those games. pillars is happening right now.
But South Park kept that studio afloat for a while there so let's not act like they shouldn't work on licenses. That's not beneath them and, really, if the difference between keeping a studio alive and them hanging on a thread is that they sometimes have to make some decent licensed games then wouldn't you rather have that? Platinum would've shut their doors if they suddenly did something as silly as turn away licensed games.
Some of you folks, cmon now. If they got the rights to do kotor 3 you would be perfectly okay with it.
AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA no
Hero Prinny
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the stick of truth is fire, fuck outta here.
this is how i'd put it
i bought every obs game ever, even multiple times etc. etc.
i didn't buy south park rpg
licensed games ask u to like the license, and i like obs, not the license. i like star wars but not enough to desperately chase every game and series and whatever, but if obs makes kotor 3 i'd play it. but like i'm not gonna play like a fucking family guy obsidian rpg no matter how much i love then lol
i bought every obs game ever, even multiple times etc. etc.
i didn't buy south park rpg
licensed games ask u to like the license, and i like obs, not the license. i like star wars but not enough to desperately chase every game and series and whatever, but if obs makes kotor 3 i'd play it. but like i'm not gonna play like a fucking family guy obsidian rpg no matter how much i love then lol
texhnolyze
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I enjoyed Dungeon Siege 3 local co-op immensely and this looks similar enough. Looks like it's quite short and has good loot mechanics at the same time, so I guess I'll just bite then.
Thanks for the impressions guys.
I'm keeping my eyes on Gauntlet next.
Freedom = $1.05
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Hah, so we're arguing over nothing.
Hero Prinny
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i hope they make a game with a different combat system. PoE looks boring. It might not be, but watching it is whack.
LurkerPrime
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This is pretty much where I am. Obsidian's great and all, but South Park RPG or those MMOs they're aiding development on? No thanks.
Chance Hale
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Killing Floor 2 keeps crashing my computer completely, as I said on the other page I'd think it was the graphics card dying but I tried 4 other 3D intensive games and they all play without issues whereas KF2 won't even launch without doing this :/ Any tips?
PoE is the only game of theirs that plays like that so one imagines whatever comes next wouldn't share the systems outside of a sequel. Pillars of Eternity's combat is fun though
Dsyndrome
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It's made in the vein of Baldur's Gate; if you were expecting something different, I don't know what to tell you.
crazyrabbits
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I sold the two items for $11, which was right in line with what I was expecting. Great way to subsidize my purchase.
unsurprisingly publishers are idiots and won't give obs money unless it's a licensed thing, so i'm still not opposed to licensed stuff since i've seen obs do great stuff when they have the money for it (and seen their great stuff crash hard when pubs screwed them over)
so like, something like a bloodlines 2, that would be awesome and licensed and you can't do that stuff with crowdfunding, unfortunately
just like, license cool stuff with cool lore, not random tv comedies pls
edit: also, ubisoft just went and made south park 2 without obs which tells you what kind of shitty deals these are if you put in all the work, you design a gameplay, you develop an engine, and then they take that and farm it out to another developer
like why go back to this if you're obsidian
well it is a forum
so like, something like a bloodlines 2, that would be awesome and licensed and you can't do that stuff with crowdfunding, unfortunately
just like, license cool stuff with cool lore, not random tv comedies pls
edit: also, ubisoft just went and made south park 2 without obs which tells you what kind of shitty deals these are if you put in all the work, you design a gameplay, you develop an engine, and then they take that and farm it out to another developer
like why go back to this if you're obsidian
well it is a forum
i think jesawyer said he would've preferred to do the combat turn based for eternity so maybe it'll go in that direction for their next gamePoE is the only game of theirs that plays like that so one imagines whatever comes next wouldn't share the systems outside of a sequel. Pillars of Eternity's combat is fun though
LurkerPrime
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What is the screenshot? The crash? That's all kinds of messed up.
Chance Hale
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It's a photo taken by my phone of what my computer is doing. No idea what is happening. Re-installed the game and the same issue is present :/ No graphical corruption or crashes in other games.
LurkerPrime
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Whatever you think of South Park, surely y'all will agree that an Obsidian game not written by Obsidian is really missing the studio's greatest strength.
That's bizarre. I'd reach out to the developer for that one. It's still in Early Access last I checked so there's probably some bizarre hardware/driver/software interaction. Some games have stuff like that, though it's exceedingly rare. (I recall a long thread about bizarre driver-level crashes for Left 4 Dead in the Steam forums some years ago. The devs never responded.)
That's bizarre. I'd reach out to the developer for that one. It's still in Early Access last I checked so there's probably some bizarre hardware/driver/software interaction. Some games have stuff like that, though it's exceedingly rare. (I recall a long thread about bizarre driver-level crashes for Left 4 Dead in the Steam forums some years ago. The devs never responded.)
CheesecakeRecipe
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It remains to be seen how strong their writing will remain without Chris Avellone on board, but writing was always their strongest suit and it showed in both dialog and scenario writing. I'd agree that without the core of Obsidian writing, it just isn't the same end product it could be.
It absolutely should happen! There's only a few studios I would trust to get it right.
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