Project Eternity Kickstarter - Isometric cRPG from Obsidian
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity
Chris Avellone and other Black Isle/Troika dudes are involved
If they can pull this off I will strip naked and sing the song of my people.
You liked Baldur's Gate, Planscape Torment, Fallout 1-2, Arcanum or Icewind Dale? Go and donate!
Chris Avellone and other Black Isle/Troika dudes are involved
If they can pull this off I will strip naked and sing the song of my people.You liked Baldur's Gate, Planscape Torment, Fallout 1-2, Arcanum or Icewind Dale? Go and donate!
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wow!!!
It feeds kickstarter and all the projects on there indies are doing much better on kickstarter than they did before, also: Faster Than Light just got released!
It is more about bigger developers doing smaller projects that publishers would never pay them to, projects that fans want, projects that the games industry needs.
All this does is bring more people to kickstarter that previously did not use it.
and also, it's about devs getting to make games that THEY want to make.
how many times i read interviews where guys say stuff like "yeah, our early games were cool but ya gotta move with times", "we've become so much better at making games since then", "this gameplay mechanic was outdated, we can't go back to that", "it will be a tpp (or fpp), it's a completely natural change that our fans wanted" etc etc.
so it's cool to see guys who clearly don't think that the way games are being made now is the only proper way of making them, and who will hopefully show that there's a shitload of supposedly outdated things that can be brought back and work just fine in a modern game.
But they also made Alpha Protocol, Dungeon Siege 3 and New Vegas, which was okay, but it was buggy as fuck and they failed to learn from Bethesda when it came to the ending. They might deliver this time, but I'm not expecting much.
again, though - that was under the watchful eye of publishers and market researchers and demographic based decision making.
also: according to what i've heard from a few people lately Obsidian recently went through a really big shift and shed a LOT of people. It's all hearsay, but the fact remains: this company has likely just gotten out of some pretty painful changes and hopefully has had to re-evaluate the work they've been doing and the way they've gone about doing it.
this could be an awesome sign of studios that have not necessarily been making the best decisions or producing their best work lately making a clear and deliberate change to go back to what they were once doing right.
obsidian is an especially good example of this. comparing their older work with the more recent titles is practically night and day in terms of inspiration and overall...goodness.
Alpha Protocol was their baby and it was the shittiest game I've ever played from them.
I do agree that getting back to their roots might see a return to form, but until it's released and in my hands, I'm still worried that their glory days are behind them. Doesn't help that the video goes "We were Black Isle! Look at all these games we made a decade ago!"
To make it clear, I didn't mention these games because they are not isometric cRPG's. Not because they were buggy.
To be honest, I'm not too worried about them releasing this game in a less than stellar state. It's been years since we had a proper, party-based, isometric 2D cRPG. I will take one no matter how broken it is :poly142:
I'm quite optimistic about this. I didn't enjoy Obsidian's recent games to be honest, but the things they had created in the past were some of the most inspiring gaming experiences I ever had. As long as they manage capture at least some of that magic, I will be satisfied.
At the very least, a success of this project will prove that this genre is not dead.
The cave is not the kickstarter project from double fine
one thing that mildly worries me is the fact that i couldn't find any info suggesting that the setting is gonna have an unique vibe to it. the only specific thing they talked about is that magic being linked to souls, but i wish they explained in what ways it's relevant to gameplay mechanics and how it affects the world.
i'm definitely gonna play this game when it comes but i'd rather have something with it's own flavour rather than AD&D clone with same stuff but different names.
Thats what bothers me, I dont really want to see elves and dwarves in another lord of the rings derivative.
But I've still pledged.
There is a thread in their forums about this. Alot of people seem to be tired of Elves and Dwarves. With their lack of information I'm guessing they are open to suggestions.
Catgirls and Dogmen! Oh wait, not a japanese game, sorry.
Project Eternity because the two warring races are immortal.
I guess it saves some time and effort on world building if there are a few familiar tropes that you can fall back on.
Linux gamers are a niche crowd, but niche when it comes to kickstarter is a fantastic, they might even amount to a large part of the kickstarter when told that they can get a native version if donating enough.
i can't help the feeling that water and some ground textures were rendered (painted?) at different angles then rest of things. also, highlights on water might be too large compared to the boat.
but, those details on bridges...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity
There's a livestream going on here of the Obsidian party
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/project-eternity-live-stream
EDIT: And it's done at $3,986,423 plus whatever the earn through Paypal which makes them the new record holder for highest funded game.
By the way, here's a breakdown of the environment:
For those who back it, was the behind the scenes video pretty informative? I was thinking on purchasing the documentary behind it to, via steam.
Don't forget to post a vid. Actually, just post a song, i could do without the strip part. :P
Anyhow, been playing an hour and a half so far....this has baldur's gate 2 written all over it. At times, i even forget this is not BG series....
So far, it's freakin' awesome.....Its really not for everyone, but if you like BG1/2, you are going to love this one, at least that's what i can tell so far....
The style is so iconic to games in the infinity engine that it'll likely never happen, which is why torment will sport the same look.
making it all 3d would be a fair trade off for a sequel in my opinion.
my number 1 wish for this game is for extended modding support. modding is the sauce that makes the best things even better.