Zafar1981

As once William Shakespeare said "What is in a name?" so I don't care what if Obsidian create POE3, Tyranny 2 or TOW2. I only care if they can still create the worlds and stories which are so immersive that we spent multiple of hours.

If MS really want to create a games which Sony fans(mostly single player) will also look forward to play then they need to invest on true single player story driven game from Obsidian. POE has the potential to compete with Dragon Age and The Elder Scroll so they can make next POE 3rd person action adventure RPG game. MS can also let Obsidian make a new IP knowing that the team is talented and has the ability to create sculpture out of mud. But if MS is more into GAMES AS A SERVICE then all above are worthless to consider and let Obsidian be the next BioWare.

As we all know that Obsidian was working on Stormlands before the release of XBOX ONE and got canned due to some reason. We know that the next gen console are now on the horizon so shell we expect that now Obsidian is working again on Stormlands or a game something similar to the concept of Stormlands.

I am also sure that POE 3 will be the next big project from Obsidian, but it won't be isometric instead it will be 3rd person like Dragon Age or 1st & 3rd person like TES.

Well looking at the background of Microsoft, Obsidian will be making an online looter shooter game to compete with Anthem & Destiny.

Good name Ass Creed, I was a great fan of this game until they start milking it death and making every tom, **** and harry an Ass.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Pillars of Eternity 2

Am i correct that a game as a service is only multiplayer game. If so then it means no more gaming for me and people like me who are only plays single player story driven games.

Yes definitely they are making a low quality "game as a service" game to support Microsoft game pass

The word "Games as Service" needs to be added in the dictionary meaning "Substandard games by greedy corporate publishers". Ever since I heard this name majority of the games released as game as service is a let down. Whatever people are thinking about Bioware is also going to happen with Obsidian and to support my claim I'll give a small example which might help you a lot. Two gaming studios JAM software and Rare established in mid 1980s. In early 2000s Microsoft bought Rare and Sony acquire JAM aka Naughty Dog. Under Microsoft Rare produce low quality games and under Sony Naughty Dog become one of the best game developing studio, because people at Sony give a flying F to game as a service while Phil thinks its the future.

Good work EA for forcing an RPG story driven studio to make a looter shooter. You have DICE & Respawn to make ANTHEM but you choose Bioware because their time has come.

Ffs, you named 3 lower budget online games out of Microsoft's full catalogue which mainly consists of high quality games. That proves that not only what you said is only just a half truth but also generically trying to make Microsoft seem like the "evil corporation". I have no doubt that Obsidian will have almost the same exact freedons for creative concepts and ideas as they did when they were indie. Do you really think Microsoft is going to use them by forcing them to do something they wouldn't be good at or shell out a high budget to get something sub-par? I'd like an example of Microsoft doing this in years and how it stacks up against the margins. My friend Rare was established in 1985 and have decades of experience in making Video games, bought by Microsoft in 2008. Please let me know the name of a single game after 2008 made by rare can be called as true AAA title, or story driven single player game or any game which can be mentioned as iconic. Microsoft could even take care of Lionhead after the quieting of Lair King and unable to produce a single Fable game for this generation is another example. As I have already mentioned that MS isn't interested in a high quality game they want cheap and mediocre game to lunch on game pass. I also thought that Obsidian might make games like The Elder Scroll after the merger with MS and I hope it should be but cancelling Scalebound and prioritizing Let Down 3 doesn't support my previous claim.

Microsoft is not interested in story driven, quality and strong IP. Microsoft is more into cheep, substandard, low quality and online games like Sea of thieves, state of decay and Crackdown which they can sell for $10.00 per month on game pass.

Just want to know if you guys really think that cloud gaming is the future or agree with Sony CFO that they will continue with console gaming.

Its a two way marriage, Obsidian needs a good publisher like Microsoft and MS needs good developers like Obsidian in their arsenal. It could end up in a disaster if MS take Obsidian as granted and ask them to make games for live services, loot boxes and micro-transitions. It could act as Obsidian is a jewel in the crown of Microsoft if MS pamper team Obsidian and let them do what they are best know for. So its all upto MS what they have learned from their past experience because if members of Black Isle can make Obsidian they can also leave Obsidian and make another story driven RPG studio.

May be they will introduce 3rd person camera in future or TOW 2 is going to support both 1st and 3rd person camera mode.

I an interview with IGN's Ryan Mccaffrey, Josh Sawyer said that a company is know by its IP so now we are making our own IP. Pillars and The Outer World is Obsidian's IP. Now I don't know if sometime Microsoft and Obsidian goes for a divorce who owns these IPs.

I only play single player games and as we are seeing lots of single player focused games (Fallout, ESO) are becoming multiplayer, The Outer World feels like a breath of fresh air. But I am not pre-ordering the game as I don't like pre-ordering and didn't recommend.

So Tyranny is not owned by Obsidian(Microsoft). Sad to know as I really love that game and wanted a sequel. I thought that after the acquisition Obsidian will try to make third person open world sequel of Tyranny. Hope they will make 3rd person POE3 which will compete with Dragon Age.

Good luck team Obsidian

I had recently played Tyranny and my god its an awesome game. I wish if you guy still going to make sequels for this game. Hope the sequel will be third person open world story driven single player not a game as services.