Phoenix Tears

First off - sorry if my English isn't the best. But I think it's at least so much as understandable, that you'll understand where I'm coming from and what I want to express with what I'm writing. (mother language is German) I registered myself here only for the tiny chance of telling Obsidian my personal opinion about this topic and because I think alot of the stuff certain people here suggested so far is big bull**** Seriously a sequel to Planescape?? Another additional game to an odd boring ugly as hell (sheesh, this game has graphics, like stoneage for a Game, that got release in the year 2000) If Obsidian should use the money from such a kickstarter project, then at all for a new Console Game on PS3 and X360 and not for a ****ty sequel of an ancient PC game that nearly no ass knows compared to other console Games Obsidian made. Obsidian hasn't made yet really much own games yet. Most games from them were yet orders from other companies, like Square Enix, bioWare or Bethesda Softworks for whom they made Games for them and none of them were basically real classical RPG's mostly likely all only either Hack & Slash's or Action Adventures with a tiny bit of RPG elements inside them. The only true own Game of Obsidian so far is ALPHA PROTOCOL and if there is anything of which obsidian should make from the kickstarter project's money a sequel for, then I think it would be best for Obsidian to make Alpha Protocol 2 Yes, Alpha Protocol surely wasn't the best seller of a game but it was a new game, a start of a new own Obsidian franchise and total new franchises often have the problem that their starts don't create instantly sales miracles and hit on the market like bombs, especially if the games receive not much of marketing money for trailers, tv spots ect. pp You also can't expect from complete new franchises, that they sell themself instantly like well known successful game series' like Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken, Super Mario ect. pp but I definetely think Alpha Protocol was by far a good enough game to have it earned to receive a better sequel which optimizes some of the gameplay mechanics from the prequel, adds a few more mechanics and improvements to the gameplay systems and here and there some more typical eye candy via rendered sequences in the style of classical RPG's ala Final Fantasy and Alpha Protocol 2 would go for a really good sequel that would let part 1 stand into the shades. including also some kind of Online Gameplay Mode to Alpha Protocol 2 would just make it perfect... However, thats so far only my stand point in regard of a possible AP2, when Obsidian should make a sequel game. I personally rather would love it, if Obsidian would make with the help of that money a complete new game for X360, PS3 and PC adding some kind of possible stallion to their game's list that will work in future as another kind of trademark for Obsidian. A real RPG-Game, thats not just a super boring ugly as hell Game like Planescape with ancient old gameplay a la turnbased Battles with an isometric angle of camera view. These kind of games are absolutely OUT and surely not something, that will guarantee Obsidian a huge throw of sales to make a big profit. Obsidian is also just only a company, that wants to make profit and therefore, they have to make games, which have a really high potential to sell very well and that not only in like 1 or 2 countries.. no ...worldwide to earn in for Obsidian as much as possible profit with as less as possible given out money to produce the game. To reach this goal, obsidian has to make a good choice about what games they should consider to make and which possible games would be just only a waste of time and money. Planescape is absolutely such a game.. a sequel to that game would mostly likely absolutely FLOP and earn in no profit for Obsidian. A real RPG of AAA-Class with the help of kickstarter would have there a much better chance to sell very well, if the game hits the taste of the masses, has very good graphics and gameplay systems and last but not least a gorgeous story that keeps u playing this game for hours over hours over hours and after like 100-200+ hours your realize that you still haven't seen everything and done everything in that game, what the game has to offer to you. Best example for such kind of sandbox RPG's are games like Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim and Star Ocean 4: Last Hope as both games offer to the gamer content, that really stands for 1 very important terminus - long term motivation & replayability No one wants today to pay for games like 60-70 Euro and like for all you Amaricans out there even more in Dollars to get a game, that you play through in like 2-3 days and then the game offers to you even nothing, that will make you replay the game multiple times to give you some kind of long term motivation... No, when I play a AAA- real RPG game, then I expect a game, that offers mee even afte playing the main story through enough long term motivation and replayability options, that I'll have to play the game for like 100-200 hours, before I have finally seen and done everything in that game, because only when a RPG offers THIS, then the game was absolutely really worth its money!! I'd love to see from Obsidian a new classical RPG with a really good and long fantasy story. A game which will have from begin to its end the goal by the developers to be a rival to RPG's like FF, Skyrim, Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery, Dragon Age, the newly Kingdoms of Amalur or upcoming Action RPG's like the Witcher 2, which are all RPG's of a type of quality, which are all far beyond all of Obsidians "Wannabe-RPG's" I especially love classiclal hybrid story RPG's which are a mixture of Medieval Fantasy and Science Fiction. Games like Final Fantasy 7, 8, 10, 12 13/13-2 or especialy my most beloved RPG series - Star Ocean comes there into my mind which is a RPG series, which has so far a little similar system of conversation system, like BioWare and Obsidian experienced it in their games Dragon Age 1+2 as also Alpha Protocol where you have in conversations multiple answer options. In Star Ocean these special conversation options are called "Private Actions" and this system so far sadly lacks of this conversation feature of having multiple answering options. For me personally it would be a great improvement to the Star Ocean series, if this gameplay feature could find either into a complete selfmade new game of Obsidian that is set into a medieval sci-fi world ala Star Ocean/ Phantasy Star, or if Obsidian would work together again with Square Enix to make Star Ocean 5 come true!! Star Ocean 5 as another sequel of the Star Ocean franchise would be definetely a game which has absolutely the potential to be a top seller game, as its a game series with a huge fan base, its an already well known and successful game, otherwise it wouldnt have already 4 parts... A game franchise, which isnt really good, wouldn't get even a single sequel game at all.... Star Ocean 4 alone hitted in the first few weeks in Japan the market like a bomb and sold there like like few weeks over 350000 copies after release A poor sequel for a game like Planescape I guess wouldn't even reach these sales after like multiple months!!! Tri Ace made already last year a Tech Demo, that showed a possible Star Ocean 5 and if its just only a question again of a producer or publisher to jump into the boat, then I think could obsidian do this job surely wioth a little self investitation and together with this kickstarter project here. Due to the point that Obsidian already worked together with Square Enix and made for them Dungeon Siege 3, why not work this time together with another great RPG Maker, that has also worked together with SE already - Tri Ace ??? SE ist at the moment working on alot of other games and has surely not the time to work on SO5, so why shouldn't Obsidian jump in and make together with Tri ace this great game alot of people are waiting for, since Tri Ace announced this tech demo... Thats at least what I personally mostly hoped for, once I've had read this article. For all of you, that don't know the Star Ocean series and want to know about what i'm talking of, here's the last years Tech Demo from Star Ocean that sets the hopes high for a someday maybe announced SO5: