Firstly, congrats on achieving funding and I'm glad that Obsidian is trying to bring us a new game in a genre we love. Exciting!
That being said, I was a bit disappointed and baffled by the kickstarter video. After I'd watched it, I felt I knew as little about Project Eternity as I did when I started.
Please, could you give us some information about the basic premise of the game itself?
What I got from your video was :
- Obsidian has awesome developers (true)
- These devs have made some great RPGs (true)
- The want to make a game that is like the great RPGs we all remember (great!)
- It's a fantasy game and there is soul magic.
The last point is the only one about the actual game itself. I feel like I don't have enough information to get emotionally attached to this game, though I do support what you're trying to do here, intellectually.
Could you give us a basic elevator pitch? Something that tells us the basic premise of the game, who the player character is, and what the broad goal we'll be pursuing during the game is?
In the KS were about Planescape, this is what I would have learned :
"We're making an Infinity Engine RPG in the Planescape setting."
That doesn't really tell me what the game is about or get me particularly excited, though the Planescape detail is interesting.
What I want is a short summary like this :
"You play a scarred, amnesiac immortal, whose quest to discover who he really is takes him on a journey from Sigil to the Outer Hells."
That's the "hook" that gets me excited about this specific game, as opposed to the broad concept of old-school RPGs in general.
Don't have to give a lot of spoilers, and I get that you want to dole out info slowly for PR purposes, but something, please?
