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ENGWITHAN relief gem. Sounds so Welsh to me.

Is it just me or does the walk/run animation have too many frames in it?

IGN video is much better. The guys at Giantbomb went too fast and kept talking about stuff I wasn't interested in.

Interesting. The beta comes out right after Gamescom where the game will be available to play for everyone. Heh. I can see some people getting pissed about this.

I've seen both a "no" to Early Access because they do not want to get bad impressions for an early version, and I've seen articles discussing Early Access with Obsidian where it seemed they were planning on it. It's not known at this time if an EA with Steam will be released alongside the beta like Inxile did. From what I recall, there was a lot of confusion when Inxile did that and some backers resented it. I'm not taking sides on what happened (I didn't care either way), but it didn't go through without some controversy.

Neither. Sierra did, but they folded. Their IP's, including Arcanum have been now for a long time at Activision. The problem with not calling it Arcanum II is that no one except some forum goers will really know it's sequel, and if Obsidian calls it a "spiritual" sequel Activision will likely take action.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura#Sequel Doesn't Sierra own the IP or did Troika have ownership of it?

Thanks Obsidian! You sound more and more confident with each update which is terrific!

With a level 12 cap how badly could you mess up a build? I suspect they're not expecting people to get past level 8-10 unless they do every bit of content. I also suspect they're balancing things so only a completionist can really mess up a build, and those are exactly the people who won't unless they intend to.

August would be awesome but with Wasteland 2 being released then I'd say it's probably better to wait until September/November. Have they said anything about the scope of the beta? Is it still a small area with no spoilers?

Too much money can be a bad thing. In any case, why not wait for their next crowd funding campaign? They already said they planned to have a new one this year.

Please reconsider your stance on a couple of months before any new footage is released to the backers/public. Thank you.

I know it's not beta or anything, but as some feedback to that screenie I'd really like the skill check to clearly tell me if it's the highest skill that will roll or the whole party. I found that part confusing in Darklands when I first started playing.

For something like this is the Athletics check against the whole party or just your character?

Any chance at all the derailing will stop and we stay on topic for the e3 update? If you want to have an in depth discussion on video game coverage start a thread in an appropriate forum.

The devs of Forsaken Fortress explained they had all these cool ideas they were trying out and building the tech for. That's what we see in the early videos. Then they put it together into a game and found it would barely run because of all the resources it consumed. By that time it was already too late. They have run out of money and are only working on it part time. A real shame since the concept was pretty good.

This is a very good point. Even if it meant taking someone off from real work for a week to prepare it for an E3 backer update. What I find interesting is 99% of people who follow E3 do it off the gaming media sites. We don't actually go to E3 (it's largely an industry thing anyway). An E3 backer update would have been in much better taste. Ayway, horse beaten to death. This will be my last post on the topic. I just wanted to express my frustration with this decision.

I think people just want the same access the game media folks are getting. That's all.

Indeed. Personally, whether or not I back another Obsidian kickstarter for big dollars will depend solely on what PoE turns out to be like. If it's all that they said they would do, then they'll see (much) more of my money on another kickstarter. If not, they won't. Simple as that. I don't personally care when I get to see gameplay footage. I care about the end product. I now only back (crowd funded games) by small indie teams that aren't going crazy with PR out of the gate. I honestly find it's better suited to the experience I expect from this sort of patronage. Whenever there's a business there's PR and this sort of behind the door exclusivity leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's not a slap in the face or the end of the world or anything. It just shows where Obsidian's priorities are. Those priorities are probably good ones to have (if you're Obsidian).

It is unfortunate they're showing the press game play and not the backers, yes. I haven't lost faith. I just think it's in poor taste.

Very professionally done update. I'm liking how you're on track. Looking forward to beta.

Hurlshot I don't want to turn this into a bash HBS thread, but the writing in SRR was lifted from the novels verbatim. I'm not sure where you got the "good writing" part. They just copied the novels, practically word for word.

PE is the only one I hold hope for and I backed quite a few KS games.

More screenshots. I think the art is lovely!

Why would they need to raise funds now for post release goals? Makes no sense.