vogon

I think the OP has a valid point, given the relative user base of Linux, and the fact that we want as much content as humanly possible. However, as a recent Linux convert, and observing the linux support and new gaming platform being planned by Valve, I think this is a good move. I have to say that although I've worked in IT, I'm not a very enthusiastic geek - I like to spend as little time screwing around with drivers and config files as possible, so in the past Linux always seemed like more trouble than it was worth. I have to say though, that the latest version of Ubuntu is about the easiest and cleanest OS I have ever used, and I won't be going back. The cost of Windows and it's upgrades is hardly an insignificant consideration.

I'm certainly hoping for a large game. For me, the question of scale is more significant than "more must be better". The sense of vast unknown territories to explore is a key part of my experience in this style of game. The great joy of Baldurs Gate was wandering about in unkown woodlands, listening to the atmospheric effects and soundstrack, then stumbling accross a ruined temple overun by lethal creatrures that I could not defeat, and making a note to return one day when I was tougher. That feeling has not been acheived in more modern RPGs, with their repeating 3D spaces and levelled enemies. My hope is that by eschewing 3D models and voice acting, a much larger and richer world can be created. I would be very dissapointed if Project Eternity turned out to be pint-sized.

I would also like to know more about the planned scale. It is difficult to see how the current budget would allow even for the amount of content in the first Baldurs Gate. I understand that the level of Kickstarter funding will affect things, but I'm assuming Obsidian has a rough idea of the intended scope. Are we looking at something on the scale of the BG games? I certainly hope so - for me, the vastness and variety of the world is one of the most compelling elements of a great old-school RPG.

It's good fun this World Wide Web thing, isn't it? It was invented and given away for free by a nice british man named Tim Berners-Lee. http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist...bernerslee.html Of course, he wouldn't have got very far without a modern computer, the first of which was invented by a nice british man named Alan Turing. http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/ And Alan, clever as he was, would never have got started without the concepts demonstrated by Charles Babbage's (British) Analytical Engine. http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/ Having said all that, where would we all be without Microsoft? I won't be answering any comebacks from Team America: World Police, because frankly, it's not worth the bother. (British Arrogance with trace irony).