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[kanisatha]

A new Arcanum game is also now possible.

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 1:38 PM, MrBrown said:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/

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Dopitche...

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 3:38 PM, Chilloutman said:

How? I was not interested in anything Blizz did for like 10 years now (I have mild interest in D2:R and maybe D4 we will see)

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Microsoft was one of the companies, who pushed hardest for the microtransactions and lootboxes on their platforms. Acti and EA just rode the wave...

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 3:41 PM, BruceVC said:

Do you guys have any examples, in the last 10 years, of where Microsoft has bought a gaming studio and its got worse? For example since they acquired Bethesda things seem fine and I dont see any problems with any Bethesda anticipated games 

Microsoft nowadays respects the independence of gaming companies they purchase unless the company is running at a loss in which case they will intervene to fix things 

So I dont get all these negativity about this development, its much worse on Codex with people really upset and venting. So you guys are more reasonable with your concerns 

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Obsidian. With their purchase, there is no more isometric RPGs planned. That's worse for the game industry as a whole, because Obsidian was one of the very few companies, who could still offer this kind of content

[Azdeus]

  On 1/18/2022 at 4:29 PM, melkathi said:

Should have gone for "I was cursed by an evil witch and turned into her maid" just for the title

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I'm not complaining, I found something better than any Bioware game I've ever played bar Jade Empire!

[ShadySands]

  On 1/18/2022 at 5:55 PM, Mamoulian War said:

Obsidian. With their purchase, there is no more isometric RPGs planned. That's worse for the game industry as a whole, because Obsidian was one of the very few companies, who could still offer this kind of content

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Do we know what Josh's game is going to be like?

[BruceVC]

  On 1/18/2022 at 6:22 PM, ShadySands said:

Do we know what Josh's game is going to be like?

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@Mamoulian War

Yes, Mamie are you sure that Obsidian wont be making anymore isometric RPG? Is this an official statement, a rumor or a guess based on games they currently developing that arent isometric RPG?

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 6:22 PM, ShadySands said:

Do we know what Josh's game is going to be like?

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Well, all indices says to me, that it will not be PoE3. And believe me, my biggest gaming wish at the moment is, that my intuition is wrong about this one...

[BruceVC]

  On 1/18/2022 at 6:30 PM, Mamoulian War said:

Well, all indices says to me, that it will not be PoE3. And believe me, my biggest gaming wish at the moment is, that my intuition is wrong about this one...

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Its good to be wrong sometimes in life, lets hope this is one  of those times 

[Zoraptor]

Well of course when there's finally some momentum up to get rid of Bobby Kotick as CEO he goes and sells the company to Microsoft with no doubt a solid chunk of cash going to him above and beyond the value of his shares. Looking forward to Obsidian's Call of Duty RPG.

Guess at some point they're going to run into regulatory problems with buying up companies though, especially in the EU. Actiblizz may be on a pretty obvious downslope, but it's still got as big chunk of the market.

[BruceVC]

  On 1/18/2022 at 7:31 PM, Zoraptor said:

Well of course when there's finally some momentum up to get rid of Bobby Kotick as CEO he goes and sells the company to Microsoft with no doubt a solid chunk of cash going to him above and beyond the value of his shares. Looking forward to Obsidian's Call of Duty RPG.

Guess at some point they're going to run into regulatory problems with buying up companies though, especially in the EU. Actiblizz may be on a pretty obvious downslope, but it's still got as big chunk of the market.

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-68-141047397.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Microsoft paid $68 billion for Activision so yes I think Kotick will be okay 

[Wormerine]

  On 1/18/2022 at 1:38 PM, MrBrown said:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/

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Wow. That I didn't see coming. Is that a nail to the coffin, or the beginning of a redemption arc?

 

  On 1/18/2022 at 3:41 PM, BruceVC said:

Do you guys have any examples, in the last 10 years, of where Microsoft has bought a gaming studio and its got worse? For example since they acquired Bethesda things seem fine and I dont see any problems with any Bethesda anticipated games 

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I am an optimist when it comes to Microsoft acquisitions, but in past Microsoft has not been good in managing their studios. So far so good, but no title so far has been fully done under Microsoft's umbrella, so we will see how will things be going forward. As far as we know, Microsoft strategy is to buy studios who make good stuff, not interfere and let them continue making good stuff for them. We will see if they will live up to that promise, if it will work, and if the future Microsoft strategy won't change.  

 

  On 1/18/2022 at 5:55 PM, Mamoulian War said:

Obsidian. With their purchase, there is no more isometric RPGs planned. That's worse for the game industry as a whole, because Obsidian was one of the very few companies, who could still offer this kind of content

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That said, they offered this content as a last ditch nostalgia fueled pitch and were financially succesful with it in one release out of three. Considering team being burned out on PoEs, and PoE2 not making money, I would expect Obsidian to move to something else, Microsoft acquisition or not. If anything, Microsoft deal gives me hope for PoE3, if the team at Obsidian will ever feel like doing another one. XBOX Game pass is a perfect place for smaller projects which might not necessary sell on their own. 

 

EDIT: Holy crap. That AcBliz purchase includes CoD. No more CoD for PS. Unless they permit a GamePass on PS? Is that Microsoft end game? To strongarm GamePass wherever possible? 

Edited January 18, 2022 by Wormerine

[Mamoulian War]

Well, even though PoE2 apparently under-performed, I wish this will not stop them to make part 3 in isometric view as well I have enjoyed the games and the setting

[Sarex]

I kind of think that the fire has burned out for those kind of games in Obs, which is fair enough. Let them do something they are passionate about.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Sarex

[Hurlshort]

  On 1/18/2022 at 9:47 PM, Mamoulian War said:

Well, even though PoE2 apparently under-performed, I wish this will not stop them to make part 3 in isometric view as well I have enjoyed the games and the setting

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I enjoyed it too. My hope is that they return to it down the road. It will probably be a smaller project overall. The tough part is we need Avowed to be successful to keep the IP viable, but if it is too successful, they will probably never go back to isometric. That's what happened to Warcraft. 

[Malcador]

I forget why is isometric some sort of superior perspective ?

[Sarex]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:02 PM, Malcador said:

I forget why is isometric some sort of superior perspective ?

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It's not, but it allows the environment to be drawn instead of modeled, which in my opinion looks much better.

[Guest]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:02 PM, Malcador said:

I forget why is isometric some sort of superior perspective ?

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Do you have any examples of games where the player can successfully manage a party of 5 or more in first person or over the shoulder?

[Malcador]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:11 PM, Achilles said:

Do you have any examples of games where the player can successfully manage a party of 5 or more in first person or over the shoulder?

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Not much off the top of my head, although that is sort of a narrow specification, no ?   But is just funny to read that moving away from isometric will be "bad".

Edited January 18, 2022 by Malcador

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:02 PM, Malcador said:

I forget why is isometric some sort of superior perspective ?

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It's not, it is just different from other games, I am really tired from the open world stuff like DA:I or Skyrim... So games like PoEs and PF are really nice to play once in a while...

[Mamoulian War]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:13 PM, Malcador said:

Not much off the top of my head, although that is sort of a narrow specification, no ?   But is just funny to read that moving away from isometric will be "bad".

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No one is saying it is bad to do and play something different... Though moving completely away from such type of games is bad... I enjoy these type of games, and I would miss them again, if they would disappear again, like they did after IWD2...

[Guest]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:13 PM, Malcador said:

Not much off the top of my head, although that is sort of a narrow specification, no ?   But is just funny to read that moving away from isometric will be "bad".

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According to steam, I've spent about the same amount of time playing The Witcher 3 as I have Deadfire. TW3's camera would be "bad" for Deadfire and Deadfire's camera for TW3 would be...TW1.

Anyway, the point is that some people like party based RPGs and they (we) would be sad if we didn't get to do that anymore

[Hurlshort]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:02 PM, Malcador said:

I forget why is isometric some sort of superior perspective ?

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It is hard to see the forest through the trees.

[melkathi]

That's because they don't let you rotate the camera...

[Malcador]

  On 1/18/2022 at 10:49 PM, Hurlsnot said:

It is hard to see the forest through the trees.

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True enough.  But times change, and all.