When will you be able to tell us the basic character system? Class(es) if any, level useage, skills, abilities, stats, etc... I know the game is 2+ years away; but this is stuff we need to know.

 

And, when cna we look forward to a forum?

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BTW, what is the Project Connecticut?

 

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it's myspace!

BTW, what is the Project Connecticut?

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Aliens.

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So you excited about this one Josh? I assume you'll be the one working on the ruleset and such? unless naturally in my ignorance one exists...

BTW, what is the Project Connecticut?

Aliens.

 

So it's not Project Georgia? So, apparently you have three full fledged project in the works: PNJ, PG, and Aliens. Also, there's NWN2 Live team, and a possible expansion for NWN2. I'm guessing you guys are pretty busy.

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BTW, what is the Project Connecticut?

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Aliens.

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So it's not Project Georgia? So, apparently you have three full fledged project in the works: PNJ, PG, and Aliens. Also, there's NWN2 Live team, and a possible expansion for NWN2. I'm guessing you guys are pretty busy.

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They got a rather modrate number of employees at Obsidian now, they've grow really quickly!

BTW, what is the Project Connecticut?

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Aliens.

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So it's not Project Georgia? So, apparently you have three full fledged project in the works: PNJ, PG, and Aliens. Also, there's NWN2 Live team, and a possible expansion for NWN2. I'm guessing you guys are pretty busy.

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I think he said from the start that Obsidian has two projects with Sega.

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Yeah well, I wonder if they're coding an engine from scratch, beause aparantly from their last shot they seem to struggle with pre writ engines.

 

So what engine is being used huh huh someone SPILL THE BEANS Unreal 3 teh huh... HUH!

I don't know about that. The headache that's affecting me right now may be doing a number on my brain cells.

I don't know about that. The headache that's affecting me right now may be doing a number on my brain cells. 

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Feargus has mad political skillz to get nice projects and it might just be that he had secured Sega to distribute/finance two projects.

 

Besides I have this strange recollection of Project Georgia to be new IP.

So you excited about this one Josh? I assume you'll be the one working on the ruleset and such? unless naturally in my ignorance one exists...

Yes. I honestly think it has a lot of potential. The "canonical" Aliens universe isn't heavy with detail, so I think we have room to expand it without getting silly. I also think that we can come up with some interesting character interaction mechanics.

Is there gonna be crabfaced rastamen ?

Josh, are you restricted to working within the settings of one of the existing movies or do you have the freedom to really branch out and make an entirely new Aliens adventure?

Josh, are you restricted to working within the settings of one of the existing movies or do you have the freedom to really branch out and make an entirely new Aliens adventure?

We are using, but not following, the storylines of the films to help establish the setting. Sorry to be vague, but I don't know yet how much Sega wants us to reveal.

How long has Aliens been in development?

I am sooo hoping for it to not be restricted to just one planet. You know how the canon in the movies has never really been detailed? You just know that the aliens appeared in the first Alien movie on that crashed space ship. Then you know that a mega corporation wanted to use the aliens as a weapon in Aliens (the sequel). With a little luck they'll have free hands as to where the aliens stem from and what purpose they have. Maybe they'll mix that mega corporation into it all for some human interaction. Who knows, maybe it'll be part space simulator, part first (or third) person RPG, where you can exit your space ship and explore planets and cities and a solar system and.. Ok, I'll stop now.

 

But still, it has a LOT of potential!

We are using, but not following, the storylines of the films to help establish the setting.  Sorry to be vague, but I don't know yet how much Sega wants us to reveal.

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Cool. I was a little worried that the game might be just a sort of reinvention of a existing film. I'm glad to know that the films are more of a jumping off point than a landing point for the game. Its sounds like the story has already been kicked around a bit and you have at least a general sense of what you guys are going to be doing.

 

 

Do you like working on an IP like Alien where there isn't a whole lot set in stone vs an IP like D&D where most if not everything is pretty much already in place.

 

Alien woudl seem to have more freedom to create but maybe is a tad more difficult to wrap your hands around since not much has yet been developed.

 

In a sense I guess, you guys will be creating some of the first new "canon" (Gah, I hate that word!) for the alien IP. That's kinda neat.

But still, it has a LOT of potential!

Having wet dreams of a Bladerunner meets Syndicate Wars meets Alien thing...

You know what would make a good game, the rejected script for Alien 3 that takes place on a space station.

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I'd personally like to see something more along the lines of the original Alien than Aliens. Aliens was much less psych horror and much more "badass marines vs. aliens" Most of the Alien material stems from the sequel, or from the merging of Aliens and Predator, which I'm really hoping does not make it into the RPG, at least. The Predator mythology suits itself much better to action / FPS. And while I'm aware that this could be an action RPG, I'd much rather see the RPG elements accentuated, with JE Sawyer designing and all.

 

I'm not saying the Aliens kind of human is bad, I've just had my fill of the whole "corporate military" angle of Aliens, what with AVP.

 

I'm thinking something very similar to Aliens plotwise that doesn't involve marines in a big way, with the PC, a planet surveyor or something like that, working for Weyland-Utani / hyge corporation, being sent out to some deserted world with a team of guys and running into the xenomorphs (since I don't want to use the word Aliens over and over), and having to thwart in some way the xenomorphs getting off-planet by themselves (somehow) or the corporation stealing them. Or you could go the evil route and help the corporation (it doesn't seem logical to help the xenomorphs) something like that. Obviously marines would come in at some point, but we can't have every character being a badass universal soldier like in an AVP game.

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When will you be able to tell us the basic character system? Class(es) if any, level useage, skills, abilities, stats, etc... I know the game is 2+ years away; but this is stuff we need to know.

 

And, when cna we look forward to a forum?

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Yeah, so people can then complain when any details, however small, are changed, however much notice is given.

Wait wait so there are 1 or 2 projects with SEGA?

One.

One.

I thoiught Project Georgia was for the Sega too? >_