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And Bioware provided Aurora engine and other stuff.

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And Hasbro the intellectual property (D&D).

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and Obsidian is the reincarnation of Black Isle Studios, which was responsible for the development of Planescape Torment, and of the Icewind Dale Games.

 

Black Isle Studios was a department of Interplay, which in turn published with Bioware the Baldur's Gate games (which kick aSs btw)

 

and Bioware is...

 

do I have to go on? >_<

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"and Obsidian is the reincarnation of Black Isle Studios"

 

No, they arne't. Why do people insult Obsidian by comapring them to a failed division of a broken company?

 

While Obsidian was founded by former employees of Interplay/BIS; they are not 'BIS Reincarnated'. They are a whole new company... espicially since the percentage of former BISers working at Obsidian is relatively small. Of course, a few of thema r every important parts of Obsidian 9CEOs and lead developers); but still; Obsidian is not BIS in any way, shape, or form.

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"and Obsidian is the reincarnation of Black Isle Studios"

 

No, they arne't. Why do people insult Obsidian by comapring them to a failed division of a broken company?

 

While Obsidian was founded by former employees of Interplay/BIS; they are not 'BIS Reincarnated'. They are a whole new company... espicially since the percentage of former BISers working at Obsidian is relatively small. Of course, a few of thema r every important parts of Obsidian 9CEOs and lead developers); but still; Obsidian is not BIS in any way, shape, or form.

 

They were the reborn BIS when they first started, being made up of mostly ex BIS people. So back then it was ok to refer to them as the new BIS. And its not like that was a bad thing. Thats what got them their first projects and thats why people like you and me originally came to these forums. You are right, now though. They've matured and become their own thing and left BIS in their past. Though it will be fondly remembered.

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"and Obsidian is the reincarnation of Black Isle Studios"

 

No, they arne't. Why do people insult Obsidian by comapring them to a failed division of a broken company?

 

While Obsidian was founded by former employees of Interplay/BIS; they are not 'BIS Reincarnated'. They are a whole new company... espicially since the percentage of former BISers working at Obsidian is relatively small. Of course, a few of thema r every important parts of Obsidian 9CEOs and lead developers); but still; Obsidian is not BIS in any way, shape, or form.

You forgot to add former Troika, who themselves are former BIS.

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Not really. The Troikian Three left Interplay just as BIS was being formed, IIRC, so I don't think they were officially BIS. Dfeinitely not with any games under their belt. I beleive FO2 was the first official BIS game which the Troikian Three left in the middle of development...

 

So, the Troikian Three and hence Trolkia, was made basiclaly by former Interplayers (as was Obsidian though they were also BISers).

 

Oh, what a tangle web we weave.

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Accuracy of data in this post is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. :ph34r:

 

 

 

 

p.s. "So back then it was ok to refer to them as the new BIS."

 

Not really. I've always preferred Obsidian. That's always been this company's name. It's ok to say obsidian was formed by former BIS/Interplayers though. That's a fair assessment. But, it's never been BIS either new or old. To me, that's an insult to Obsidian being labeled a DEAD division of a DYING company. :bat:

 

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Not really. The Troikian Three left Interplay just as BIS was being formed, IIRC, so I don't think they were officially BIS. Dfeinitely not with any games under their belt. I beleive FO2 was the first official BIS game which the Troikian Three left in the middle of development...

 

It depends on how you value naming. The division of Interplay that would be named BIS existed prior to, and was responsible for, the release of Fallout. However, it wasn't named BIS until the release of FO2.

 

(I think, but I'm not sure, that if you go by when the division was formed, they are responsible for another game as well. But this could be me imagining stuff)

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"It depends on how you value naming. The division of Interplay that would be named BIS existed prior to, and was responsible for, the release of Fallout."

 

I agree with this for the most part. :)

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Thread Pruned: I am hoping that a some more constructive feedback may be offered to Zellsillusion ... hope springs eternal you know ...

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In your board profile options, add:

 

Disable Volourn=1 as well :blink:

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