Nathaniel Chapman Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 <crossposted from the DS3 forum> Hey Everyone, I'm Nathaniel, the lead designer on Dungeon Siege III. If you guys have any questions about Dungeon Siege III, Neverwinter Nights 2, Obsidian in general, Game Design, the industry, whatever - that you'd like me to answer, please post them in this thread! Some notes: I will pick the questions I answer and I don't have unlimited time, so I'm more inclined to pick interesting ones! You're not going to hurt my feelings, so feel free to ask tough questions, but I won't likely pick flamebait/trolling Let me know your first name and location in the question post if you want me to give you a shout out for the question, otherwise I'll just use your forum name. I'm fine with answering questions on non-DSIII topics I'll be wrapping up the questions on Thursday and try to get the blog post up shortly thereafter, so get 'em in!
Morgoth Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Can you give us a rough timeframe when the next Obsidian game will be announced? Rain makes everything better.
sorophx Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 oooh, that's so nice of you Can you talk openly about Aliens RPG? Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe.
kirottu Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 What color is your underwear? This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Purkake Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) What kind(genre + setting) of a game would you like to make if you could freely choose your next project? Oh and what's up with the void/emptiness theme(no memory/mortality - PST, wound in the Force(+ Nihilus) - KotOR II, empty soul - MotB)? Do you have a guy who's fascinated with that or what? Edited July 21, 2011 by Purkake
Labadal Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 A cool idea. My questions. What can we expect from Dungeon Siege III in the future? DLC or expansion? Or are you guys done with DSIII and moving on to something else? How big was the Dungeon Siege III team? How much was the game expected to sell, and do you guys have approximate sales figures, or does Square Enix not share such info? How many projects are Obsidian currently working on, other than the F:NV DLC? When will we learn about a new Obsidian game? What color is your underwear? If you could choose, what kind of game would you like to work with next? This does not have to be something Obsidian is actually working on.
Purkake Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 If you could choose, what kind of game would you like to work with next? This does not have to be something Obsidian is actually working on. Hey, don't steal my questions, brah.
Volourn Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Are you working on a D&D game? DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Darth InSidious Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Who wrote the plot/dialogue for DS3? This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter.
C2B Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Who wrote the plot/dialogue for DS3? George Ziets did. Its pretty common knowdledge.
Labadal Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 If you could choose, what kind of game would you like to work with next? This does not have to be something Obsidian is actually working on. Hey, don't steal my questions, brah. It was a good question, so I had to repeat it.
Bendu Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Alvin tweeted that he is doing some research at work and that this is his favorite part of his job (IIRC). Could you, or Alvin elaborate on that a little bit more?
Ghostie Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 What do you think of the "The Longest Journey" Series? Also, would you be willing to take on a game that would pretty much be filled with 80% storytelling and 20% exploration and puzzles?
Flouride Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Any chance we might get "Full Credits" for all of the FNV dlcs. Haven't seen them pop up anywhere and would like to know who worked on those. Hate the living, love the dead.
C2B Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Any chance we might get "Full Credits" for all of the FNV dlcs. Haven't seen them pop up anywhere and would like to know who worked on those. They were integrated with the last patch.
Bos_hybrid Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Why do you think there is a lack of horror RPGs? And would you be interested in making one?
Undecaf Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Somewhat relating to the horror question above: Has there been any interest at Obsidian to create a sequel to Vampire: Bloodlines -- or just another Vampire: The Masquerade game. Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys."
MechanicalLemon Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Although New Vegas clearly had some Western elements, it was still predominantly post-apocalyptic. Would you be interested in developing a full Western RPG?
WorstUsernameEver Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Posting here so I leave the spotlight to all of those who intend to insult Nathaniel on the DS3 forums.. this is more Obsidian related than DSIII related, so yeah. But anyway: What does "immersive" mean, in your opinion? It's one of the most popular industry's buzzwords today, yet I have never seen anyone explaining what they think it means. And on that matter, do you think it's important for an AAA RPG today to be "immersive"?
Nathaniel Chapman Posted August 13, 2011 Author Posted August 13, 2011 Hey, the answers should be going up soon. Closing this thread up in the meantime. If you want to discuss the answers when they're out, I'd recommend making a new thread!
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