Bugs and polish

[Justinian]

I feel the stars have really aligned on this project and I'm ecstatic that Obsidian can finally work on their dream game.

 

I have NO doubt that Project Eternity will be absolutely phenomenal, however I DO have doubts that Obsidian can deliver a polished and relatively bug free game.

 

That said, the lack of publisher pressure does put Obsidian under different circumstances to prior projects. Ideally, I envision more time being available to polish the game properly before release.

 

What do others think? Will the lack of deadlines give more time for Q&A? Or will the smaller resources being devoted to the game mean less?

 

It would be very reassuring to many of us to have confirmation from Obsidian that Q&A is going to be a prime focus this time around. It's about time Obsidian broke it's reputation for releasing buggy games.

 

 

[Badprenup]

I agree. While Obsidian is a great company, a lot of their work lacks polish. I think this would be a great opportunity for this to be changed, especially seeing how they came directly to us for financial backing and not through a publisher.

 

I would also love to see a closed Beta for people who have backed enough to purchase the game outright. Sure it would probably spoil the story for a lot of people but a non disclosure agreement and making it a system that you have to opt in for would hopefully limit it to the people who really want to test it and don't mind having parts of the story spoiled.

[C2B]

Dungeon Siege III was one of most bugfree rpgs I have played in my life.

 

But,.... they don't seem to use the Onyx engine for this one

[Henrar]

QA for huge AAA projects is the responsibility of the publisher. Since there is not publisher for Eternity I think Obsidian can finally make it relatively bug free. Also, do take note, that Eternity is made on Onyx (probably) using their tools - and that means easier testing and reducing bugs by the team.

Edited September 18, 2012 by Henrar

[Littlefinger]

Something tells me Obsidianites do not bug their games on purpose, or care little enough to just leave them there.

 

So yeah, I support the notion of less publisher pressure meaning less bugs.

[Justinian]

I guess working on a relatively simple engine with less moving parts also reduces the potential for technical bugs. Fingers crossed!